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Healthcare

We help businesses protect human health and mitigate environmental risks in support of responsible and sustainable growth.

Identify

Evaluate evolving and emerging risks through the lens of industry.

Understand

Carefully assess risk to your organization and determine risk appetite on the balance sheet.

Address

Strategically transfer cleanup liabilities, 3rd party claims, financial loss, and legal expenses into the insurance marketplace.

The primary mission of Healthcare organizations is centered around serving patients and their communities. The increasing demand for greater access to best-in-class care has led to new and evolving risks, including reinvestment in existing facilities, strategic mergers and acquisitions, and development of hospitals, clinics, and medical offices.  In today’s environment of heightened societal awareness, it is essential for organizations to proactively protect human health and mitigate environmental risks in support of responsible and sustainable growth.

Healthcare organizations are continually addressing risks associated with:

  • Adhering to evolving federal, state, and local environmental regulations, including potential fines and penalties;
  • Remedial costs for pollution, such as mold, legionella, storage tanks, and sewage releases;
  • Third party claims from patients, contractors, neighbors and other parties alleged to have been exposed to pollution;
  • Managing waste streams for proper disposal of red bag, radiological, and other hazardous wastes; and
  • Creating training programs to identify, report and respond to perceived pollution risks.

Risk savvy organizations are proactively identifying risks across the enterprise operation, during M&A and development projects. They are also engaging strategic risk management tools such as contractual risk management and specialty environmental insurance solutions.

Marsh’s Environmental Practice evaluates the spectrum of risks to healthcare organizations, advises on a range of possible solutions to mitigate your risks, and delivers highly specialized risk transfer solutions to protect both the organization’s financials and its reputation in the communities that are served.

Why Marsh

As an industry leader in providing environmental placement and claims solutions, our team handles more than 500 claims annually and has advocated on more than 2,500 claims in the past five years. Among our 40 dedicated environmental colleagues, nearly half have received Risk & Insurance’s Power Broker award, a designation given to risk management professionals based on demonstrated excellence in solving insurance-related issues, per client testimonial.

Our people

Laura Owens

Laura Owens

Vice President, Environmental Practice

  • United States

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