Latest Aon Headlines

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Xceedance Opens Insurance Operations Center in Krakow, Poland

Dec 5 2016 // Xceedance, the Boston-based provider of property/casualty insurance technology, analytics and consulting services, announced the launch of an operations center in Krakow, Poland.The center will provide services and support...

Aon Agrees to Buy Brazil Health & Benefits Broker and Solutions Firm, Admix

Dec 1 2016 // Aon announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Admix, a leading health and benefits brokerage and solutions firm in Brazil.Financial terms of the agreement, which was announced on Nov. 25, were not disclosed and...

Business Moves

Nov 21 2016 // USI Insurance Services has completed its transaction to purchase Johnson & Bryan, a retail property/casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage firm based in Atlanta. Terms of the transaction were not...

People

Nov 21 2016 // Rene van Winden has joined Lockton from Aon as a senior vice president and national energy property leader. He is based in Houston.Van Winden previously spent more than a decade with insurance broker Aon, most recently as...

Hurricane Matthew Could Cost US & Caribbean Economies $15B: Aon Benfield

Nov 10 2016 // Hurricane Matthew, which swept through parts of the Caribbean and United States, had total economic losses of up to US$15 billion, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team.In...

Aon Launches Cyber Risk Mgmt Solution in Response to EU Data Protection Law

Nov 8 2016 // Aon plc has launched a risk management solution designed to help organizations prepare for a new data protection law due to come into force on May 25, 2018.The law, known as the EU General Data Protection Regulation, or...

Lloyd’s Innovation Awards Go to Aon, Beazley, Cromar, Hiscox, Tokio Marine Kiln

Nov 3 2016 // Lloyd’s of London recently announced the winners of its 2016 Innovation Awards. Beazley, Cromar, Hiscox and Tokio Marine Kiln each picked up awards for innovative products or new ways of working.Aon won most...

Aon Risk Solutions Completes Acquisition of New York-Based Stroz Friedberg

Nov 2 2016 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has completed its acquisition of Stroz Friedberg Inc., a global risk management firm based in New York City. Financial terms were not disclosed. This move...

Capsicum Re Latin America Taps Ribeiro and Nunes from Carpenter, Aon Benfield

Nov 2 2016 // Capsicum Re, the London-based specialist reinsurance broker, announce it has hired Marcio Ribeiro and Júlia Nunes to Capsicum Re Latin America Brazil.Ribeiro is head of the facultative division and is based in Sao Paulo;...

U.S. Homeowners Insurers’ Premiums Growing But Return on Equity Down: Aon

Oct 26 2016 // The U.S. homeowners insurance market is on track for continued growth in direct premiums for 2016 despite a decreasing return on equity for insurers. U.S. homeowners premium is set to surpass $90 billion for the first...

Former FBI Cyber Leader Trainor Joins Aon Risk Solutions

Oct 24 2016 // Aon Risk Solutions announced the appointment of James C. Trainor as senior vice president in its Cyber Solutions Group. Trainor joins Aon after a career at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he most recently led...

Business Moves

Oct 24 2016 // Markel, EMC, Global Insurance AcceleratorMarkel and EMC Insurance Companies have invested in the Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA), a business accelerator focused on developing innovative insurance- centric startups....

Patrick Ryan on Today’s E&S Business and Using Aon Experience to Build RSG

Oct 13 2016 // After a notable 50-year insurance career that has included starting and leading two highly successful insurance brokers, 79-year-old Patrick Ryan didn’t mince words when asked if he will ever retire:“No.”...

Aon Risk Solutions Agrees to Acquire NYC Based Stroz Friedberg Inc.

Oct 12 2016 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has entered into an agreement to acquire Stroz Friedberg Inc., a New York City based global risk management firm. Financial terms were not disclosed, and...

Aon Launches Enterprise-Wide Cyber Coverage Targeting All Industries

Oct 5 2016 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has introduced Aon Cyber Enterprise Solution, a property/casualty and Internet of Things insurance policy that offers comprehensive and integrated...

What’s Ahead in Health Care Workers’ Compensation?

Sep 27 2016 // For the 2017 accident year, health care systems will face a complex environment of emerging risks that will have a direct impact on workers’ compensation, according to analysts at Aon Global Risk Consulting.The risk...

Autonomous Cars to Cut U.S. Auto Premiums by 20% in 20 Years

Sep 19 2016 // The rollout of autonomous vehicles in the next few decades could lead to a massive reduction in U.S. motor vehicle premiums in the coming years, Aon Benfield said in a new report.Expectations are that “industry pure...

What’s Driving Reinsurance Growth: Aon

Sep 19 2016 // Reinsurance demand has increased over the past 18 months, with the cession ratio across the global property/casualty insurance industry registering a small rise for the first time in several years, and the trend expected...

Aon: Global Reinsurer Capital Hits Record $585B

Sep 13 2016 // Total global reinsurer capital, which comprises capital both from the traditional and alternative markets, rose by four percent to a record USD585 billion over the six months to June 30, 2016, reinsurance intermediary Aon...

Casualty Losses and Cyber, Crop, Property Demand Driving Reinsurance Growth: Aon

Sep 12 2016 // Reinsurance demand has increased over the past 18 months, with the cession ratio across the global property/casualty insurance industry registering a small rise for the first time in several years, and the trend expected...