Latest Aon Headlines

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Aon Risk Opens Iceland Office

May 29 2006 // Aon Risk Services International has opened a new office in Reykjavik, Iceland, which will be its new coordination point for global retail business in the country. Aon said it will “focus on large companies in a...

People

May 22 2006 // Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, has named Don Bailey as chief operating officer of the company’s North American business unit. In this capacity, Bailey will work with Mario Vitale, CEO of Willis...

Aon to Webcast Stockholder Meeting Today

May 19 2006 // Aon Corporation Executive Chairman, Patrick G. Ryan, will host the company’s annual stockholders’ meeting today Friday, May 19, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. Central Time. A Webcast of the presentation and questions by...

Aon Subsidiary Acquires JLT Services

May 12 2006 // Aon’s Affinity Business Expanded Through Acquisition of JLT Services Corporation Division Affinity Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of Aon Corp., has acquired a division of JLT Services Corporation (JLT)...

People and Places

May 8 2006 // Robert Fenley has joined Integro Insurance Brokerage as principal in their Chicago office. He will report to Nancy Aque, managing principal and head of the office. Fenley has 22 years of experience in the insurance and...

People

May 8 2006 // Robert Fenley has joined Integro Insurance Brokerage as principal in their Chicago office. He will report to Nancy Aque, managing principal and head of the office. Fenley has 22 years of experience in the insurance and...

Jason Krumwiede Named Aon’s V.P. of Employment, Recruitment, Outsourcing

May 1 2006 // Aon Consulting, the human capital and management consulting organization of Chicago-based Aon Corp., announced today that Jason Krumwiede has joined the organization as vice president in the Employment and Recruitment...

Aon Appoints Burns as CEO, Aon Risk Services Americas eSolutions Group

Apr 9 2006 // Aon appointed Kathy Burns as chief executive officer, Aon Risk Services Americas (ARS-A) eSolutions Group. With this appointment, Burns returns to Aon where she served from 1987 to 2002, after having spent the past three...

Aon Re Introduces Prime/Cap(SM) Capital Optimization Program

Apr 5 2006 // Aon Re Inc. announced the introduction of Prime/Cap(SM), which it described as “a comprehensive suite of capital optimization and allocation tools for property-casualty insurers and reinsurers. Prime/Cap(SM) is fully...

Middleton Appointed to Head Aon Consulting (U.K.); Dail Named Global Chief Administrator

Mar 28 2006 // Aon Consulting, the human capital and management consulting arm of Aon Corp., announced from its Chicago headquarters that Robert Middleton has been appointed chief executive of Aon Consulting in the U.K., taking over from...

Aon Global Market Property Tracker Shows Rates Still Falling

Mar 28 2006 // According to Aon’s first “Global Market Property Tracker” the “slide in international property insurance rates” appears to be continuing despite “a number of terrorism incidents around...

Aon Reports on 9th Latin American Energy Insurance Conference

Mar 28 2006 // Aon said the results of a survey conducted at its 9th Latin American Energy Insurance Conference in Cancun, Mexico, indicated that a majority of participants expect insurance rates to soften for non-U.S. programs later in...

Aon/Albert G. Ruben Map Details Risks to Overseas Filmmaking

Mar 23 2006 // “Disease, kidnap and ransom, and terrorism risks pose the greatest threat to global filmmaking,” according to the 2006 Risks in Global Filmmaking Map published today by Aon/Albert G. Ruben. Aon’s bulletin...

Aon Re Issues Global Study on Customer Catastrophe Segmentation

Mar 22 2006 // Aon Re Inc. has published the results of a study of companies that have implemented more sophisticated customer segmentation strategies over the past few years. The report concludes that overall returns for the personal...

Jury awards Ark. agent more than $2.5 million

Mar 20 2006 // A Pulaski County Circuit Court jury awarded a Little Rock, Ark., insurance agent more than $2.55 million dollars in alleged unpaid salary and commissions in a case involving Aon Risk Services of Arkansas Inc. and Aon Risk...

Aon Study Reveals Investors More Intolerant of Catastrophe Risk

Mar 14 2006 // Aon Re Global announced today that it has produced research on the impact of earnings volatility on shareholder value for insurers and reinsurers. Hurricane Katrina and the entire hurricane season provided an interesting...

Aon to Lay Off 1,800 Employees in a 3-year Restructuring

Mar 10 2006 // Aon Corp. released information this week in its annual report saying that it will cut 1,800 jobs from its worldwide operations through a three-year restructuring plan. The annual report filing made to the U.S. Securities...

Regulatory Risks Burdensome for U.S. Firms Abroad, Aon Experts Say

Mar 10 2006 // What impact will DP World’s decision to drop its plans to enter into an agreement to run several U.S. ports have on American businesses located in countries with strong cultural and business ties to Dubai? Perhaps...

Ark. Agent Awarded More Than $2.5M in Aon Risk Services Case

Mar 3 2006 // A Pulaski County Circuit Court jury awarded a Little Rock, Ark., insurance agent more than $2.55 million dollars in alleged unpaid salary and commissions in a case involving Aon Risk Services of Arkansas Inc. and Aon Risk...

Amber Cert Reduces D&O, E&O Premiums; Aon, Willis, Brit Comment

Mar 1 2006 // In a recent press bulletin Amber Partners Ltd., an independent specialist in hedge fund operational risk, indicated that “leading U.K. and U.S. insurers to the hedge fund industry determined that Amber Certified...