Mass Timber Insurance Playbook
A step-by-step guidance aiming to simplify the process for gaining insurance for mass timber buildings
The Mass Timber Insurance Playbook is a step-by-step guidance to help stakeholders in the insurance and construction industries understand each other’s priorities and language. It has been produced by the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products, and written by insurance industry experts Philip Callow, Mass Timber Risk Consulting and Jim Glockling. The objective of the Mass Timber Insurance Playbook is to enable a collaborative approach between construction teams and insurers, opening the door to more equitable insurance for mass timber buildings.
The Mass Timber Insurance Playbook is a direct response to the challenges developers have faced, providing guidance for all parties involved in arranging insurance – for both development and operation of projects.
The Playbook was written by insurance and building resilience specialists, to help stakeholders in the insurance and construction industries to understand each other’s priorities and language. The aim is to enable constructive communication, to help overcome gaps in understanding that sometimes hold back mass timber construction.
AUTHORS: Alliance for Sustainable Building Products; Philip Callow and Jim Glocking, Mass Timber Risk Consulting
DATE: May 2023
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