Construction Risk Management Conference 2022 | Commercial Risk Online | 17 May 2022 | Leonardo Royal London City, 8-14 Cooper's Row, London EC3N 2BQ, UK

The expected boom in global construction projects will require new approaches to managing risks for risk and insurance managers but also presents a growth opportunity for the insurance industry and will hopefully attract new capital and new products to the market.

Population growth and urbanisation, as well as climate change, are expected to be the main drivers in the demand for infrastructure construction and home building in coming years. Climate change and the race to net zero targets are arguably the greatest challenges that face the construction industry, and will lead to big changes in construction processes and methods, while the industry is already undergoing a technological transformation, with digitalisation and growth in modern manufacturing methods. As the sector grows, so too does the risk of greater pollution and waste.

The industry is set to be a global engine for economic growth and recovery from Covid-19 with average annual global infrastructure construction forecast to grow by 5.1% per year. Some of the highest growth rates will be in North America and Asia-Pacific, while Western Europe is forecast to grow by 23%.

The long-term growth in the construction market will bring new challenges to risk and insurance managers and an increased need to transfer risk into insurance programmes. It could also lead to an increase in complex insurance claims.

Agenda to Include Session on:
• A global view: how governments are backing major infrastructure projects
• Stimulus Packages: Impact on the insurance market
• Engineering: the insurance market
• Managing supply chain risk in construction
• ESG: how does the construction industry adapt to changing times?
• The battle for human capital
• Why are construction claims so complex? The insurer’s view
• Weathering the storm: Crossrail
• Construction technology
• Single Project Professional Indemnity (SPPI)
• Renewables: the future?
• Time to wake up to the cyber threat
• An alternative approach: captives and other solutions

Workshops:
• Choose Wisely: How the selection of your Joint Venture partner and delivery model could impact professional liability coverage
• Claims – PI: For this workshop we consider recent Professional Indemnity claims and take a deep dive into these cases, looking at the event, the wordings and the end results.
• Claims – CAR: In this session we will look at Construction All Risks claims cases, drilling down into the specifics of some of the most controversial construction wording clauses.
• Legal risks: This session considers the ways in which risk managers can support their organisations in avoiding the pitfalls of overpromising or providing misleading information about the benefits ‘green’ products or services will provide. We also look at changing legislation in key markets and provide some examples of major litigation regarding the environment and climate change.
• Cyber Coverage: An analysis of cyber risk in the construction industry: a review of cover offered/excluded.
• Mitigating construction risk with parametric triggers: Parametric insurance is an emerging method of providing coverage for costs typically associated with delays • arising out of severe weather conditions or natural catastrophes. This session explores the rising trend of parametric solutions and the types of risks that can be transferred.

2022 Speakers

Domenico Campogrande
Director General, European Construction Industry Federation

Janet Greenwood
Manager, Major Projects Advisory, KPMG

James MacNeal
Global Industry Specialty Leader, Construction & Infrastructure, Aon

Isabelle Kowalski
P&C | Specialty Insurance | Global Head Construction, SCOR

Richard Gordon
Head of Construction UK, Zurich

Manuela Baroncini
Head E&C Global, Swiss Re

Andy Kane
Portfolio Manager, Construction, QBE

Peter Rudd
Executive Director, International Construction, Aon

Paul Marshall
Risk Manager, Bechtel

Tim Chapman
CEO, London Engineering Group (LEG)

Nick Wildgoose
CEO, Supplien Consulting

Günter Schneider
Principal Risk Engineer/Practice Leader Construction, Zurich

Richard Dudley
Head of Climate, Aon

Daniel McCarthy Stott
Senior Associate, Portfolio Management and Development, Meridiam

Suzanne Courtney
Chief Commercial Officer - EMEA, Aon Assessment Solutions, Aon

Nathalie Vandenbroucke
Risk Insurance and Compliance Manager, Eiffage Benelux

Nicola Fordham
Chief Underwriting Officer, MAXIS GBN

David Pryce
Managing Partner, Fenchurch Law

Rob Goodship
Senior Associate, Fenchurch Law

Barry Jackson
Senior Claims Adjuster, Construction & Engineering, QBE

Dan Screene
Financial & Professional Services (Cyber), Aon

Alexander Curtis
Cyber & Commercial E&O, Aon

John Sargent
Head Claims EMEA, Swiss Re

Peter Green
Head of Construction, Sedgwick UK

Shahrokh Shahpoori Monfared
Senior Underwriter Engineering, SCOR

Sophie St John
Pricing Actuary, AXA XL

Cedric Wong
Head E&C London, Swiss Re

Chris Wertli
Head Infrastructure Solutions, Swiss Re

Damian Glynn
Head of Financial Lines, Sedgwick

David Bowcott
Chief Commercial Officer Global Construction and Infrastructure Group, Aon

S. Michael Williams
Insurance Strategy & Business Development, OpenSpace

Julia Graham
CEO, Airmic

Ante Petrevic
Managing Director, Aon

Mark Peterson
SVP & Executive Director, Aon

Juliette Pettit
Underwriting Manager – PI & Cyber, AIG

Faris Nimri
Head Renewable Energy, Swiss Re

Jon Wiegand
Head of Power – Global Broking Centre, Commercial Risk Solutions, Aon

Darren Smart
Global Construction Practice Leader, Liberty Specialty Markets

Alexander Larsen
President, Baldwin Global Risk Services

Grant Griffiths
Deputy Chair – IRM Energy Special Interest Group, Board ESG and Risk Advisor, IRM

Nathan Jones
Cyber (Infrastructure and Built Environment specialist), M&A and Transaction Solutions, Aon

Joel Appelbaum
EVP and Chief Content Officer, IRMI

David Warr
Cyber & TMT Underwriting Manager, QBE

Adri van der Waart
Director Global Insurance, Arcadis

Eamonn Long
Alternative Risk Solutions, SCOR

Ciarán Healy
Director of Client Solutions - EMEA, Captive & Insurance Management, Aon

2022 Partners

HEADLINE PARTNER:
• Aon

GOLD PARTNERS:
• QBE
• Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
• Zurich

SILVER PARTNER:
• Sedgwick

BRONZE PARTNER:
• Soor