All the headlines from our Aon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 2 2019 // Aon, CoverWalletGlobal insurance broker Aon has agreed to acquire CoverWallet, a digital insurance platform for small and medium-sized businesses. No purchase price was disclosed.Founded in 2015 by technology entrepreneurs...
Dec 2 2019 // Fueled by investments from insurtechs and interest in niche classes, the program business market has experienced record growth over the last couple years.But the heavy competition is also forcing program administrators to...
Nov 21 2019 // The U.K.’s former state phone company is the latest organization to distance itself from Prince Andrew after a prime time television interview threw fuel on the fire of the controversy surrounding his relationship...
Nov 20 2019 // Global insurance broker Aon has agreed to acquire CoverWallet, a leading digital insurance platform for small and medium-sized businesses.The acquisition provides Aon with additional access to what it sees as a...
Nov 18 2019 // An increase in M&A activity in today’s challenging economic environment is driving significant growth in demand for M&A insurance products, according to a report published by Aon.Aon’s report finds that...
Nov 12 2019 // Guy Carpenter announced the appointment of Robert Johnston as chairman of Guy Carpenter’s Bermuda operations, and Peter Komposch as head of Casualty and Specialty, Bermuda, with immediate effect.Johnston has nearly...
Nov 8 2019 // Typhoon Hagibis is likely to become one of 2019’s costliest events, with economic costs of more than US$10 billion and insured losses minimally in the billions, according to Aon’s monthly catastrophe report.The...
Nov 7 2019 // Ed, the reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, announced it has appointed John Turner as chairman of Ed Bermuda.In this newly created role, Turner will “provide hands-on support to realize the potential of the...
Oct 29 2019 // Insurance broker Aon plans to move its parent company’s jurisdiction of incorporation to Ireland from Britain due to Brexit, it said in a statement on Tuesday.New York-listed Aon will keep its operational...
Oct 23 2019 // Aon plc announced the appointment of Michael Moran to lead the insurance broker’s efforts to drive better client outcomes by scaling best practices across the firm.As executive vice president of “Delivering Aon...
Oct 14 2019 // Hurricane Dorian made landfalls in the Bahamas, North Carolina, and Canada in early September, bringing total economic and insured losses in the billions, according to Aon’s monthly Global Catastrophe Recap...
Oct 9 2019 // The Reinsurance Solutions business of Aon plc has established a Global Wholesale Committee based in London.The committee has been formed to further enhance client services and further cultivate the firm’s...
Oct 9 2019 // Marsh, the insurance broker and risk adviser, announced four senior appointments to Marsh JLT Specialty’s Aviation Practice in London and New York.In London, Tony Ambrose and Martyn Holland are set to join as...
Sep 25 2019 // Insurer Chubb announced that Louis Hobson has joined the company as senior vice president of Flood Insurance for its North America operations.In this new role, Hobson will work in conjunction with Chubb’s personal...
Sep 23 2019 // Newly-launched specialty insurance broker CAC Specialty announced the appointment of Michael D. Rice II as its chief executive officer.Rice brings years of experience in the brokerage industry. Most recently, he served as...
Sep 17 2019 // The broker Aon plc has launched an auction capability for the Jan. 1, 2020 reinsurance renewals, which is designed to provide additional options for insurer clients by reducing the timeframe around pricing negotiations...
Sep 17 2019 // Marsh, the insurance broker and risk adviser, announced the appointments of Stephanie Pestorich Manson as chief client officer for Management Liability and head of Directors’ & Officers’ (D&O) Product...
Sep 17 2019 // Emerging risks with little or no claims history can be notoriously difficult to underwrite—but many specialty lines companies are finding ways to put their toes in the water to insure these new risks, especially when...
Sep 16 2019 // Insurance broker Aon has appointed Jay Demeusy as U.S. vice chairman of its Reinsurance Solutions business. Alongside his new role, Demeusy will continue to chair the newly formed Global Construction & Inland Marine...
Sep 9 2019 // Aon plc has launched Automated Event Response (AER), designed to enable insurers to view real-time portfolio risks from two of the costliest perils: U.S. hurricane and European windstorm.Insurers, which aim to indemnify...