Marsh is the leading broker and risk advisor that can support a company and its construction projects from project inception to project completion and beyond. Our specialists understand construction and project management risks and help companies to control their total cost of risk through solutions aimed at deploying capital effectively. By managing costs and processes companies are able to decrease expenses, increase revenues, improve margins, and grow the overall value of their assets and portfolio to make them more successful and competitive.

Construction for Corporations, Businesses, Main

Traditional construction risks such as contract works, public liability, damage to contractors' plant and equipment and the inability to complete a contract continue to be relevant. However, companies in the construction industry need to extend their risk management practices to cover latent defects, environmental liability, project specific professional indemnity, delay in completion of a project, alliance projects, P.P.P. projects, and insurance bonds.

 

Products and services

Marsh can assist the construction industry in all areas of construction insurance and risk management including identification, quantification, control, transfer and review. Industry-specific services include:

  • Workers compensation reviews
  • Project risk management
  • Development of a project risk profile including risk action plans
  • Review and audit of construction and operational physical risks including fire,
  • Occupational health and safety, environmental, natural hazards and security
  • Negotiation of premium payment terms to meet with project cash flows
  • Reviews of site practices for compliance with applicable regulations
  • Employee benefits consulting and insurance
  • Contractual reviews

Marsh has worked with the construction industry for over 30 years to identify risks, analyse exposures and provide cost-effective risk solutions. As well as tailoring insurance programs to meet your needs, we can provide a full range of risk management services

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Keep it coming: great tools the key to maintaining cash flow
December 15, 2011  |  Views: 309 |  Comments: 0 
Keep it coming: great tools the key to maintaining cash flow
When it comes to insurance, one way to help manage the business’ cash flow and also ensure the enterprise is properly insured is to organise monthly direct debit payments for premi...   Read More...
Client briefing: Bridgecorp judgment - analysis, updates and options
October 14, 2011  |  Views: 439 |  Comments: 0 
Client briefing: Bridgecorp judgment - analysis, updates and options
As discussed in our recent Client Alert, the Auckland High Court in Steigrad v BFSL 2007 Ltd 2 (the Bridgecorp case) ruled that the statutory charge imposed by section 9 of the Law...   Read More...
Protecting your family and your business when tragedy strikes
September 02, 2011  |  Views: 125 |  Comments: 1 
Protecting your family and your business when tragedy strikes
No one likes thinking about how they or their family will be affected if they experience a serious illness or accident or, even worse, if the illness or accident is fatal.   Read More...
How to comply with new OH&S laws
September 02, 2011  |  Views: 569 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
How to comply with new OH&S laws
New laws will come into effect on 1 January 2012 which will for the first time standardise occupational health and safety (OH&S) legislation around the country.   Read More...
The right approach to insurance keeps a business on its feet after a disaster
September 02, 2011  |  Views: 104 |  Comments: 0 
The right approach to insurance keeps a business on its feet after a disaster
Case study: Allens Industrial Products planned ahead of the Brisbane floods and used business interruption insurance to help protect the goodwill of its business.   Read More...
Best practice business continuity planning
September 02, 2011  |  Views: 111 |  Comments: 0 
Best practice business continuity planning
Recent natural disasters have placed business continuity planning front and centre for companies. So how should a business best plan to ensure it can keep going?   Read More...
It pays to be fully covered in small business
September 01, 2011  |  Views: 100 |  Comments: 0 
It pays to be fully covered in small business
What business insurances do you need and how much should you be covered for?   Read More...
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January 06, 2011  |  Views: 79 |  Comments: 0 
Client alert: Transfer of insurance business from American Home Assurance Company
The purpose of this alert is to advise clients of the forthcoming scheme transfer of American HomeAssurance Company, trading as Chartis, to Chartis Australia Insurance Limited.   Read More...
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Business Interruption
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Business Interruption
A company's share price, profits and corporate reputation can be damaged by an interruption. To limit the loss of earnings many companies obtain insurance coverage. However, tradit...  Read More...
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Claims Management Services
The CMS team has a unique blend of skills and experience designed to provide you with innovative claims management solutions able to meet the challenges of the future as well as th...  Read More...
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Demolition & Asbestos
Marsh’s demolition and asbestos removal facility provides a range of coverage options for this unique area of the construction industry.  Read More...
Directors' & Officers' Liability
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Directors' & Officers' Liability
An appropriate insurance portfolio, which includes Directors' & Officers' Liability insurance cover, should form part of a comprehensive risk management program designed to provide...  Read More...
Employee Benefits Product and Services Offerings
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Employee Benefits Product and Services Offerings
Your Marsh Employee Benefits Program provides you with professional, customised service to support our product and services range.  Read More...
Employment Practices Liability
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Employment Practices Liability
In Australia's increasingly litigious society, employees and prospective employees are more likely to take legal action in relation to their employment, promotion and treatment by ...  Read More...
Enterprise Risk Management
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Enterprise Risk Management
Risk does not always come in small, neat packages. Regulators and stakeholders increasingly want to know how risk is being managed across the whole of the business. An enterprise r...  Read More...
Environmental Risks
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Environmental Risks
Marsh Environmental practice has extensive experience in managing environmental risk and can assist your organisation to understand the potential impact of such risks, prevent thei...  Read More...
Forensic Accounting & Claims Services (FACS)
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Forensic Accounting & Claims Services (FACS)
Facing ever-increasing scrutiny from regulators, shareholders and the public, the need for business leaders to demonstrate their ability in managing unforeseen events or crises, in...  Read More...
Mergers & Acquisition
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Mergers & Acquisition
Corporate Australia's recent history is littered with evidence of the dangers implicit in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity. Transactions in the aviation and insurance sectors,...  Read More...
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Global Insurance Market Quarterly Briefing: Q4 2011
December 22, 2011  |  Views: 189 |  Comments: 0 
Global Insurance Market Quarterly Briefing: Q4 2011
Although insurance rates in most loss-affected geographies and classes of business continued to climb during the fourth quarter of 2011, in other classes and regions rates generall...  Read More...
Insurance Market Review (Pacific) – July 2011
July 25, 2011  |  Views: 279 |  Comments: 0 
Insurance Market Review (Pacific) – July 2011
The end of the June quarter closed out a tumultuous 18 months for the insurance market, which endured a string of catastrophic events across the globe. Starting with the Chilean ea...  Read More...
Insurance Market Review (Australia) - April 2011
April 26, 2011  |  Views: 125 |  Comments: 0 
Insurance Market Review (Australia) - April 2011
In the period since September 2010, the insurance market in Australasia has been hit by an unprecedented run of catastrophic events. The two earthquake events in Christchurch (the ...  Read More...
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July 25, 2011  |  Views: 61
Firming conditions for insurance buyers while catastrophe exposures bring steeper increases
A robust supply of capital in the local insurance market has limited the potential for higher rate increases except for buyers that have sustained heavy losses, according to a new ...  Read More...

Robert Pasquini
Construction Practice Leader
Melbourne, Australia
robert.pasquini@marsh.com

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