Latest Aon Headlines

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Aon and Fixico Offer Digital Car Repair Solution for Fleet Clients in Belgium

Oct 4 2018 // Aon is partnering with Fixico to offer a fully-digital solution to handle car repairs for Aon’s fleet clients in Belgium.Fixico offers a digital platform for car repair handling, which is directly connected to a wide...

AXA XL Canada Taps Ashall from Aon Reed Stenhouse for Broker & Client Mgmt. Team

Sep 28 2018 // AXA XL Canada has added Jonathan Ashall to its Broker & Client Management team. Ashall is based in Toronto and reports to Urs Uhlmann, CEO and country manager AXA XL Canada.Ashall joins AXA XL from Aon Reed Stenhouse...

Aon Policy Provides Financial Support to Terrorist Victims

Sep 27 2018 // Aon has collaborated with Pembroke Managing Agency at Lloyd’s to develop Public Protection Policy (PPP), which helps businesses provide financial support to individuals affected by a terrorist attack on a...

Aon’s Blackwell to Join JLT Re as Partner

Sep 10 2018 // Global reinsurance broker JLT Re announced that Martin Blackwell will be joining the firm as a partner, Capital Solutions, next month. Blackwell brings 40 years of market experience to JLT Re. He has served as head of...

Aon Creates $350M of Cyber Capacity, Launches New Solution for Silent Cyber

Sep 7 2018 // Aon plc is continuing its investment in cyber by creating US$350 million of new reinsurance capacity and launching its silent cyber* solution.Aon’s silent cyber solution is designed to partner with carriers in their...

Aon Promotes Mulligan to Head of Cyber, Foord-Kelcey to Head of Cyber Innovation

Sep 4 2018 // Aon plc has promoted Catherine Mulligan and Luke Foord-Kelcey within its Reinsurance Solutions business to strengthen its suite of cyber products for insurers.As global head of Cyber for Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions...

Aon Names Wanat U.S. Commercial Lines Broking Chief

Aug 17 2018 // Global broker has appointed Brian Wanat as chief broking officer of U.S. Commercial Risk Solutions. In his new role, Wanat will have direct management responsibility for Financial Services Group, National Property,...

July’s Droughts, Wildfires, Floods Caused Billions in Global Economic Losses: Aon

Aug 10 2018 // Many countries across the globe saw worsening in drought-related and wildfire conditions during July, which have led to hundreds of deaths and created a significant financial impact – particularly in the agriculture,...

PEAK6 Acquires Aon’s National Flood Services

Aug 7 2018 // PEAK6 Investments LP announced it has acquired National Flood Services (NFS) from Aon plc.NFS is a provider of business process services in flood insurance. According to a statement, the firm support nearly 87,000 active...

Catastrophe Bonds – A to Z

Aug 7 2018 // A reader of this publication, the president of an insurance agency, recently wrote to say he kept hearing about catastrophe bonds but had little knowledge of what they were. He was curious if these instruments would...

Global H1 Insured Natural Disaster Losses 40% Lower than 10-Year Average: Aon

Jul 26 2018 // Global insured losses from natural disasters for the first half were preliminarily estimated at US$21 billion, which is 40 percent lower than the 10-year average of US$35 billion and 19 percent lower than the 18-year...

Interest in Crypto Insurance Grows, Despite High Premiums, Broad Exclusions

Jul 23 2018 // In the staid and buttoned-up world of insurance underwriting, few want to talk about it. You won’t find many ads promoting it or details on company websites offering it.But according to industry insiders,...

How the U.S. Cyber Insurance Market Is Performing: Aon Report

Jul 10 2018 // The number of U.S. insurers providing cyber insurance continues to grow along with instances of cyber attacks.In 2017, 170 U.S. insurers reported writing cyber insurance, up from 140 in 2016 and 119 in 2015, according to...

Aon Names Matson to Lead New Global Portfolio Broking Team

Jul 5 2018 // Andrew Matson has been named leader of Aon’s newly formed Global Portfolio Broking team – a Reinsurance Solutions unit.Aon said the unit “will build on the success of established pioneering facilities, while...

TMK Launches $100M Intellectual Property Facility with Aon, Lloyd’s Syndicates

Jul 3 2018 // Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) has established a US$100 million intellectual property (IP) facility with global insurance broker Aon and several other Lloyd’s syndicates.The facility will be led by TMK and is one of the...

Aon Launches Intellectual Property Liability Coverage

Jun 28 2018 // Aon plc has launched a new insurance product designed to cover clients’ intellectual property liability, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and know how. This is the latest offering in...

Aon Launches Updated Thai Flood Model to Support Underwriters in Market

Jun 20 2018 // Aon plc, the London-based professional services firm, has launched an updated Thailand flood catastrophe model to improve understanding of this peril and help insurers build resilience for businesses and...

Global Commercial Insurance Market to Grow $170B in P/C Premium By 2021: Aon Inpoint

Jun 18 2018 // Global commercial property/casualty insurance premiums were worth approximately $730 billion in 2017, and by 2021, they will rise to nearly $900 billion.U.S. commercial P/C insurance premiums were worth $274.5 billion in...

May 2018 Saw Severe Weather in Nearly Every Global Region: Aon Report

Jun 8 2018 // Four separate severe weather outbreaks swept across the United States during the month of May, which led to extensive hail, wind damage and flash flooding, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe...

Here’s What’s to Expect for Global Commercial Insurance Market Growth

Jun 8 2018 // Global commercial property/casualty insurance premiums were worth approximately $730 billion in 2017 and by 2021 will rise to almost $900 billion.U.S. commercial P/C insurance premiums were worth $274.5 billion in 2017 and...