CONSTRUCTION

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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SME Insights: Cyber crime. It could happen to you.
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SME Insights: Cyber crime. It could happen to you.
Many business owners think their enterprise will never be hacked, assuming that because they are smaller than a large corporation, the information in their IT systems isn’t of inte...   Read More...
SME Insights: Best practice claims management
March 07, 2012  |  Views: 411 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
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It’s critical to understand and follow the various claims management processes if you want to give your business the best possible chance of maximising your policy entitlements   Read More...
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Client Alert: Changes to workers' compensation payments in South Australia
The existing levy system in South Australia will be replaced with a new employer payment system from 1 July 2012. The purpose of this alert is to provide an outline of the new empl...   Read More...
SME Insights: Keep it coming. Great tools the key to maintaining cash flow.
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SME Insights: 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...
SME Insights: Protecting your family and your business when tragedy strikes
January 05, 2012  |  Views: 402 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
SME Insights: 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...
SME Insights: How to comply with new OH&S laws
December 02, 2011  |  Views: 908 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
SME Insights: 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...
SME Insights: The right approach to insurance keeps a business on its feet after a disaster
November 01, 2011  |  Views: 337 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
SME Insights: 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...
Client briefing: Bridgecorp judgment - analysis, updates and options
October 14, 2011  |  Views: 656 |  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...
SME Insights: Best practice business continuity planning
October 03, 2011  |  Views: 278 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
SME Insights: 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...
SME Insights: It pays to be fully covered in small business
September 01, 2011  |  Views: 227 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
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What business insurances do you need and how much should you be covered for?   Read More...
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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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Mitigating political risks for mobile assets
Many companies are expanding beyond their domestic borders to do business internationally. Unstable political environments, however, can quickly ruin even the best-laid business pl...  Read More...
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Companies that enter into trade contracts for the supply of goods and services with government or private entities in emerging countries are often exposed to a number of underlying...  Read More...
Mitigating political risks in performance guarantees
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When reviewing uninsured risks, companies may find gaps in cover under their property insurance for perils such as political violence, war and terrorism. The Political Risk special...  Read More...
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Natural Hazards Solutions
Through a combination of innovative risk mitigation and risk transfer, a company can exercise optimum control over its property exposures.  Read More...
Occupational Health & Safety
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Occupational Health & Safety
Effectively managing occupational health and safety (OHS) risks is a key requirement for all organisations. The expectations of the community and statutory authorities continue to ...  Read More...
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Political risks in the construction and engineering industries
A robust construction marketplace offers an exciting opportunity for construction and engineering firms to expand beyond their borders to do business internationally. However, this...  Read More...
Workers' Compensation
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Workers' Compensation
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Global Insurance Market Quarterly Briefing: Q4 2011
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Global Insurance Market Quarterly Briefing: Q4 2011
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Insurance Market Review (Pacific) – July 2011
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Insurance Market Review (Australia) - April 2011
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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: 138
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...

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