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ACCORDING to a message published in the Times of December 21, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in New Zealand has decided that, under the Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act, compensation could be claimed for the death or injury of labourers engaged in their occupations during the recent Hawke's Bay earthquake. The insurance companies stated that their liability in the event of a great disaster would be so serious that they could not undertake the risk. The Government accordingly introduced a measure to remove employers' liability in such cases in future. This proposal being opposed, a compromise was reached limiting the total liability of the companies to £50,000 in a single earthquake or in a series of earthquakes lasting for seven days.
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Earthquake Insurance in New Zealand. Nature 133, 22 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133022a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/133022a0