Latest Aon Headlines
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Shankar Joins Aon’s Asia Pacific Consulting as Chief Commercial Officer
Sep 3 2009 // Aon Consulting, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation, announced that 20-year industry veteran Anand Shankar has joined the firm in the newly created position of Chief Commercial Officer, Asia...
Aon, XL Insurance to Offer UK Lawyers Professional Coverage
Sep 2 2009 // Aon announced that it will be working with XL Insurance to bring new capacity, and thus more competition and innovation, to the solicitors’ [lawyers’] professional indemnity (PI) market. Aon noted that XL...
P&I Clubs Must Overcome Investment Addiction Says Aon Report
Aug 25 2009 // In a new report Aon suggests that P&I [ Protection & Indemnity] clubs only “need to increase premiums by 0-7.5 percent despite the surge in high value claims in 2006 and 2007 and the steep decline in...
Aon Makes UK, EMEA Appointments
Aug 24 2009 // Aon UK announced the appointment of Keith Ashworth as head of risk transfer for UK & EMEA [Europe, Middle East and Africa] for Aon Global’s newly integrated team, combining UK brokerage operations with EMEA...
Aon Chosen to Consolidate Property Fund Manager Insurance Program
Aug 19 2009 // Aon announced that Cordea Savills, the international property fund manager, has appointed Aon to consolidate its current insurance arrangements into a Pan European insurance program, following an extensive tendering...
Kisor Joins Willis Aerospace
Aug 11 2009 // Willis Aerospace, a division of Willis Group Holdings, has appointed Stephen Kisor to its global aviation team as executive vice president and head of the Willis Aviation office in Los Angeles. Kisor, who will be joining...
Many UK Workers Would Trade Benefits for Higher Salary: Aon Survey
Aug 6 2009 // Nearly half of UK workers (47 percent) would welcome the opportunity to trade off benefits in order to increase their pay, according to a survey by Aon Consulting. Around 1,300 working adults across the UK were probed on...
Foster to Head Aon’s Enterprise Risk Management Team
Aug 4 2009 // Grant Foster has been appointed head of enterprise risk management (ERM) at insurance broker Aon. Foster was recently a key member of the team that won a 2009 British Insurance Award for Risk Management for Aon’s...
Cracknell to Head Aon Marine UK
Jul 30 2009 // Aon Risk Services has appointed Mark Cracknell as CEO of Aon Marine in the UK. He leads a team of 80 based in London and other UK regions. Cracknell will be responsible for servicing marine clients both directly and...
Milstein Named Managing Director of Aon/Albert G. Ruben
Jul 14 2009 // Los Angeles-based Aon/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services Inc. has appointed Fred Milstein to managing director, worldwide marketing and business development. In his new role, Milstein will work with Aon/Albert G. Ruben...
Aon Benfield Launch ‘CapTivate’ as Integral Solution for Energi Holdings
Jul 13 2009 // Aon Benfield announced that Energi Holdings, an industrial captive reinsurance company, has utilized its ‘CapTivate’ reinsurance solution to support Energi’s growth. Aon described the program as a...
Financial Failure Tops Supply Chain Risks Says Aon UK
Jul 2 2009 // A bulletin from Aon UK in London notes that “financial failure poses the greatest risk to global supply chains,” according to 75 percent of the companies who participated in Aon’s “2009 Risk in 21st...
Brown Named CEO of Aon Limited
Jul 2 2009 // Aon Limited, the UK subsidiary of Chicago-based Aon, announced the appointment of Rob Brown as CEO, subject to the approval of the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA). He will continue in his role as CEO of Aon...
Beecher Carlson Names Aon’s Grady to Direct Its ZOOM Risk Analytics
Jul 1 2009 // Atlanta-based commercial insurance brokerage and consulting firm Beecher Carlson has appointed Kevin Grady as managing director based in its Nashville, Tenn., office. Grady, who has 20 years of experience in analytics,...
Aon Calls for Lower Premiums on Greener Business
Jun 17 2009 // In a recent speech to UK risk managers at the Association of Insurance and Risk Manager’s (AIRMIC) conference in Bournemouth, Andrew Tunnicliffe, COO of Aon Global Risk Consulting, called upon the insurance industry...
Aon Launches Risk Financing Decision Platform
Jun 16 2009 // Aon Global Risk Consulting announced that it is launching its Risk Financing Decision Platform (RFDP) in Europe “to help save companies up to 15 percent off their total cost of risk and justify the risk financing...
Aon Launches ‘Trade Manager’ to Combat Bad Debts
Jun 12 2009 // Aon Trade Credit, the Group’s UK credit insurance broker unit, has launched “Aon Trade Manager,” which it describes as an “online diagnostic tool that identifies customers struggling to make...
Aon Consulting Adds Mhatre to U.S. Retirement Practice
Jun 4 2009 // Aon Consulting Worldwide, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corp., announced that Amol Mhatre has joined the firm as senior vice president of National Retirement Innovation and Sales. Mhatre brings...
Aon’s 2009 Marine Insurance Outlook
Jun 4 2009 // According to Aon’s 2009 Marine Insurance Outlook, “ship owners are facing challenging negotiations at 2009/10 renewals as marine insurers seek rates increases on all classes of business.” However...
New Aon Terrorism Threat Map Shows Shift in Sphere of Conflict
Jun 3 2009 // Aon has just issued the latest version of its “Terrorism Threat Map.” The most significant change from previous maps shows a “shift in Islamist terrorist activity from the Middle East to South...
