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Economic Slowdown or Slow Recovery
Global economic uncertainty is being fuelled by geopolitical volatility and unpredictable inflation and interest rates.
Industry Overview
Construction and Real Estate
A Sector Being Transformed by Digital and Green Commitments
Demand for construction and real estate has rebounded — even accelerated — in the years following the pandemic. But against this backdrop, the industry faces ongoing challenges, including supply chain disruption and scarcity of materials, a lack of available talent and the uncertainty of operating in a volatile economic landscape. Plus, perennial risks like cashflow management have not gone away.
Of course, new challenges are always emerging. Cyber and intellectual property-related threats are rising, and climate considerations are rapidly growing in importance. This is not a moment where leaders can afford to stand still.
To address these challenges, Aon has vast experience in providing risk capital and human capital capabilities to contractors, developers, investors, and the full range of organisations that support the construction and real estate industry. We continue to innovate on behalf of clients, developing solutions such as environmental, social and governance benchmarking to help leaders reduce their overall cost of risk and manage their people and risks optimally.
Top 5 Current Risks
According to our latest Global Risk Management Survey, the biggest risks facing the Construction and Real Estate industry include:
More Insights
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Report
Global Construction Insurance and Surety Market
The global construction sector faces increasingly complex, interconnected risks and shifting capacity. The Global Construction Insurance and Surety Market Report offers insight on pricing, capacity and performance by line and region to help organisations secure cover and support growth.
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Article
Managing Construction Risk Capacity as Strategic Capital
Construction organisations can create more value from risk capacity by treating it as finite capital and directing it toward the opportunities, exposures and options that matter most.
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Article 7 mins
Managing Renewable Construction Claims with Confidence
Construction and real estate organisations are navigating a risk landscape shaped by economic volatility, digital acceleration and workforce disruption.
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Article 6 mins
Managing Accumulation Risk in Data Centers
Data centers today, driven by growth and scale, concentrate enough value for a single event to create a portfolio-level loss. Re/insurers and captives that understand and manage aggregation exposure will be better positioned to sustain capacity and support long-term sector growth.
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Article 12 mins
Why Construction Firms Must Rethink Cyber Resilience as a Delivery Risk
Construction is digitizing and cyber threats have become core delivery, financial and enterprise risks. Leaders can strengthen construction cyber resilience through data-led risk insights, stronger operational controls, insurance solutions and robust supply chain due diligence.
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Podcast
Digital Infrastructure: Rethinking Risk and Resilience
Aon leaders discuss how the next generation of digital infrastructure is changing how companies think about risk, capital and long-term growth.
