15 Nov 2024

Insurance in the climate change era

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm on 15 November 2024

How much more would you be prepared to pay for home insurance? 

One thousand dollars? How about 5 or 10? Due to increased coastal erosion it's a real possibility. That according to a new report from the Helen Clark Foundation & environmental consultancy WSP.

They predict 10,000 properties will become totally uninsurable within the next 25 years

Jese talks to report author Kali Mercier.

Erosion at the tip of Bluecliffs.

Photo: RNZ/Tess Brunton

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