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People – Midwest

Sep 24 2012 // Keith Jandahl, vice president of insurance operations for Hasting, Mich.-based property/casualty insurer, Hastings Mutual Insurance Co., is retiring at the end of 2012 after a 35 year career in the insurance...

New National Parks’ Insurance Requirements Ignite Controversy

Sep 24 2012 // A National Parks Service (NPS) decision to hike their required insurance liability limits by 1,000 percent has some outfitters and guides, as well as their insurance providers, navigating the halls of Congress. The battle...

Aon Construction Services Exec Moves to Sterling & Sterling in N.Y.

Sep 19 2012 // Woodbury, N.Y.-based brokerage Sterling & Sterling Inc. appointed Doreen DiCicco as senior vice president within its newly created Sterling Construction Services of New York. In her new role, DiCicco will report...

Aon Outlines Risk Management Approach for Emerging Economies

Sep 19 2012 // A bulletin from Aon Global Risk Consulting, the risk management arm of Aon plc, using responses from 100 senior risk industry professionals at its annual Client Symposium, indicates that “organizations in Central and...

Aon Benfield Launches Updated Financial Analysis Tool – ReMetrica v6

Sep 18 2012 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, announced the launch of version 6 of ReMetrica – its dynamic financial analysis tool. The bulletin said it would “reduce model size...

Aon Hewitt Opens New Office in Indonesia

Sep 18 2012 // Aon Hewitt, the global human resource solutions business of Aon plc, has opened a new office in Jakarta, Indonesia, as part of its regional expansion strategy. “The fast growing economy of Indonesia offers Aon Hewitt...

More Employers Offering Consumer-Driven Health Plans: Survey

Sep 17 2012 // Consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) have surpassed health maintenance organizations to become the second most common plan design offered by U.S. employers, according to a survey from Aon Hewitt. Preferred provider...

Aon Names Lavinder in Oregon

Sep 11 2012 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc (NYSE: AON), named Dan Lavinder as a sales account executive in its Portland, Ore. office. Lavinder is responsible for the production of new property and...

Reinsurance Industry Exhibits Stability: Aon Benfield

Sep 11 2012 // In the past 12 years, only eight reinsurers have been declared insolvent despite paying claims of more than $150 billion from events including the World Trade Center attacks, hurricanes Rita, Wilma and Katrina, the Great...

People – Midwest

Sep 10 2012 // Hastings Mutual Insurance Co., a regional property/casualty insurer based in Hastings, Mich., has welcomed new President, CEO and Chairman Joseph J. Babiak Jr. Babiak joined Hastings Mutual in 2001 as the chief financial...

Aon Benfield August Cat Report Focuses on Isaac; Insurance Cover Disparity

Sep 7 2012 // Aon Benfield’s latest edition of its Global Catastrophe Recap report, which reviews the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide during August, notes that Hurricane Isaac was “the first land falling...

Aon Benfield Report Highlights Growth of Insurance-linked Securities

Sep 6 2012 // Catastrophe bond issuance for the last 12 months – June 2011 to June 2012 – rose to $6.43 billion – an increase of more than $2 billion over the same period in 2011, according to a report issued by Aon Benfield...

New National Parks’ Insurance Requirements Ignite Controversy

Sep 6 2012 // A National Parks Service (NPS) decision to hike their required insurance liability limits by 1,000 percent has some outfitters and guides, as well as their insurance providers, navigating the halls of Congress. The battle...

Global Reinsurer Capital Reaches $480 Billion: Aon Benfield Study

Sep 5 2012 // The latest edition of the Aon Benfield Aggregate (ABA) report, which analyzes the financial position of the world’s leading reinsurers for the first half of 2012, concludes that “global reinsurer capital...

Aon Benfield, Impact Forecasting Launch Cat Risk Tool

Sep 4 2012 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, announced that it has launched “ELEMENTS 7, the loss calculation platform from Impact Forecasting, which enables insurers to more...

Ambiental Flood Experts in Partnership with Aon Benfield Research

Aug 20 2012 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, announced that it has expanded its Aon Benfield Research academic and industry research collaboration through a partnership with Ambiental,...

Aon Risk Solutions Hires Construction Services Executive in Atlanta

Aug 17 2012 // Aon Risk Solutions, the brokerage and risk management business of Aon plc, recently announced the addition of Wesley Williams as surety leader in the construction services group. Williams is based in Aon’s Atlanta...

Aon Risk Solutions Promotes McCorry, Williams in Detroit Office

Aug 14 2012 // Aon Risk Solutions has promoted LeAnne McCorry as national managing principal of the business and executive chairman of the Detroit, Mich., office and Carol Williams as resident managing director and chief executive...

Aon Hewitt Hires Lead Health and Benefits Strategist in New York

Aug 13 2012 // Aon Hewitt, the global human resource consulting business of Aon plc, recently hired John Asencio as senior vice president in the New York office. In his new role, Asencio will serve as the lead health and benefits...

Employers Stressing Health Incentives for Employees: Aon

Aug 8 2012 // U.S. employers are increasingly utilizing monetary and other incentives to encourage employees and their families to become active in health and fitness programs and take better care of themselves, according to new survey...