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Only 38% of 2021’s Natural Disaster Losses of $343B Were Covered by Insurance: Aon
Jan 26 2022 // Natural disasters cost global economies a total of $343 billion in 2021, compared with $297 billion in 2020, according to Aon’s “2021 Weather, Climate and Catastrophe Insight” report. Insured losses from...
People Moves: Marsh Promotes Payne to UK Chair of FINPRO; WTW Hires Smith From Lloyd’s for Digital Trading; Aon Bolsters UK Operations’ Team With 2 Hires
Jan 24 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Marsh, Willis Towers Watson (WTW) and Aon. A summary of these new hires follows here. Marsh Promotes Payne to UK Chair of FINPRO, Morgan as Head of...
People Moves: Lloyd’s Names Chubb’s Miller as Commercial Dir.; Chubb Promotes Meyer to Switzerland Country Pres.; WTW Hires Aon’s Weda for Corp. Risk & Broking, Benelux
Jan 20 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lloyd’s, Chubb and Willis Towers Watson (WTW). A summary of these new hires follows here. Lloyd’s Names Chubb’s Miller as Commercial...
People Moves: Everest Re Promotes Klinger to Lead Int’l Reinsurance; HDI Global Hires Chubb’s Carberry as Head of U/W, Ireland; HSBC’s Rutherford to Aon’s UK FI Team
Jan 14 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Everest Re, HDI Global and Aon. A summary of these new hires follows here. Everest Re Promotes Klinger to Head of Int’l Reinsurance Everest Re Group...
People Moves: Aon’s Heinicke to Lead Casualty for WTW in Bermuda; KPMG UK Promotes Jones as Head of Insurance Practice; Howden’s King to Miller in Singapore
Jan 5 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Willis Towers Watson, KPMG and Miller. A summary of these new hires follows here. Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced the appointment of Chris...
Aon Offers Last Mile Delivery Insurance Program in Partnership With CarrierHQ
Dec 28 2021 // Global insurance broker Aon and CarrierHQ, an Indianapolis-based portal for transportation fleets that offers insurance programs and other services, have launched Last Mile Delivery insurance program. The program provides...
Record Rainfall, Floods Across Globe Generate Billions in Economic Damages: Aon
Dec 20 2021 // November was a wet month in many countries across the globe, with heavy rains and flooding causing billions of dollars of economic losses, according to Aon’s monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, which each month...
People Moves: Aon Recruits WTW’s James as Chief Broking Officer, Commercial Risk UK; Allianz’ Strong to WTW as Head of Environmental; AGCS Promotes Yee for TMT
Dec 17 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon, Willis Towers Watson and Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS). A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Recruits James from WTW as...
People Moves: AGCS Promotes Williams to CUO Corporate, Succeeding Buckle; Aon Names Irl to U.S. Reinsurance Treaty Team; AXIS’ Gorman to Arrow Risk Mgmt
Dec 15 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions team and Arrow Risk Management. A summary of these new hires follows here. AGCS...
People Moves: Aon Makes Slyfield in California Chief Innovation Officer; Alliant Names O’Malley First Vice President
Dec 3 2021 // Aon plc named Jillian Slyfield as the firm’s chief innovation officer. Slyfield, who is based in San Francisco, California, will report to Aon CEO Greg Case and join the Aon executive committee. Slyfield assumes the...
LPGA’s Hannah Green Wins Aon Risk Challenge Prize of $1 Million
Nov 17 2021 // Hannah Green of the LPGA Tour has won the 2021 Aon Risk Reward Challenge, a season-long competition that recognizes players who use information and insight to make better decisions on the golf course. Green joins the PGA...
People Moves: WTW Names Aon’s Wegbrans as Head of Broking; EmergIn Risk Hires Occam’s Paraskeva; Aon’s Norris to Gallagher Re as Cyber ILS Broker
Nov 16 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Willis Towers Watson; Ryan Specialty’s MGU, EmergIn Risk; and Gallagher Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. WTW Names Aon’s Wegbrans...
U.S. Severe Weather Insured Losses Surpassed $20B After Rough October: Aon
Nov 15 2021 // Annual U.S. severe weather insured losses for 2021 are jumping above $20 billion after a rough October, even before the year is complete, according to a new Aon report. “October is typically considered a...
People Moves: Markel CATCO’s Moore and Aon’s Boon Join Lockton Re; Fidelis Names Lancashire’s Russell as Head of Marine
Nov 5 2021 // Lockton Re Hires Moore, Boon for Non-Marine Retrocession, Property Specialty Lockton Re, the global reinsurance business of the largest privately held independent insurance broker, announced that Simon Moore and James Boon...
Aon Founder Ryan Retired at 71, Then He Built a New $10B Business
Nov 1 2021 // By the time he stepped down from Aon Plc at age 71, Patrick Ryan had earned a retirement fit for a king. He’d founded the world’s second-largest insurance brokerage nearly from scratch and run it for 41 years...
Aon and Cybereason Form Alliance to Help Protect Clients From Cyber Attacks
Oct 22 2021 // Insurance broker Aon and cyber security specialist Cybereason announced an alliance to help protect clients from sophisticated cyber attacks. Cybereason’s Cyber Defence Platform, together with Aon’s Cyber...
UK’s BMS Acquires South Korean Broker VIB, Led by Former Aon Executive
Oct 21 2021 // BMS, the UK independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, announced the acquisition of Seoul-based insurance broker, Value-add Insurance Broker (VIB). Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. As...
People Moves: D&O MGA Tegron Names Tokio Marine’s Shergill Sr U/W; AXIS Financial Institutions Hires 3 for London Team; Aon Re’s Russell Is Casualty Treaty U/W at Atrium
Oct 19 2021 // D&O Insurer Tegron Names Tokio Marine’s Shergill as Senior U/W Tegron Specialty, the Beat Capital backed D&O underwriting specialist, announced the appointment of Kiran Shergill as senior underwriter....
People Moves: Aon Names WTW’s Forsgård as CEO, Nordic Region; Marshmallow Hires Gillard as Chief People Officer; Sedgwick Appoints Norman for Biz Development
Oct 15 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at broker Aon, insurtech Marshmallow, and loss adjuster Sedgwick. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Appoints WTW’s Forsgård as CEO for...
Aon Projects Health Costs for Large Companies to Rise 5% in 2022
Oct 14 2021 // Costs for large U.S. employers that pay for their employees’ medical care will increase on average five percent to more than $13,000 per employee in 2022, predicts insurance broker Aon. This increase would be...
