What Killed the Tiger is a fascinating glimpse into Australasian history: the Ash Wednesday fires, Christchurch earthquakes, Rene Rivkin's mysterious Alpine Press fire, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, set disasters on a famous New Zealand films ...Each time calamity strikes, in the aftermath, a tiny profession slips in, before the police, fire fighters and ambulances have gone. These specialists, from the parallel world of insurance, act in the nether land between insurer and insured, adjudicating by a time-honoured professional code.