Fire remains the most frequent and severe loss driver on construction sites, driven by today’s complex project environments — temporary power and heating, evolving construction materials, hot works, climate conditions and increasingly compressed schedules that heighten exposure. While traditional fire controls have focused on compliance and post-event response, early-warning fire detection and alert technologies are fundamentally reshaping how fire risk can be managed proactively during construction.

This session examines why fire losses continue to dominate construction claims, how early-warning detection and real-time alerting materially reduce loss severity, and what this shift means for insurability, claims outcomes and project continuity. Aimed at experienced risk professionals, the presentation focuses on how risk managers can move ahead of the curve — embedding early fire detection into project risk governance, aligning contractors and insurers around data-driven prevention, and positioning their organisations for a future where real-time fire risk visibility becomes a prerequisite rather than a differentiator.