All the headlines from our Aon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 30 2017 // Aon reported third quarter revenue of $2.3 billion, an increase of 6 percent from the $2.2 billion reported for the same period last year.This increase was driven primarily by a 3 percent increase related to acquisitions,...
Oct 24 2017 // Aon Benfield, the reinsurance intermediary and capital adviser of Aon plc, has appointed Leonora Siccardi as EMEA & UK Head of Client Services.Based in London and reporting to Maggie Westdale, CFO of Aon Benfield,...
Oct 20 2017 // Reinsurance intermediary Aon Benfield has appointed Catherine Mulligan as managing director and U.S. Cyber Practice Group leader.Mulligan brings underwriting, policy form and product knowledge to Aon’s cyber...
Oct 17 2017 // When this year’s results are tallied, direct U.S. homeowners’ insurance premiums will have continued to grow, despite a decreasing return on equity for insurers.According to Aon Benfield’s annual...
Oct 6 2017 // The third quarter of 2017 is likely to break a new record as one of the costliest quarters for natural catastrophes, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team.“The month...
Oct 3 2017 // Everest Re Group Ltd. announced today that its Dublin-based subsidiary has been granted authorization in principle by the Central Bank of Ireland to operate as an authorized non-life insurer in Ireland.This entity, to be...
Sep 18 2017 // Detroit, Mich.-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group named Daniel J. Kaufman senior vice president of corporate growth. Kaufman will continue to serve as managing director and lead the Chicago, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and...
Sep 5 2017 // Insurance broker Aon Plc said on Friday [Sept. 1] it would buy real estate investment management firm The Townsend Group from Colony NorthStar Inc for $475 million, helping expand its property investment management...
Aug 31 2017 // Marsh announced the appointment of David Nayler as leader of its UK Financial Institutions Industry Practice.Reporting to Charles Beresford-Davies, Risk Management Practice leader, UK & Ireland, Nayler’s...
Aug 29 2017 // CNA and Aon Affinity, the affinity business of Aon plc, have partnered to offer dental firms nationwide malpractice coverage to meet the evolving needs of dental practices.The coverage combines the experience of both firms...
Aug 28 2017 // Hurricane Harvey’s second act across southern Texas is turning into an economic catastrophe — with damages likely to stretch into tens of billions of dollars and an unusually large share of victims lacking...
Aug 9 2017 // The vast majority of global natural disasters during July were the result of severe flooding across the Asian region, bringing more than $10 billion in economic damages, according to a report published by Impact...
Aug 8 2017 // Aon Groep Nederland announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Utrecht-based broker Unirobe Meeùs Groep (UMG) from Aegon for €295 million ($347.9 million).The transaction is subject to works council advice...
Aug 7 2017 // Catastrophe bond issuance during the second quarter stood at US$6.38 billion across 20 transactions – a new record for quarterly issuance that surpassed the previous record of US$4.49 billion set in Q2 2014, according to...
Jul 20 2017 // Global insured losses from natural disasters during the first half of 2017 are estimated at US$22 billion with 76 percent of these losses generated by U.S. events, according to a report issued by Impact Forecasting, Aon...
Jul 10 2017 // Floods and storms cost the global economy more than $5 billion in June, with most of those losses generated in the United States, according to an Aon catastrophe report.In the U.S., large hail, tornadoes, straight-line...
Jul 10 2017 // San Francisco, Calif.-based Metromile has named Carrie Dolan chief financial officer.Dolan most recently served as CFO of Lending Club, an online credit marketplace connecting borrowers and investors. Prior to Lending...
Jul 5 2017 // Executives of retail and wholesale property/casualty brokers, who have heard predictions about disintermediation for years, are not worried about the latest wrinkle in the stories of their demise—the rise of insurtech...
Jun 29 2017 // JLT Specialty USA has named Jennifer Schaeffer senior vice president. Schaeffer will be based in Based in San Francisco, Calif. She will focus on business development with specialties in technology, fintech and private...
Jun 22 2017 // Aon Benfield, the reinsurance intermediary and capital adviser of Aon plc, has appointed Andy Marcell to the new position of president of Aon Benfield. Marcell will begin the role with immediate effect and will report to...