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Built for Construction Risk

Stop the Claims That Become Catastrophes.

Canotera turns initial claim materials into predictive signals on severity, escalation, and venue risk so construction legal teams intervene before a routine incident becomes an eight-figure verdict.

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Trusted by construction insurers and AmLaw firms · ISO 27001 certified

Operational intelligence for construction risk leaders

The Challenge

A handful of construction claims drive most of the loss.

Nuclear verdicts in construction concentrate in a small percentage of files that look ordinary at intake — fall protection, struck-by, third-party-over actions. The signals are there in the first report. They just aren't being read.

By the time escalation surfaces in the file — plaintiff-firm activity, expanded theories, retained experts — defense strategy is locked, costs have compounded, and exposure has ballooned past the point where reserves and resolution can meaningfully be reset.

The opportunity to bend severity sits in the first ninety days. Most teams spend those ninety days assigning the file.

20×

Faster Case Triage

10×

Broader Comp Set Coverage

30%+

Reduction in Tail Risk Exposure

How Canotera Works

Predictive signals from the first incident report.

Escalation Risk

Identifies early indicators that a claim will deteriorate, expand in scope, or attract plaintiff-firm attention.

Coverage Analysis

Centralizes policy terms, OCIP/CCIP layers, and additional-insured considerations directly within the claim file.

Resolution Forecast

Surfaces likely resolution ranges from comparable construction outcomes, so reserves and strategy align before positions harden.

Built For

Construction risk teams who can't afford to be reactive.

General Contractors & CMs

Operations and risk leaders managing self-insured retentions, OCIP/CCIP exposure, and the high-severity matters that move loss ratios.

Construction Insurers & TPAs

Underwriting, claims, and analytics teams that need to triage incoming notices and price tail risk against a defensible comparable set.

Construction-focused Defense Firms

Litigators building early case strategy on third-party-over, fall protection, and struck-by matters where venue and exposure shift fast.

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See it on one of your claims.

Submit your details and we'll run a complimentary prediction on a representative file. No commitment.

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Predictions on 1 representative case, free
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Questions

What teams ask before they pilot.

Claims systems organize the file. Canotera reads it — predicting severity, escalation, and resolution range from incident materials, then surfacing the comparable construction matters that anchor strategy. We sit alongside your CMS, not in place of it.

Yes. We work with intake the way it already exists — first reports, photos, OSHA documentation, contracts, policies. Output flows back via secure dashboards or direct integration with Origami, Riskonnect, ClaimCenter, and most major systems.

A first report of injury or notice of loss is enough to begin. Adding policy documents, OCIP/CCIP structure, contracts, and witness statements sharpens the prediction. We work with whatever a file currently contains.

A pilot on a representative file takes one week. Production deployment for a portfolio typically lands inside thirty to sixty days, scoped against your intake and reserving cadence.

ISO 27001 certified. Single-tenant deployments available. Client data is never used to train models served to other clients, and all processing is governed by signed DPAs and BAAs as required.