Construction and engineering

Our team can place cover for all risks of physical loss or damage to contract works, including materials, machinery, equipment and permanent/temporary works, for both onshore and offshore construction projects.

The coverage we can place includes:

  • Fault or error in design and workmanship
  • Testing/commissioning and maintenance period
  • Sue and labour and removal of wreck for separate limit (25% of insured value or as agreed)
  • Removal of wreck and debris separate limit (25% of insured value or as agreed)
  • Deliberate damage when at the direction of governmental or regulatory authority
  • Existing property
  • Failure of loading/ unloading and failure to launch
  • Builders risks and cargo coverage
  • War etc. subject to waterborne agreement
  • Expediting expenses
  • Property in assured's care, custody and control
  • Repeat trials and tests
  • Cover for principal or owners, contractors/sub-contractors and lenders interests
  • Advanced loss of profit/delay in start up

Third party liabilities arising from operations will also be included covering:

  • Loss of life and bodily injury
  • Third party property damage
  • Protection and indemnity
  • War protection and indemnity
  • Cargo liability
  • Towage liabilities

The minimum details required to offer a premium indication are as follows:

  • Scope of work of the contract, including bar charts showing project time scale including testing/commissioning, design of the facility and method of transit/ installation at site
  • Details of the site/location, pertinent environmental issues and surrounding third party property
  • Contract value broken down over major component parts, including pipelines if any
  • Details of construction yard(s), contractors and suppliers of major component parts to be covered while in transit to main yard
  • Details of owner, including management experience, other operations, maintenance and safety procedures
  • Anticipated delivery/completion dates and projected revenue/late completion penalties
  • Previous loss record of yard and/or construction contractors