Latest Aon Headlines
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Aon Risk Services Adds Rover to Southern California Brokerage
Aug 11 2008 // Aon Risk Services, the retail brokerage and risk management unit of Aon Corp., announced Stuart Rover has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as senior account executive. In this role, Rover is responsible for...
Pehrson Joins Aon Re Global
Aug 8 2008 // Christer Pehrson has joined Aon Re Global as executive director, focusing on its European-based global clients. He was previously managing director of Guy Carpenter in New York and deputy head of its international...
Aon Launches ‘Green Building Property Program’
Aug 7 2008 // Aon Corporation has launched the “Aon Green Building Property Program,” which it describes as the “industry’s most comprehensive insurance solution to facilitate environmentally friendly and...
Aon Urges Early Preparation for Solvency II
Aug 6 2008 // Aon has issued a bulletin urging European Union insurers to “learn from the work undertaken by their banking colleagues in implementing the Basel II accord and start preparing for Solvency II now.” The...
People
Aug 4 2008 // Aon Re Global named Jan-Oliver Thofern CEO and chairman of its German subsidiary, Aon Ruck. Thofern was previously a member of the company’s executive committee. He succeeds Holger Gaserow, who plans to retire at the...
Aon Net Income Way Up for Q2 on Sale of Combined Insurance
Aug 1 2008 // Giant insurance broker Aon Corp. reported that second quarter net income skyrocketed 372 percent largely from its sale of business units including Combined Insurance Companies of America. Net income increased to $1.1...
Under The Microscope: Spitzer-Era Ban On Insurer Fees
Jul 28 2008 // Insurance brokerages who lost billions of dollars in revenue under a ban imposed by former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer told state regulators on Friday that the rules were never applied universally, and should...
Knight Succeeds Retiring Ryan as Aon Non-Executive Chairman
Jul 22 2008 // Lester B. Knight, an independent director since 1999, has been elected non-executive chairman of the board of Aon Corp. Knight, 50, succeeds Patrick G. Ryan, Aon’s executive chairman and founder, who previously...
Aon Construction Adds Wrap-Up Expert Resnick to N.Y. Team
Jul 22 2008 // Aon Corp. said that Richard Resnick, formerly of the Willis Construction practice, has joined Aon Construction Services Group as regional director of wrap-ups. In his new position, Resnick is responsible for providing...
Chessher Appointed CFO at Aon Limited and ARS UK
Jul 17 2008 // Aon has named Mark Chessher to the position of chief financial officer of Aon Limited and ARS (UK). Chessher will join the company later in the year, subject to FSA approval, and will sit on the Aon Limited board. He...
Guermonprez Named CEO of Aon France
Jul 10 2008 // Aon Corp. has appointed Damien Guermonprez as chief executive officer of Aon France. He replaces Vincent Redier, who will continue to serve as executive chairman of Aon France, member of the executive board of Aon Risk...
Willis Buys HRH for $2.1 Billion
Jul 7 2008 // Combined Firm Doubles Employee Benefits Business Willis Group Holdings Chairman and CEO Joe Plumeri holds a reputation for taking on challenges. On June 8 his company gave him one. Willis announced it has agreed to buy...
Aon Launches Middle East M&A Service
Jun 30 2008 // Aon Risk Services announced the opening of a new Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) service for private equity, sovereign funds, business-to-business, real estate and infrastructure funds based in the Middle East and...
Reagan Joins Aon Construction Group, Focusing on Europe, Asia
Jun 30 2008 // Aon Corp. reports that Mark Reagan, former chairman of the Willis Construction practice, has joined Aon Construction Services Group as managing director. Reagan will be responsible for supporting the international practice...
Aon Opens Dubai Headquarters
Jun 23 2008 // Aon’s Middle East unit announced the opening of its regional headquarters in the Dubai International Finance Center (DIFC), following the issuance of a full license to operate within the Center. Aon has operational...
Aon Names Soeteman-Reijnen Managing Director – Europe, Middle East, Africa
Jun 18 2008 // Aon Risk Services has appointed Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen as managing director, head of broking excellence for Aon Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), with immediate effect. The bulletin from Aon’s London office...
States Allow Aon Brokers to Phase-Out Contingents
Jun 16 2008 // Insurance broker Aon Corp. reported that the five government agencies to its 2005 settlement have agreed to an amendment that will permit companies it acquires to continue to accept contingent commissions on existing...
People
Jun 16 2008 // Golden Eagle Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, appointed Pete McPartland president and CEO. McPartland comes from General Casualty in Sun Prairie, Wis., where he led insurance operations for QBE...
States Allow Firms Purchased by Aon to Phase-Out Contingent Commissions
Jun 16 2008 // Insurance broker Aon Corp. reported that the five government agencies to its 2005 regulatory settlement agreement agreed to an amendment that will permit companies it acquires to continue to accept contingent commissions...
RBC Insurance Signs Agreement with Aon to Expand Business
Jun 11 2008 // Toronto-based RBC Insurance announced that it has signed an agreement with Aon Reed Stenhouse that makes Aon its “exclusive broker for competitive and comprehensive commercial property and casualty and trade credit...
