Gallagher Bassett provides comprehensive, end-to-end risk management solutions designed specifically for the construction industry.
Through claims management and risk control services, we support your projects from pre-construction through closeout, focusing on the following:
Our tenured professionals build trusting and collaborative partnerships with clients for tailored solutions that improve cost savings, efficiency, communication, and control throughout a project life cycle. And because we own the totality of our solutions, we remove the need to seek additional vendors or third parties for a project, allowing us to limit the impact of risk and achieve better outcomes.
At Gallagher Bassett, we are committed to the construction space — understanding, analyzing, and addressing emerging risks and gaps in the marketplace, so our clients can focus on the aspects of their businesses that matter most to them.
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This video shares the origins of Gallagher Bassett following the 1958 fire that devastated Our Lady of Angels school in Chicago.
The tragedy inspired Gallagher leadership to partner with Sterling Bassett and provide the Catholic church with comprehensive insurance, claims handling, and risk management consulting services.
"At the heart of what Gallagher Bassett does is respond to people that are really hurting...that's a real emotional gut thing, and we can never forget that's what we're dealing with." — J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr.
72,594
Claims Handled
$7 Billion
Total Incurred
Figures represent 2022 year-end results and include all coverages.
Using our proven best practices, our knowledgeable professionals work collaboratively with you to integrate your program goals and expectations with our risk management and claims handling abilities and services. Here are just a few examples of success.
GBCARE™ program lowers workers' compensation medical costs, reduces lost days.
Learn how a highly coordinated medical management strategy met this builder client's goals with results such as:
We are appreciative of our long-term partnership with Gallagher Bassett. Whether it is achieving a superior outcome on a complex construction defect claim, returning an employee to work, or leveraging Luminos for custom RMIS solutions — GB supports us as a true partner!
Custom claims handling focused on construction risk exposures
While we handle all types of insurance claims, the most common liabilities we manage for our construction clients include:
Robust health and safety risk management programs
In addition to claims management, we partner with clients to assist with workplace safety, exposure mitigation, reduction of potential liability claims, and compliance with state and federal regulatory laws. Some key elements of our solutions are:
Full array of options to promote safety at the job site
Good safety practices are integral to the construction development process. We work with clients to improve job site safety through:
Courses that construction workers need
Our industry-leading instruction is offered via in-person classes, blended instruction, or self-paced learning with our virtual and online catalog of courses available in English and Spanish. Some of the courses we provide include:
Required courses to earn SST card
Under Local Law 196 in New York City, certain construction and demolition workers are required to hold SST cards as official proof that they have completed the necessary hours of DOB-approved site safety training.
We offer accredited and DOB-approved training courses as well as SST card applications for both new and renewal cards. Before issuing an SST card, Gallagher Bassett verifies all training hours completed to ensure that a worker or supervisor meets the requirements set forth under Local Law 196 and the New York City DOB site safety training curriculum.
Safety supplies and PPE
It takes the right gear to keep your workers protected on construction sites and workplaces. We offer access to the essential safety supplies and equipment required to assist clients in the management of safe construction projects, including personal protective equipment (PPE).
Make Gallagher Bassett your dependable construction partner
From making sure the ground is free of contamination pre-construction to ensuring the safety of a work site and testing the air quality inside of the building post-construction, Gallagher Bassett serves as your dependable construction life cycle partner.
