Water New Zealand Journal Issue 255 May/June 2026 p. 48-49
We need to be clearer about what resilience investment delivers today; jobs, healthier communities, better environmental outcomes, and infrastructure that performs better day to day – not just during the next big event. Framed well, resilience stops being a ‘cost of risk’ and becomes a practical form of economic stimulus and place-making.
Insurers are already signalling the direction of travel through risk-based pricing. They are pushing for targeted investment that keeps cover available and affordable. The opportunity for our sector is to go one step further: build the business case around co-benefits and use it to unlock new funding models – including credible pathways for private-sector investment – alongside government and local government spend.
