About SHC Insurance Brokers | Construction Insurance Specialists

37+ Years

Specialist construction broker since 1989.
Leading Broker

Dedicated construction insurance specialists with unmatched experience in latent defects cover.
$8 Billion

Construction value managed in the last 12 months.

The SHC team at work in the Sydney office

Our story

SHC Insurance Brokers was founded in 1989 as a construction insurance broker, at a time when buying insurance meant paperwork, phone calls and waiting around. Stefan Hicks saw a more efficient way, and he built it, launching some of the first online insurance platforms in the country for everyday consumers, banks and financial service providers alike.

That first-mover thinking took SHC national, then briefly onto the ASX via a 2015 merger, and as far as London by 2016. But in 2018, SHC was brought back into private hands and back to what it did best. In 2022, the Group went on to found Resilience Insurance, bringing Latent Defects Insurance to Australia for the first time, with SHC among the first brokers to offer it. Today, that same instinct for spotting a gap and filling it has made SHC Australia’s largest Latent Defects Insurance broker.

Milestones

1989

SHC Insurance Brokers founded by Stefan Hicks
1997

Western Australia's First Home Warranty Broker
2001

Expanded nationally, with the Sydney office established
2015

Listed on the ASX
2016

London, UK office established
2018

SHC brought back into private hands
2020

SHC is appointed as an approved distributor for Resilience Insurance's Latent Defects Insurance product
2021

SHC is appointed to the HBCF / Home Warranty panel in NSW
2022

Resilience Insurance launches Latent Defects Insurance into the Australian market
2022

First major LDI cover arranged

What Sets Us Apart?

Specialist depth and standing

We were involved from the earliest stage of LDI’s arrival in Australia. Most brokers treat it as a niche add-on. For SHC Insurance Brokers, it’s the core discipline our whole construction practice is built around. That depth of expertise has also led to us advising state governments on building reform.
Risk management that sharpens your whole program

We build independent risk management into every LDI project, from design through to occupancy. That produces a demonstrably stronger risk profile, one we use to negotiate sharper rates and broader cover across your entire program.
One broker, one file, for the full ten-year tail

From DA through to OC and the decade beyond, we carry you through each stage with one continuous file and one specialist team, not five disconnected brokers.