Latest Aon Headlines
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Aon: P/C Insurance Rates Decrease, Capacity Continues to Increase
May 27 2010 // Property rates will continue to drop 5 percent to 15 percent for most risks, despite record global catastrophic losses seen in early 2010, according to Aon Corp.’s 2010 U.S. Insurance Market Overview. Property...
Tropical Storm Risk Forecasts Active 2010 Hurricane Season
May 25 2010 // Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) provides “real-time mapping and prediction of tropical cyclone wind fields worldwide.” The firm is co-sponsored by Aon Benfield, with RSA and Crawford & Company. It has just...
Aon Benfield Broadens Academic, Industry Research Collaboration
May 20 2010 // Aon Benfield announced that it is “broadening its capabilities and bringing together its academic and industry research relationships under one banner – Aon Benfield Research.” Aon said the team will...
Aon Launches Insurance Policy for Space Investors
May 18 2010 // Aon’s International Space Brokers has launched Investment Protection Insurance (IPI) for space investors.Aon says IPI is the first policy strictly for investors, and is designed to cover the loss of an investment in...
Aon Consulting Appoints Chaudhari, Connell to Global Leadership Posts
May 4 2010 // Aon Consulting, the human capital consulting business of Aon Corporation, announced two new appointments to its global leadership team. Aon named Piyush Chaudhari to the position of CEO of Aon Consulting EMEA [Europe,...
Aon Employs FAConnect Platform to Meet Facultative Chile Quake Demand
Apr 28 2010 // Aon Benfield announced that it is utilizing its “groundbreaking FAConnect placement platform to respond to client demand for expanded Chile earthquake capacity.” The system opens the way for Aon’s clients...
Aon Report Concludes Aerospace Insurance Costs Continue to Decrease
Apr 27 2010 // Accoring to Aon’s Aerospace Insurance Markets Outlook 2010 report, “the price of insurance for the aerospace industry looks set to continue to decline in 2010, for the fourth year in a row. After 2009’s...
Crop Reinsurers’ Profit Could Fall 30% Under USDA Changes, Says Aon
Apr 12 2010 // Proposed cuts in the agreement crop insurers have with the federal government would likely reduce reinsurers’ expected profit by 20 to 30 percent, which could lead to some companies withdrawing from the program or...
Business Moves
Apr 5 2010 // ISU, Webb, Ken Hargis, Cox & Kimball, Darlage ISU International added four new member agencies in the Midwest: ISU Insurance Services The Webb Agency of St. Charles, Mo.; ISU Insurance Services Ken Hargis Agency of...
Marsh Joins Aon, Willis in Rejecting Contingent Commission Income
Mar 25 2010 // Giant insurance broker Marsh says its main brokerage unit will not accept contingent commissions on business for U.S. or Canadian clients but its Marsh & McLennan Agency and its affinity and personal lines business...
Aon Consulting to Acquire J.P. Morgan Benefit Actuarial Services
Mar 19 2010 // Aon Consulting, the benefits consulting business of Aon Corp., has agreed to acquire J.P. Morgan Compensation and Benefit Strategies, a division of J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services, LLC. J.P. Morgan Compensation and...
Aon Founder Comes Out of Retirement to Launch Global Wholesaler
Mar 7 2010 // The founder and retired chairman and CEO of the world’s largest insurance broker, Aon, has revealed the management team and a second subsidiary for his new global specialty insurance operation whose first company was...
Large Brokers Freed to Go After Contingent Commissions But Will They?
Mar 7 2010 // The nation’s largest insurance brokers have received the go-ahead to begin accepting contingent commissions again – but two of them say they won’t do it. Officials in New York, Illinois and Connecticut...
Aon Finds P&I Club Renewals Face ‘More Benign’ Environment
Feb 24 2010 // According to Aon Risk Services marine division “ship owners faced a more benign Protection and Indemnity (P&I) renewal at 20th February 2010. “Against a back drop of an improving claims trend, and for some,...
Aon Founder Ryan Launches Specialty Wholesale Insurance Group
Feb 23 2010 // The founder and retired chairman and CEO of the world’s largest insurance broker, Aon, has revealed the management team and a second subsidiary for his new global specialty insurance operation whose first company was...
Large Brokers Freed to Go After Contingent Commissions But Will They?
Feb 17 2010 // The nation’s largest insurance brokers have received the go-ahead to begin accepting contingent commissions again — but two of them say they won’t do it. Officials in New York, Illinois and Connecticut...
Aon Warns on Political, Financial Risks; Berkshire Bets a Billion on Munich Re; IPCC Defends Climate Change Report; Frau
Feb 7 2010 // Aon Risk Services 17th Political Risk Map highlights continued political and financial instability for global business in 2010, closely linked to the ongoing recession in many parts of the world. “Rising risk levels...
Six Experienced Execs Join Aon’s London Aviation Team
Feb 2 2010 // Aon announced that it has made six new appointments to its London-based General Aviation team, which specializes in industrial aid and commercial aircraft. “The appointments have been made to further improve business...
Political, Financial Risk Levels Continue High in 2010, Says Aon
Jan 28 2010 // Political and financial instability remain a feature of the business landscape as a result of the recession, according to Aon Risk Services, the global risk management and insurance brokerage business of Aon Corp. The...
Aon Benfield Launches Global Facultative Re Platform
Jan 27 2010 // Aon Benfield announced the launch of its proprietary facultative broking platform. The web portal, FAConnectSM, “brings the broker marketplace to clients’ computer desktops, allowing them to quote and bind...
