PSC Insurance Brokers (Canberra)

PSC Insurance Brokers has a long-term commitment to the civil construction industry and is a National Sponsor of the Civil Contractors Federation. We have developed relationships with key industry stakeholders across the country and we pride ourselves on providing coverage specifically designed for the civil construction industry.

PSC Insurance Brokers has a specialised focus on businesses across this essential industry and can provide cover for a range of occupation and activity types; from grading roads to building bridges, ports & railways. We can source cover and provide risk management and workers compensation advice for businesses across the entire civil construction sector. Whether you are an individual contractor or have numerous employees working in major​​ constructions, repairs or land preparation, our team have the knowledge and experience to help protect your business.

Our teams have a wealth of experience in placing insurance coverage for occupations related to civil construction, with specialist insurance products to cover asset management, project management & people management, as well as other liabilities in this sector. 

PSC Insurance Brokers can call upon another subsidiary of the wider PSC Group, PSC Workplace Solutions, to provide the complete range of services our clients require to achieve better return to work outcomes and therefore lower costs for Workers Compensation premiums.

PSC Workplace Solutions specialises in the delivery of injury management, health assessments and claims management. They are committed to working with clients to develop, implement and continuously improve systems to ensure that they are delivering required objectives and savings, with a proven track record of reducing the cost of claims and insurance premiums.

PSC Insurance Brokers offer cover for commercial, civil and mechanical construction. We can cover a range of construction projects from operators building high-rises or factories to businesses that specialise in land subdivision, as well as civil or mechanical installations, public utilities and other large infrastructure projects. We offer insurance coverage and risk management advice to construction businesses of all types and sizes.

Contractors all risk insurance cover can protect businesses from consequential loss, damage to plant, machinery & tools, or damage to goods & materials in transit. We can also source cover for commissioning and testing as required for mechanical or civil construction. In addition, we can source covers that incorporate any rectification work that has to be undertaken by the business during their defects period.

Sub-contractor risk is another major issue for the construction industry. PSC Insurance brokers can source the right covers to protect sub-contractors and can also assist businesses in finding risk management solutions for their sub-contractor exposures.

Effectively protecting businesses in this highly regulated landscape means ensuring that their insurance provides the right covers and responses to fulfil regulatory requirements. At PSC Insurance Brokers, we help our clients navigate this. We can assist with contract reviews to ensure their contractual obligations to head contractors are fair. In addition, we can ensure the insurance policy fulfils these obligations wherever possible.

PSC Insurance Brokers specialize in Commercial Property Owners Insurance with experience in insuring a range of building types, from small, one-off retail buildings through to large multi tenancy buildings with high-hazard risks.

We take the time to work closely with clients in this space in order to understand the unique risks to their location so that we can advise on appropriate risk management strategies to make the risk as attractive to insurers as possible. We are specialists in medium to high grade hazards and use our vast experience in both risk management and insurance placement to identify the appropriate markets to approach.

We can also help our clients navigate the most beneficial ways to set Loss of Rent Figure & Indemnity Periods.

PSC Insurance Brokers specialise in SME insurance. We protect these types of businesses by really getting to know them to the extent that we are a part of their business. We create one to one relationships with the owner of the business, ensuring good communication throughout the duration of the relationship. As we are locals of the communities we service, we are often customers of the businesses we service. . As such, the relationships are genuine, and both parties have an invested interest in achieving the best outcome.

We truly care about the survival and success of our SME business clients and feel privileged that we are in a position to help them. We love learning about our clients’ businesses and combine that knowledge with an understanding of the insurance markets and products to find economical insurance solutions. As insurance specialists, we are able to look beyond traditional policy structures to secure better outcomes. For example, we may break down a policy and place different sections with different insurers to maximise premium reductions. We also have intimate knowledge of policy wordings and know how to cover the idiosyncrasies to find solutions that are not only the most economical, but also offer great protection.