Through risk transfer and consulting, including safety management, we can help you create a culture focused on protecting employees, passengers, and the public, while significantly lowering your total cost of risk.

Global network of more than 70 dedicated rail specialists in risk consulting and insurance brokerage... Market reach to rail underwriters worldwide. Reducing Total Cost of Risk Across the Railway Organization

Railways that effectively integrate risk management and risk transfer processes with safety management systems can often reap financial and operational benefits. United States Insurance Market Report 2016

Marsh’s Global Rail Practice comprises industry veterans, including former railway employees, who serve as your trusted specialists. We consult and broker for railway systems in North and South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and Pacific regions.

Marsh covers the entire rail industry sphere of business, including all passenger services, all classes of freight, and all financial and operational stakeholders. Our workable solutions and services help mitigate and transfer risk for industry participants such as:

We work with our clients to develop and implement system planning, work processes, and employee behavior improvement programs to create an underlying “culture of safety” designed to reduce out-of-pocket losses as well as insurance claims. Rail companies, public agencies, and industry organizations rely on Marsh for thought leadership, best practices, and practical solutions to today’s toughest issues.

Issues and Risks

Railway organizations that effectively integrate risk management and risk transfer processes with sfety management systems can often lower their total cost of risk (TCOR) and ultimately improve their financial results. Marsh can help you stay competitive and viable in the growing and changing rail industry, navigating issues and risks that include:

Global Reach and Innovation

The world’s largest insurers and reinsurers support our global focus and growth initiatives, and often look to Marsh to deliver creative commercial solutions for the rail industry. With the experience, expertise, and relationships of our rail professionals, we offer sizeable breadth and depth of strategic options and industry best practices for our clients.

Collaborating with specialists from the other Marsh & McLennan Companies, we offer a wide range of management consulting, claims management support, reinsurance, human capital and employee health and benefits services.

As the rail practice of the world’s largest insurance broker, we draw on the strength of our extensive insurance placements and our global network of more than 250 rail clients to bring relevant benchmarking data to help meet the needs of our clients. Our services include benchmarking for insurance products as well as best practices to reduce your total cost of risk.

Technical, Safety, and Risk Management Consulting Services

Adapting to changing regulations requires an integrated approach to applying technology and investing in resources. With a key understanding of the operating challenges that transit agencies and railways face, we keep abreast of issues and regulations that impact your business. Marsh provides risk management and consulting services, including: James Beardsley

Global Rail Practice Leader

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