Latest Aon Headlines
All the headlines from our Aon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aon Benfield: U.S. Homeowners Insurance Offers Growth Opportunities
Oct 21 2013 // A new report from Aon Benfield, a reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, says U.S. homeowners insurance is showing significant growth opportunities. The report, titled “Homeowners ROE Outlook: 2013...
Members of Aon Benfield’s Analytics Team Explain Cat Models
Oct 18 2013 // “Our remit at Aon Benfield Analytics is really to do the risk quantification part of reinsurance transactions,” said John Moore, the head of International Analytics operations. He’s responsible for...
Health Cost Increases in 2013 Were Lowest in Decade: Aon Hewitt
Oct 17 2013 // There was some relatively good news in health care this year. U.S. employers and their employees saw the lowest health care premium rate increases in 2013 in more than a decade, according to global consultant Aon...
Aon Benfield 1st Half 2013 Lloyd’s Report: Premiums up; Profits Down
Oct 17 2013 // Aon Benfield’s Analytics’ Market Analysis team has updated its report on Lloyd’s to reflect the latest financial figures for the first half of 2013 and business position going into 2014. Key figures in...
September Economic Loss from Nat Cats $15 Billion: Aon Benfield Report
Oct 9 2013 // Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, has released its latest monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report for September, which tallied the economic costs for the month at...
Aon’s P&I Club Review Highlights Market’s Combined Ratio Deterioration
Oct 8 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has published its 2013 P&I Review, which “predicts P&I clubs’ general increases at the 2014 renewal of between 5 percent and 15...
People – East
Oct 7 2013 // Willis North America has appointed Eric Joost as chief operating officer. Joost has been serving as chief executive of Willis North America’s Specialty Practices since 2009. He is based in New York. In this newly...
People – Southeast
Oct 7 2013 // Global broker Aon Plc named Eric Andersen head of the Aon Benfield reinsurance operation and Mike O’Connor to lead the Aon Risk Solutions unit. Both will report to Steve McGill, group president of Aon and chief...
Aon Names Andersen, O’Connor CEOs of Key Units
Sep 25 2013 // Aon Plc, the world’s second-biggest insurance broker by market value, named Eric Andersen head of the Aon Benfield reinsurance operation and Mike O’Connor to lead the Aon Risk Solutions unit. Both will report...
Aon Benfield Makes Executive Appointments to Enhance Risk Strategy
Sep 25 2013 // Aon Benfield has announced the following strategic executive appointments: Eric Andersen as CEO of Aon Benfield; Mike O’Connor as CEO of Aon Risk Solutions (ARS) and Bryon Ehrhart as CEO of Aon Benfield Americas...
Aon Benfield Study Finds Continuing Growth in Asia Pacific Region
Sep 24 2013 // Aon Benfield’s annual Evolving Criteria report, which reviews the latest developments in rating agency protocol and impact for the insurance industry in the Asia Pacific region, concludes: “The Asia Pacific...
Aon/Berkshire Deal Roils Lloyd’s Waters
Sep 23 2013 // Aon and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway announced in March that they had negotiated the establishment of a “sidecar” facility to operate at Lloyd’s. The deal, which had been in the works for...
Aon’s Case to be Honored by City of Hope
Sep 19 2013 // City of Hope’s Spirit of Life Gala on Oct. 26 is honoring Greg Case, president and CEO of Aon plc. The annual charity event this year is being held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, and includes dinner,...
Private Market Will Dry Up If Federal Terrorism Insurance Not Renewed: Aon
Sep 18 2013 // Research by Aon shows that more than 85 percent of insurers will no longer insure terror risk if the federal backstop goes away. The brokerage firm revealed the conclusion based on its “market intelligence” in...
Video Interviews – Coming to Your Screen – a Sneak Preview
Sep 16 2013 // Over the next several weeks we will be releasing a series of video interviews, recorded at the Reinsurance Rendez-vous in Monte Carlo. They are wide ranging, covering a number of topics. They will air the views from some...
Aon Benfield Launches its 13th Hazards Conference in Australia Next Week
Sep 16 2013 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc is hosting its 13th Biennial Hazards Conference in Australia next week from the 22nd to the 24th of September with the theme of “Think...
Alternative Capital Dominates Discussions at Reinsurance Rendez-vous
Sep 11 2013 // The 57th Reinsurance Rendez-vous is winding down, and, while it’s been another successful networking opportunity for the re/insurance industry’s movers and shakers, most of the discussions have ended on a note...
1st Team Partners with Aon Cornerstone in Louisiana
Sep 10 2013 // 1st Team Insurance Agency announced a strategic partnership with Aon Cornerstone, a business unit of Aon plc, which focuses on fostering strategic alliances with minority business enterprises. 1st Team, headquartered in...
New Capital in Reinsurance Industry Could Reach $100B in 5 Years: Aon
Sep 9 2013 // The reinsurance industry may attract about $100 billion of new capital from alternative sources over the next five years as pension and hedge funds boost investment, according to broker Aon Plc. Companies such as Munich...
August’s Natural Disasters Caused $10B in Economic Damage: Aon Benfield
Sep 6 2013 // August saw billion-dollar flood losses in China, Russia, Philippines and Pakistan, bringing an initial combined estimate of $10 billion in economic losses, Aon Benfield said in a report on natural disaster...
