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Aon Names Hennessy to Head New Carrier Solutions Group

May 30 2018 // Insurance broker Aon has appointed Karl Hennessy as chief executive officer of the firm’s newly created Carrier Solutions group.The newly formed group will support and grow Aon’s network of managing general...

Aon’s Carver Joins Guy Carpenter’s UK Non-Marine Team as Managing Director

May 23 2018 // Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter & Co. announced the appointment of Richard Carver as managing director and senior broker in the firm’s UK non-marine division. Carver has 30 years of experience in the reinsurance...

GDPR Insurance: Coverage for Fines Hard to Find But Other Non-Compliance Costs Insurable

May 16 2018 // The civil fines for non-compliance with the European’s new data privacy law can be steep but organizations across Europe should not expect to have their insurance cover them.Unless the business or organization is in...

Aon Retires Benfield, Risk Solutions Brands; Names Anderson, O’Connor as Co-Presidents

May 15 2018 // Global insurance broker Aon has joined its two brands– Benfield and Risk Solutions– into one operational unit and named the chief executives of the two brands as co-presidents of the company.Eric Andersen, CEO...

Aon’s April Catastrophe Report: Storms Deal Blow in U.S.; Floods Take 78 Lives in Africa

May 10 2018 // During April, five separate storm systems caused severe thunderstorms across the United States, the strongest of which affected the Plains, Midwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and the Northeast, with nearly 70 tornado...

Schuyler Named CEO of Aon Carrier Link

May 10 2018 // Broker Aon announced the appointment of Richard Schuyler as chief executive officer of Aon Carrier Link. The Aon Carrier Link channel uses data and analytics to give buyers access to Lloyd’s syndicates through...

Aon Appoints Lambrou Global Chief Commercial Officer, CEO of Global Specialties

May 2 2018 // Global insurance broker Aon announced the appointment of Lambros Lambrou to the new role of global chief commercial officer and CEO of Global Specialties for the firm’s commercial risk business. Lambrou has worked...

Global Catastrophe Bonds Set Q1 Record: Aon

May 2 2018 // Global catastrophe bond issuance broke a first-quarter record, come in at nearly $3.6 billion for Q1 2018 as the market expanded into new areas, Aon Securities said in its latest report.The $3.58 billion in insurance...

Guy Carpenter Promotes Fletcher to Bermuda Chairman; Hires Aon’s Morris

May 1 2018 // Reinsurance specialist Guy Carpenter & Co. announced the promotion of John Fletcher to chairman of the firm’s Bermuda operations.The firm also appointed a former Aon Bermuda executive to its Bermuda team. In his...

Reinsurance Capacity Remains Abundant for Mid-Year Renewals: Aon Benfield

Apr 18 2018 // Global reinsurer capital continued to rise in 2017, despite the US$136 billion in insured losses from natural catastrophes last year, according to a reinsurance market report published by Aon Benfield.Indeed, capital...

MJ Insurance Names Aon’s Zentgraf Director of Analytics in Arizona

Apr 11 2018 // MJ Insurance has named Dan Zentgraf director of analytics of the Phoenix, Ariz. office. Zentgraf will oversee the development of the analytics program to help extrapolate and interpret biometric data. Zentgraf previously...

U.S. March Storms Cost Economy $3B; Argentina, Uruguay Drought $4B: Aon Report

Apr 6 2018 // A series of winter storms and severe weather in the United States during March brought economic damages of US$3 billion, with public and private insurers covering roughly two-thirds of the cost, according to a report...

Aon’s Mullen to Re-Join Artex Risk Solutions as CEO

Mar 26 2018 // Artex Risk Solutions announced that Peter Mullen will be re-joining the company in March 2019 as CEO-elect. He will step into the role once he has fulfilled his contractual obligations to Aon Captive & Insurance...

Aon Benfield Bermuda Hires Carpenter’s Meyenhofer as CEO; Fox & Davies Promoted

Mar 22 2018 // Aon Benfield announced a new hire and expanded roles for its reinsurance team in Bermuda.Matthias Meyenhofer will join the firm on Sept. 1, in accordance with his existing contractual requirements, as chief executive...

Aon Promotes Craig-Burke to Managing Director in Atlanta

Mar 20 2018 // Aon has announced the promotion of Lurline Craig-Burke to managing director in its Atlanta office. Craig-Burke previously served as a member of the firm’s leadership team responsible for engaging clients’...

Aon Benfield Taps Paire & Karhan from Carpenter for Capital Advisory, Terrorism Specialty Units

Mar 8 2018 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital adviser of Aon plc, announces two new high profile appointments to lead its Capital Advisory and Terrorism Specialty divisions: Eric Paire and Emma Karhan,...

Christian Named Aon Benfield’s Global Chairman; Page Promoted to CEO of Aon UK

Mar 1 2018 // Aon plc announced that Dominic Christian has been appointed as global chairman of Aon Benfield. At the same time, Julie Page has been promoted to chief executive officer of Aon UK Ltd., subject to regulatory approval.Most...

January Windstorms to Cost Europe’s Insurers More Than $2B: Aon

Feb 9 2018 // European windstorms Friederike, Eleanor and Carmen wreaked widespread damage in January, causing insured losses of more than $2 billion, according to a report published by Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s...

Aon Securities Structures Largest-Ever Earthquake Catastrophe Bond for World Bank

Feb 7 2018 // Aon Securities, the investment banking division of reinsurance intermediary and capital adviser Aon Benfield, has assisted the World Bank in structuring the largest-ever catastrophe bond covering earthquake, which provides...

Siccardi Appointed Chief Operating Officer of Aon Benfield UK

Feb 6 2018 // Leonora Siccardi has been appointed chief operating officer of Aon Benfield UK, reporting to Nick Frankland, UK CEO of Aon Benfield, and Maggie Westdale, CFO of Aon Benfield.Siccardi will oversee the strategy, leadership,...