November 6, 2014
Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, released the latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, which reviews the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide during October 2014. During the month, Cyclone Hudhud …
November 4, 2014
Aon Benfield, the reinsurance intermediary and capital adviser of Aon plc, has acquired Safe Brokers to strengthen its investment in the Greek and Cypriot markets. Safe Brokers is an independent reinsurance broker with facultative and treaty premium of approximately EUR15 …
October 29, 2014
Hedge funds are muscling their way into the market to share the cost of cleaning up after natural catastrophes, but skeptics are questioning whether they will stick around ahead of the next “big one” as underwriting returns fall. Hedge funds …
October 21, 2014
Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development unit, launched a catastrophe model to estimate the financial impact of earthquakes in the Arabian Peninsula. The demand for catastrophe modeling in the countries of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is increasing as a …
October 1, 2014
Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, announced the launch of a new insurance product, developed by Aon Benfield’s ReSolutions team that “is set to drive growth in the private charter aviation sector.” The coverage …
August 29, 2014
Aon Benfield announced that it has secured “the reinsurance capacity for a unique cyber product developed by the Lloyd’s syndicate of mutual energy insurer AEGIS London. “The product offers a comprehensive cyber risk management service, and allows AEGIS’ policyholders to …
July 7, 2014
The Global Catastrophe Recap report for June from Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting highlights the outbreak of severe thunderstorms that affected Western and Central Europe during the first half of the month, causing significant hail damage in parts of Germany, France …
June 17, 2014
Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, announced that Servet Gurkan, Chairman and CEO of Aon Benfield Turkey, plans to retire and will leave the firm on July 1st. Ferhan Ozay will take over as …
June 6, 2014
Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, has released the latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, which reviews the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide during May 2014. The report reveals that …
April 28, 2014
Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, announced the appointment of Luis José Pardo, a leader with 25 years of experience in the insurance and reinsurance markets, as CEO of its business in Peru. He …