Network Meeting – Property Risk in the Insurance Sector and the Relationship with HSE Audits and Inspections
PRESENTATION
 Steve Gibbons, Principal – Head of Development, Property Risk Solutions, Marsh Advisory Pacific
Topic:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Property Risk in the Insurance Sector and the Relationship with HSE Audits and Inspections
In this presentation, Steve will provide an introduction to the concept of Property Risk from an insurance perspective, and the scope of the major deliverables. The key messages from this session relate to the overlap of
our work with that of our colleagues in the EHS/HSE/SHE space, both within organisations and through external consultancy services. You may not realise how much of your own products provide an insight to the property risks at a location or within a business; there are mutual benefits to a closer understanding of how we can assist each other through increased awareness and observation of site practices, record keeping, and the various plant and equipment on location. Some might say Steve is trying to make you all property risk consultants, but I will leave you to make your own determination on this!
High level content:
- What do we mean by Property Risk and just who are we
- Why is it important, both for insurance purposes and more general risk management
- What is the scope of property risk work, plus the different types of deliverables that are typically being sought
- The overlap with HSE
- What is the process (hint: not rocket science, you will surely recognise the approach)
- What are the common gaps we find, and risk recommendations we make to our clients
- Hot topics in property risk and asset protection
- How we can help you to enhance your life safety work with asset protection observations
- How you can help property risk engineers better recognise life safety
About the speaker:
 Steve is an experienced property risk engineer, working with Marsh out of their Sydney office for the last 16 years. As a Principal, Steve lead the NSW/VIC team of property risk engineers for 2 years before recently moving into a team development role, supporting our continued growth both individually and as a high performing team. He continues to conduct field and project work, and has worked with clients in a wide range of industry sectors, from real estate to mining, from allied health to renewables, from manufacturing to the finance sector.
 Steve provides services including property risk engineering reports to support insurance program renewals, property risk audits to benchmark client sites against internal and Australian Standards, and quantitative studies to aid clients in making informed decisions regarding insurance program limits of liability across a range of insurance lines.
Prior to joining Marsh, Steve worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 19 years, spending the last 10 years supporting EHS programs across in-house manufacturing, third party contract manufacturers, head office functions, and sale conferences for the company’s Australian business. He was also internally accredited as a Corporate EHS auditor with US Head Office, and conducted a number of Corporate EHS audits in Japan and Thailand as part of a 3-4 person international team.
 Steve has an MA(Cantab) in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, UK, and a Graduate Diploma in Business and Technology from UNSW.