Sunday, November 11, 2012

Life at C-level: too many chiefs?

The Monitor?s language columnist looks at the proliferation of 'C-level' job titles.

By Ruth Walker / November 9, 2012

Paging through a national magazine the other day, I was surprised to see a smiling full-color picture of someone I know ? sort of. I get newsletters published in his name. So maybe he's not really that close a friend.

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In any case, his image appeared in an ad for teleconferencing software. And he was identified as "CMO" of his own company. "Chief meeting officer," perhaps? Not quite: It was "chief marketing officer."

My first response was an editor's quibble: A title worth having is worth spelling out. My second response was to consider just how many different words fit nowadays between "chief" and "officer" on people's business cards.

There's even an umbrella abbreviation for all these terms: CxO, where the "x" is a generic placeholder. Wordspy.com traces "CxO" back to 1997, citing a publisher launching a new website meant to help executives make sense of what was then a new phenomenon, the World Wide Web: "Our goal ... is to become the destination website for senior managers. We know that executives at the 'CxO' level ? CEOs, COOs, and CFOs ? are venturing out onto the Web."

The idea of corporate executives only just "venturing out onto the Web" sounds a bit quaint. So does the idea that the "C-suite" consists only of chief executives, chief operating officers, and chief financial officers.

In his Word Spy piece, Paul McFedries lists dozens of "CxO" titles, otherwise known as "C-level" positions. Many sound familiar. Others make one think that whoever holds the job in question will have some explaining to do at Thanksgiving dinner.

With so many corporate reporting requirements built into federal regulations, companies have "chief compliance officers." To signal that they really do "get" that their people are their most important asset, some companies have "chief talent officers." And with companies showing that they truly have "got religion" on the need for innovation and creativity, we see "chief imagination officers" ? even "chief evangelistic officers."

"Chief chocolate officer" also made the Word Spy list. But it turns out to be a marketing trick from Mars (Mars the candy company, not Mars the planet). "Ms. Brown," a personification of brown M&Ms, starred in a 2012 Super Bowl commercial.

The online publication Knowledge@Wharton, from the University of Pennsylvania's business school, ran an article a few years ago titled "Chief Receptionist Officer? Title Inflation Hits the C-Suite." It compared corporate title inflation to grade inflation in classrooms. But it went on to quote Betsey Stevenson, a Wharton professor of business and public policy, explaining why today's companies, with their relatively "flat" hierarchies, resort to creative titling: to reward employees they want to keep. "People want to be distinguished in some way from everyone else," she said, "but in a flat organization there is less hierarchy and therefore less opportunity to be distinguished."

All these chiefs, not so many Indians!

Titling can help communicate an organization's values. But there's a counterargument that assigning any particular activity to a "chief (whatever) officer" removes it from the portfolio of everyone else. Does calling one person, say, "chief ethics officer," signal a serious corporate commitment to ethics ? or just let everyone else off the hook?

As for this CxO formula: It's what's in the middle of the sandwich that matters, and sometimes it's baloney.

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Saturday, November 10, 2012

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My daughter, who is not quite two, loves to talk to Siri. She will grab my phone, press the home button until it beeps, and then holler into the phone, ?Hi Siri! Hi Siri! Hi Siri!? Siri never understands. Ever. ...

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PlayStation 3 DLC for Skyrim close: Bethesda - Video Games - Digit

Bethesda has finally announced that PS3 users will finally be getting DLC content for their hit RPG, Skyrim.

The fact that no DLC content was released for Skyrim (along with the many problems PS3 owners have faced and are still facing) has been pointed out more times than it should have been, Bethesda finally updated their Twitter feed regarding the situation.

Dragonborn, the new DLC for PS3 owners, was teased and announced earlier this week and the trailer was released this Monday on Bethesda?s YouTube channel. The tweet read, ?We?re also close on new Skyrim content for the PS3 and PC.? which is vague but it?s still something for PS3 owners who are still hopeful. PS3 owners received neither the Dawnguard nor the Hearthfire DLC yet and have not been given any indication as to a set release date for either.

Dragonborn was discovered back in October by Skyrim?s PC players, who found files associated to words like ?Dragonborn? and ?DLC2? and revealed that the DLC would actually have dragon riding action and feature locations from Morrowind, which does indeed exist in Skyrim?s open world but has been inaccessible so far.

The files suggested various new quests and armor types and also the ability for players to be able to cast spells while on their dragons. Zenimax, Bethesda?s parent company has also filled a trademark for Dragonborn under downloadable computer game software.

While Dragonborn was originally expected to release only for PC owners, the recent update has left PS3 owners with their fingers crossed. Hopefully this time Bethesda will come through for them despite failing them many a time before.

Source: http://www.thinkdigit.com/Gaming/PlayStation-3-DLC-for-Skyrim-close-Bethesda_11339.html

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SFO expecting major developments in Libor probe

LONDON (Reuters) - The Serious Fraud Office said on Friday it expected significant developments in its investigations into the rigging of Libor interest rates in the near future.

The government department said in July it could prosecute banks for rigging Libor and related interest rates but had yet to decide whether to bring charges.

Citing an unnamed source, news agency Bloomberg reported on Friday that British prosecutors were set to arrest former traders and rate setters at Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and UBS within a month.

The SFO said its investigation into the affair, in which banks allegedly manipulated the London Interbank Offered Rate, involved "a number of financial institutions".

Barclays, RBS and UBS declined to comment.

The SFO declined to comment on the specific timeline of any arrests or on the identity of the institutions or individuals involved.

Arrests in the UK are made early in investigations, allowing people, who may not be charged, to be questioned under caution.

RBS said earlier this month it was likely be fined by British and U.S. authorities for its part in the scandal and wanted a settlement as soon as possible.

The bank has dismissed a number of employees for misconduct after its own investigations.

Barclays was fined 290 million pounds for manipulating Libor, one of a number of scandals which have rocked the industry. More than a dozen other banks are under investigation.

Reuters reported in July European regulators and U.S. prosecutors were close to arresting individual traders in connection with the affair.

(Reporting by Matt Scuffham; editing by Patrick Graham)

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    (From L-R) First Lady Michelle, US President Barack Obama,Vice-President Joe Biden and Second Lady Jill Biden acknowledge supporters following Obama's victory speech on election night November 6, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. President Barack Obama swept to re-election Tuesday, forging history again by transcending a slow economic recovery and the high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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    US President Barack Obama celebrates on stage with his wife Michelle after delivering his victory speech ion Chicago on November 7, 2012. Obama swept to re-election, forging history again by transcending a slow economic recovery and the high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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    US President Barack Obama celebrates on stage with his wife Michelle after delivering his victory speech ion Chicago on November 7, 2012. Obama swept to re-election, forging history again by transcending a slow economic recovery and the high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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    US President Barack Obama celebrates with his daughters Sasha (R) and Malia (2nd-L) and US First Lady Michelle Obama in Chicago on November 6, 2012. Obama swept to re-election, forging history again by transcending a slow economic recovery and the high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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    US President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle and daughters Sasha (L) and Malia (R) wave to supporters on election night in Chicago on November 6, 2012. Obama swept to re-election, forging history again by transcending a slow economic recovery and the high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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    US President Barack Obama and family arrive on stage after winning the 2012 US presidential election in Chicago November 7, 2012. Obama swept to re-election, forging history again by defying the dragging economic recovery and high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

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    Thai Salad Rolls & Peanut Sauce - Humblebee & Me

    Let?s be honest? there are days you just want to have peanut sauce for dinner. Well, for me at least. I could just be very odd. But peanut sauce is really delicious.

    Last week I wanted peanut sauce for dinner, but I thought I ought to cut it with something, and salad rolls were my first choice. Thai salad rolls are such a beautifully easy (and virtuous) vegetarian meal option. You can clean out your veg drawer with them, and there?s almost no dirty dishes when all is said and done. You don?t even need to turn on the stove. They?re brilliant.

    Start with some veggies you like; I tend to choose from carrots, cucumber, bell peppers, and lettuce. Cut them into tiny little strips. You?ll need some rice vermicelli and some rice paper? and then that?s it. Plus the peanut sauce, of course.

    The trickiest part of all this is soaking the rice paper. I always use two sheets stacked on top of one another as they are rather delicate, and double-strength is always good when it comes to rice paper (and toilet paper). Don?t use just boiled water. You will scald your fingers (I speak from unfortunate experience here) and the paper will soften so quickly that it will float in and stick to itself, leaving you with some seriously ugly, blobby salad rolls. Just use very hot tap water. You should be able to stick your fingers in it without panicking and dropping your rice papers. Use a wide, shallow bowl so you can angle the papers and immerse a good portion of them at any given time, and then rotate them around until they?re nice and soft.

    Thai Salad Rolls & Peanut Sauce

    8 rounds rice paper, in pairs

    2 small carrots, julienned
    3? cucumber, julienned
    1/3 red bell pepper, julienned
    1 cup lettuce, torn into chunks
    1 bunch rice vermicelli, soaked in hot water until soft & rinsed

    Soak the rice paper pairs in hot water until soft and pliable. Remove from the water and line one end of the papers with a few strips of each vegetable, some lettuce, and some rice vermicelli. You can fill them as much as you like, really; the rice paper is quite stretchy and will accommodate a lot of filling! Roll up by folding the edges in to seal off the veg, and then rolling up, starting at the end with the veg.

    For the peanut sauce

    ? cup natural peanut butter
    1 tbsp soy sauce
    1 tsp chili garlic sauce
    1 tbsp dark brown sugar
    ? cup light cream or coconut milk
    ? tsp ground ginger
    ? tsp garlic powder
    ? tsp sesame oil
    ? cup water

    Whisk everything together and serve with the salad rolls!

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    The 'Latino giant' is awake: Here's what it wants

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    Gustavo Torres, director of Casa in Action, center, and others chant during a rally of immigration rights organizations, in front of the White House on Thursday. They called on President Barack Obama to fulfill his promise of passing comprehensive immigration reform.

    By James Eng, NBC News

    Hispanic voters, who were instrumental in putting Barack Obama back in the White House, now hope the president will work diligently in his second term to cross some big to-dos off their legislative wish list: jobs, affordable education, health care access and immigration reform.

    Hispanics voted for Obama over Mitt Romney by a resounding 71 percent to 27 percent and may have put him over the top in several key swing states. The total number of potential Hispanic voters this year reached a record 23.7 million ? up about 80 percent since 2000 ? and Hispanics now compose about 10 percent of the total electorate, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.

    ?The Latino electorate arrived Tuesday, there?s no question about it,? said Rafael Collazo, director of political campaigns for the National Council of La Raza. The organization, which?bills itself as the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, says it helped register more than 90,000 new Hispanic voters this year.

    ?States like Florida, Colorado, Nevada, Pennsylvania, even Ohio -- the Latino vote was a net gain for the preferred candidate and was the deciding factor or at least very, very close to being the decisive factor,? Collazo told NBC News.

    "The Latino giant is wide awake, cranky and is taking names,? labor leader Eliseo Medina, of the?Service Employees International Union, told NBC Latino.?

    With the election behind them, Hispanics now want Obama and Congress to work on issues identified in surveys as their priorities ? more jobs, affordable health care, access to higher education and immigration reform.

    GOP faces immigration fight after election

    The latter issue has been more important for Hispanics than for other U.S. voters, said Mark Hugo Lopez, associate director of the Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research organization.

    Hispanic support for Obama was high even before he announced in June that the government will stop deporting, and begin granting work permits to, some undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as children.

    ?However, when it comes to asking Hispanics which party is more concerned for the Hispanic community, after the deferred action program was announced the (Democratic) share went from 45 to 61 percent ? the highest we?ve measured in Pew Hispanic surveys in 10 years,? ?Lopez said.

    ?In his acceptance speech, Obama mentioned that comprehensive immigration reform was something that needed to be addressed, and we?re going to hold him to that,? Collazo told NBC News.

    The day after the election, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promised to introduce an immigration reform package next year. He said if Republicans block the legislation, they would do so "at their peril."

    Al Cardenas, chairman of the?American Conservative Union?and former chairman of the Republican Party in Florida,?agreed that the immigration debate has been detrimental for the GOP.

    ?Across the board generationally and demographically, the immigration issue has become a wedge issue ? because it?s become a litmus test of respect and caring in that community,? Cardenas said.??My advice for conservatives and the party as a whole is to get bipartisan immigration reform done in next 100 to 200 days.?

    A survey of Hispanic voters by the firm Latino Decisions found that Hispanics pushed Obama over the top in Colorado, Florida and Nevada, swing states where they turned out in unusually high numbers.

    Cardenas said the GOP can?t pay short shrift to minority groups if it wants to put a Republican in the White House.

    NBC Latino: We voted ? now let?s get to work, say Latinos after historic vote for Obama

    ?The so-called mainstream vote is no longer sufficient,? he said. ?The coalition of all of these minority votes is a priority in these elections today. The Hispanic vote is the most numerically significant of all of these groups. We need to develop a precise, aggressive, winning political game plan to address that community.?

    The Hispanic community is a diverse one, according to the Pew Center's Lopez:

    • Country of origin: Among eligible Hispanic voters, 58 percent are Mexican Americans, 14 percent are Puerto Ricans, and 6 percent are Cubans. (The remainder are from Central and South America). Historically, Cubans have supported Republican candidates more than other Hispanic groups; in Florida this year, 49 percent of Cubans went for Obama and 47 percent for Romney.
    • Youth: People ages 18-29 make up about a third of all eligible Hispanic voters, but just 20 percent of all general voters.
    • Naturalized U.S. citizens: Among Hispanic eligible voters, 25 percent are immigrants who are naturalized. But among whites, only 3 percent are naturalized U.S. citizens.

    Callazo said that despite this diversity, Hispanics displayed a rather consistent, Democratic-leaning voting pattern across many states.

    ?The numbers of how Latinos voted in Arizona compared to Ohio and Colorado were fairly close,? Callazo said.

    ?Yes, there are differences and nuances ? but if you look at the polling and all the anecdotal work and the outreach we?ve done over the years, the core issues are very, very similar," he added. ?"At end of day, Latino voters are voting for the candidate they feel will best reflect their values."

    NBC Latino contributed to this story.

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    StearClear Purchases EatDrink to Expand App-Based Food and ...

    stearclear, eatdrink, dailydealmedia.comIt?s a match made in mobile app heaven. The EatDrink app helps you find a discounted meal at participating New Jersey restaurants, and that includes alcohol. If you have too much to drink at the restaurant let the StearClear app?s designated driver service take you and your car home. The companies that provide these two North Jersey smart phone applications merged last week to start a network of app-based franchises that targets the food and drink industry and its consumers.

    StearClear, a Wyckoff, NJ-based technology company with a flagship designated-driver app, bought EatDrink New Jersey, a restaurant discount service located in Hoboken, for approximately $500,000 in a cash plus equity deal. StearClear CEO Craig Sher saw a profitable synergy between the two companies, as well as an opportunity to establish tighter relationships with bars and restaurants ? something EatDrink already had. EatDrink?s founder David Liebler already joined StearClear as chief marketing officer and board member.

    StearClear started offering franchises in June and now operates five ? four in North Jersey and one in Pennsylvania ? with several moreeatdrink, stearclear, dailydealmedia.com are pending. Franchises, which run the designated driver service through an iPad app, start at under $40,000 for a 10-ZIP code area of 75,000 people and escalate by population size, according to Sher.

    Customers can use the StearClear service by paying a $20 pick-up fee and $2.50 per mile for two drivers to pick them up and drive them and their car home. To date, the iPhone/Android app has 3,000 downloads, registered 2,100 customers and completed 2,000 drives in New Jersey. The company has experienced 100 percent growth every month since August, according to Sher, who doesn?t expect to merge the app with EatDrink?s app.

    EatDrink New Jersey started out in 2009 as EatDrinkHoboken. It eventually broadened its service to provide deals at more New Jersey bars and restaurants. The company?s service offers customers a 10 percent daily discount off checks by collecting a one-time $250 set-up fee and a 75-cent-per-click fee from participating merchants. ?Through EatDrink?s Android/iPhone app and Web site, eatdrinknewjersey.com, customers who want to dine in Northern New Jersey can take advantage of offers from 60 merchants. Liebler expects to increase the number of merchants in their system to 250 by the end of the year. So far, there have been approximately 1,000 app downloads.

    Source: NorthJersey.com

    Source: http://www.dailydealmedia.com/789stearclear-purchases-eatdrink-to-expand-app-based-food-and-drink-services/

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    Self Improvement Times: Time Management Tips - UseA Quick Quiz ...

    Time management tips can help you race around countless roadblocks that pop up. One of the trickiest obstacles you will encounter is Time Gremlins. They're very hard to see, so you may collide with them at full speed! They're particularly difficult to sidestep when you question whether they even exist.

    In my experience, Time Gremlins are real. What is more, they hide out inside you at all times. You might envision them as voices of your time issues. You know you've encountered one when inner messages tangle your plans, sabotage your priorities, and ruin your pleasure in your time choices. Because they're not visible to you, their voices can often run riot, just below your consciousness. Unless, of course, you intercept them.

    To neutralize each one, plan to take many small steps over time. As you become skilled in battling Time Gremlins, you'll be very pleased with the results! So let's begin:

    Getting to Know Your Time Gremlins:

    Your Time Gremlins occupy your blind spots. Any unexamined idea about time that you've believed since childhood provides a fertile breeding ground. So does wishful thinking. And their effect is universal. They steal your power from you! Worst of all, they feel like they're outside your control (although or course they are not.)

    Here's a simple quiz to recognize these enemies of your time:

    Quiz: How Do Gremlins Steal Your Time?

    Pick the question that resonates most, and fill in the blank:

    Question #1: What's blocking your path?

    Answer: ________ keeps me from doing what I need to do.

    Question #2: What never gets done?

    Answer: I never get around to _________________________.

    Question #3: What time traits do you judge in yourself?

    Answer: I judge myself as being ______________________.

    Question #4: What excuses do you fall back on when plans fall apart?

    Answer: I would get everything taken care of, if only _______________.

    Write down the statement you completed that affects you the most strongly. Then ask yourself the following question:

    What can you do to stand in your power and change this statement?

    Relax, close your eyes, and envision yourself living a dynamic new life script. Feel it down to your toes. Describe it in one or two sentences. Identify one gain!

    Remember, with every loss there is a gain. And with every gain there is a loss. Weigh the price for more power over your time. Accepting this is the key to your freedom!

    You are standing at an important crossroads.

    Are you willing to weather the losses that come with important gains? By consciously committing to go the distance, you gain enormous strength to keep setbacks in perspective with what you will be giving yourself.

    Now, how will you set limits on your Time Gremlins today?

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    This time template plus workbook will help you move beyond overwhelm, disappointment, and frustration. You'll find 24 hours really are enough!

    Offered to you by Paula Eder, the Time Finder Expert.

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    Source: http://selfimprovementtimes.blogspot.com/2012/11/time-management-tips-usea-quick-quiz-to.html

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    The Technological and Mechanical Pledge of Mining Machine ...

    At present, the developed countries, in order to maximize the development, constantly increases industrial transfer, transfer the products with low added value to the potential market demand for developing country production stone breaking machines. The international network of mining machinery and equipment manufacturing is led by the multinational corporations, and many vendors complemented with each other.

    Modern economic development is inseparable from the science and technology foundation. So now even if it is information developed in the industrialized countries, they are beginning to grasp the development of mechanical technology in order to occupy the market advantage. Henan hongxing heavy industry, as China?s important mining equipment manufacturer, responds to current situation of market development and draw up a new development strategy, under the premise of market-oriented sales, they carry out research and development on product performance, and they have developed a series of new technology for energy saving and high efficiency equipment production processes.

    Compared with internationally renowned stone manufacturer, headroom for larger crushing machinery products in China is big, while skills improvement also enable enterprises improve international status. In conclusion, following problems exist in China?s development. Accumulation of weak independent innovation capacity; external dependence of components is high; high-end technical product development is relatively backward; Market is not strong; facing the development of the world economy, development of mineral processing equipment of mining machinery industry in China will enter a new stage of development, skills advancement will push Taiwan?s machinery industry into a new and large space for growth. More information about ore beneficiation, please consult us.

    After gradually understanding the business strategy of foreign enterprises, Chinese enterprises have also come alive; mine machinery enterprises in China have made great leap in capacity, economic strength, technology, management and other aspects of the product quality, and advance triumphantly in the international market; Many business refer to strategies of developed countries, on the basis of good business philosophy and corporate reputation, they constantly expand and occupy Asia-Africa and other third world countries market shares, and gradually open international markets in Europe and America by ?innovation strategy?.

    As the professional manufacturer of complete sets of mining machinery, such as jaw crushers, cement plant, Henan Hongxing is always doing the best in products and service.

    Source: http://www.gratula.hu/Orvosok/2012/11/the-technological-and-mechanical-pledge-of-mining-machine/

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    Christchurch earthquake | Insurance | EQC | Stuff.co.nz

    The Earthquake Commission will be about $1.6 billion short for Canterbury earthquake claims, which the Government will stump up for.

    That is the latest firm figure in EQC's annual report released yesterday, and a lot more than the Government estimated more than a year ago when it said EQC could be short by $800 million. But Finance Minister Bill English said in April the Government's guarantee to EQC could be "a few billion".

    In EQC's annual report to June it confirms EQC's total liabilities are about $12.5b.

    About $2.8b was paid out in the year to June 2012, and $1.2b the year before, so about $8.6b of claims remain to be settled.

    The $8.6b was covered by reinsurance, cash and investments but EQC would be short by $1.6b which would be covered by the Government guarantee, the report said.

    The total cost of insurance claims for the Canterbury earthquakes was estimated at $30b, the report said, quoting the Reserve Bank.

    EQC chairman Michael Wintringham suggests in the report that insurers are shifting costs to the Crown.

    Wintringham says that because of the huge scale of the earthquakes disaster and the costs to the Government and private insurers "there is an incentive for insurers to reduce their own liabilities by shifting costs to the Crown or to other parties".

    Wintringham says the EQC Act needs review. At present the Government is considering the terms of reference of the review.

    The Canterbury earthquakes had provided "a reality check" on the workability of the 20-year-old law.

    The EQC Act did not have provisions that assumed cover for a series of earthquakes. The provisions assumed a single big event.

    Nor did the act have provisions that covered the increased susceptibility of land to liquefaction.

    A big part of EQC's efforts in settling claims had been in apportioning the amount of damage between earthquakes and aftershocks and in geotechnical assessments of land.

    By the end of June EQC had repaired about 18,000 properties with about 80,000 to go.

    EQC Expenditure

    That included: $69 million claims assessment fees.

    $37.5m for call centres and claims management by a third party.

    $21.3m for claims administrators and contractors.

    $23.2 for employee pay and benefits.

    $41m for engineers and consultants.

    $64m for project managers and infrastructure.

    $23m for travel and accommodation.

    - ? Fairfax NZ News

    Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/rebuilding-christchurch/7931302/EQC-quake-insurance-shortfall-doubles

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