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Aon Opens Temporary Office in Midtown Manhattan During Sandy Recovery

Nov 20 2012 // Aon plc announced this week that it has secured interim office space in midtown Manhattan in New York City as part of its business continuity plan and to continue to serve clients effectively following Superstorm...

Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting Launches Algeria, Morocco Quake Models

Nov 15 2012 // Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, announced the launch of new Algeria and Morocco earthquake model to achieve more reliable estimates of the earthquake losses to...

Post-Sandy Snowstorm Causes New Damage, Complicates Business Insurance

Nov 8 2012 // Businesses in New York and New Jersey that were preparing insurance claims for losses from Superstorm Sandy now have a second headache: how to deal with new losses from an early winter snow storm. The snow and wind from...

Aon Benfield Launches Swiss Flood Model w/ Latest Hazard Data

Nov 6 2012 // Aon Benfield, Aon’s global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, has launched a new flood model for Switzerland and Lichtenstein to quantify financial losses caused by riverine and lake...

Hospital, Physician Professional Liability Undergoing Change: Aon

Nov 5 2012 // The way health care is delivered and financed is undergoing major change, and this is reshaping the risks that hospitals and physicians face on a daily basis. Among other challenges, hospital risk managers are grappling...

Aon to Target Small Acquisitions in 2013

Oct 26 2012 // Aon Plc’s quarterly profit beat analysts’ estimates as investments aimed at increasing margins at its human resources services unit helped boost profit, and the company said it planned a series of small...

Aon Reports 3% Net Income Growth in Q3

Oct 26 2012 // The world’s largest insurance broker Aon reported a 3 percent rise in net income for the third quarter to $204 million, including an improvement in the performance of its human resources services business, HR...

Aon Sponsoring NFL Move to Expand American Football in UK

Oct 23 2012 // Insurance broker Aon has signed up as an official sponsor of the National Football League’s program to expand American football into the United Kingdom. In addition to being an official sponsor of the NFL UK, Aon...

Aon’s Affinity Healthcare Opens PL Programs to Independent Agents

Oct 19 2012 // Affinity Healthcare, the consumer, association and group program business of Aon Risk Solutions, is now providing open access to its Affinity Health Care programs to insurance brokers nationwide. Over the years, Aon...

Hospital, Physician Professional Liability Undergoing Major Change: Aon

Oct 17 2012 // The way health care is delivered and financed is undergoing major change, and this is reshaping the risks that hospitals and physicians face on a daily basis. Among other challenges, hospital risk managers are grappling...

Aon Launches Risk Pooling Practice for Public, Private Sector Groups

Oct 12 2012 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has formed the Aon Risk Solutions’ Risk Pooling Practice, providing property, casualty and employee benefits pooling products for private and public...

Marsh Executive Perry Moves to Aon Risk Solutions in Atlanta

Oct 8 2012 // Aon Risk Solutions, the brokerage and risk management business of Aon plc, recently announced the addition of Rachel Perry as managing director and Southeast region casualty leader in the Atlanta office.Rachel PerryIn her...

Court Grants Injunction in Aon, Alliant Employee Poaching Case

Oct 8 2012 // A New York court on Sept. 20 granted a new injunction in the ongoing legal fight between Aon and Alliant Insurance Services over alleged poaching of senior executives. The Supreme Court of the State of New York enjoined...

Aon Benfield’s Monthly Cat Recap Focuses on $7.5 Billion Asian Flood Losses

Oct 5 2012 // Asian flood losses during the third quarter of 2012 aggregated more than $7.5 billion in economic losses, of which China was the worst hit by two separate flood events that affected several provinces. “The most...

Aon Report Finds Loss of Company Reputation Linked to Crisis Events

Oct 4 2012 // According to the Aon-sponsored Reputation Review 2012, a report recently issued by Oxford Metrica, an independent analytics and advisory firm, 7 out of 10 companies “measured in the report that were impacted by...

Marsh Executive Stein Moves to Aon Risk Solutions in New York

Oct 3 2012 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, appointed Robert Stein as U.S. middle market chief broking officer. He is based in New York City. In this new position, Stein will oversee implementation...

Health Plan Cost Rate Hikes Lower for Large Employers in 2012: Aon

Oct 3 2012 // In 2012, large U.S. companies and their employees saw the lowest health care premium rate increases in six years, according to an analysis by Aon Hewitt, the global human resources firm. The average health care premium...

Aon Hewitt to Begin Enrolling Employees in Private Benefits Exchange

Sep 27 2012 // This fall more than 100,000 U.S. employees will be enrolling in health benefits through a multi-carrier private health care exchange set up by Aon Hewitt, a human resources firm and benefits administrator. Aon Hewitt says...

Employers Weighing Exchanges for Individual Retiree Health Plans: Aon

Sep 26 2012 // Most employers are reevaluating their retiree health care strategy and are considering strategies that open access to the individual Medicare plan market through health care exchanges, according to a new survey by Aon...

N.Y. Court Grants Injunction in Aon, Alliant Employee Poaching Case

Sep 24 2012 // A New York court last week granted a new injunction in the ongoing legal fight between Aon and Alliant Insurance Services over alleged poaching of senior executives. The Supreme Court of the State of New York enjoined...