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Aon Consulting Canada Appoints Coll Chief Commercial Officer

Sep 24 2009 // Aon Consulting, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corp;, announced that Douglas A. Coll, has joined Aon Consulting Canada in the newly created position of Chief Commercial Officer, focused on revenue...

Aon Launches ‘Risk Audit’ for Wealthy Clients

Sep 15 2009 // Aon’s Private Risk Management (APRM) division notes that, as a result of the current recession, “the percentage of a family’s wealth invested in tangible assets, such as property, art and cars, has...

Aon Survey Finds UK’s D&O Premiums Still Below U.S. Rates

Sep 9 2009 // According to Aon’s Quarterly D&O Pricing Index, “US financial institutions (FI) saw premium increases of 15 percent on average in Q2,” as did a number of the UK’s financial institutions....

Aon, Partner Re Release Latest Hazard & Risk Review at Monte Carlo

Sep 9 2009 // Aon Benfield and PartnerRe have released their annual re/insurance industry report, Hazard & Risk Science Review 2009, which showcases the latest developments in the field of natural hazard and risk science. The...

Aon Benfield Presents Online Facultative Reinsurance Placement System

Sep 4 2009 // Aon Benfield Fac, the broker’s facultative reinsurance division, announced the launch of a new online service, FAConnectSM, to expedite the placement of facultative risks. The service has already “been endorsed...

Aon Urges Ship Owners to Buy K&R Now, as Pirates Renew Attacks

Sep 4 2009 // A bulletin from Aon’s London office urges ship owners looking for kidnap and ransom coverage to “seek quotes now before an improvement in weather lures Somalian pirates back into the waters,” following a...

Aon Review Finds Offshore Energy Renewals ‘a Mixed Bag’

Sep 3 2009 // A report from Aon’s London office concludes that “2009 Insurance premiums are predicted to remain flat for offshore energy business for October’s renewals.” The premiums are dependent on location,...

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...