All the headlines from our Aon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 1 2020 // Aon announced that Brent Rieth is the new U.S. Practice Leader of the Cyber Solutions Errors and Omissions/Cyber Broking team. Rieth first joined Aon in 2009 as team leader of the E&O/Cyber broking effort for...
May 19 2020 // Global insurance broker Aon has promoted Steve Petrevski as senior vice president and general manager of Data & Analytic Services.Petrevski will be responsible for developing and executing Aon’s data and analytic...
May 18 2020 // Lockton Re, the global reinsurance business of insurance broker Lockton, has hired Keith Thurman to its Lockton Re Atlanta office to lead the buildout of its’ Workers’ Compensation practice in the U.S., working...
May 15 2020 // Aon has established an intellectual property liability underwriting platform with levels of capacity it says is the largest known delegated capacity for the risk.IP underwriter Ian Lewis has joined the company to spearhead...
May 8 2020 // Extensive severe weather events in the United States during April cost insurers billions of dollars, according to the latest edition of Aon’s Global Catastrophe Recap report.There were 14 killer tornadoes in the U.S....
May 1 2020 // Aon reaffirmed its commitment to the acquisition of Willis Towers Watson in a report of its first quarter results.“Our Aon United Strategy and pending combination with Willis Towers Watson are more important than...
Apr 30 2020 // Lockton Re, the global reinsurance business of the world’s largest privately held independent insurance broker, announced two new appointments in its London office. Phillip Mallon will be joining the North American...
Apr 27 2020 // Aon announced it will temporarily cut the pay by 50% of the company’s named executive officers in response to the COVID-19 crisis.In addition, 70% of its global workforce will see a 20% reduction in their salaries,...
Apr 22 2020 // Insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has received accreditation from Lloyd’s for its reinsurer trading portal, ABConnect Placements.Following the recent deployment of Aon’s binding function, the Lloyd’s...
Apr 8 2020 // Australian insurer IAG announced that Peter Harmer, managing director and chief executive officer, plans to retire by the end of 2020.A flexible nine-month period of transition has been agreed with Harmer to ensure a...
Apr 2 2020 // Aon plc, the global re/insurance broker, has enhanced its reinsurer trading portal, ABConnect Placements, to electronically bind treaty placements with Lloyd’s of London and International Underwriting Association...
Mar 25 2020 // Richard Dudley, CEO of Aon’s UK Global Broking Centre, will become the new chair of the London & International Insurance Brokers’ Association, according to LIIBA’s board.He succeeds Roy White of...
Mar 23 2020 // Aon, Willis Towers WatsonGlobal insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson announced a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction with an implied combined equity value of approximately $80 billion....
Mar 13 2020 // As U.S. employers ask employees to work from home to avoid exposure to coronavirus, they may be exposing themselves to another kind of risk: Cyberattacks.Aon recently issued an advisory cautioning employers to take steps...
Mar 10 2020 // There are several talking points that are evident about the planned merger of broking giants Aon and Willis Towers Watson. First, it’s not about getting bigger; it’s about getting better. And, second,...
Mar 10 2020 // British insurance broker Aon Plc has accused the founder of Brazilian health and benefits insurance broker Admix of defrauding it when it acquired the company four years ago in a 1.35 billion reais ($300 million) deal,...
Mar 9 2020 // Global insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson announced a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction with an implied combined equity value of approximately $80 billion.Under the terms of the...
Mar 2 2020 // The private equity bandwagon continued to roll through the insurance agency and brokerage mergers and acquisitions territory in 2019. As many as two-thirds of all deals involved private equity, according to experts. Most...
Feb 24 2020 // Aon plc named Eric Andersen as president of Aon, reporting to Greg Case, the firm’s CEO.Since May 2018, Andersen and Michael O’Connor had served as Aon co-presidents. Aon said O’Connor is departing Aon to...
Feb 11 2020 // U.S. storms, Australian bushfires and hailstorms, and floods in various countries across the globe caused more than $3 billion in economic damages during January, according to Aon’s Global Catastrophe Recap report,...