All the headlines from our Aon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 7 2016 // A recently released report shows that damage estimates from the natural disaster events that occurred in the United States in December 2015 will amount to more than $4 billion.Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model...
Jan 6 2016 // Total economic losses from the weather events in the U.S. during the month of December will exceed $4 billion, with insured losses likely to approach or exceed $2 billion, according to Aon Benfield’s catastrophe...
Dec 8 2015 // Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, has issued the latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, which evaluates the impact of natural disaster events that occurred...
Dec 7 2015 // Open enrollment – the time of year that many employees and employers either love or hate. Well, mostly hate because today’s health insurance open enrollment usually means higher costs – at least for my family of...
Nov 19 2015 // Aon Benfield has appointed Russell Nevard as chief commercial officer of its Global ReSpecialty reinsurance division. He will join the business in April 2016.Based in London, Nevard will report to Robert Bisset, chief...
Nov 12 2015 // After plan design changes and vendor negotiations, the average health care rate increase for mid-size and large companies was 3.2 percent in 2015, marking the lowest rate increase since 1996, according to a new analysis by...
Nov 2 2015 // Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, is launching new models for Malaysia and Jakarta flood to help insurers and reinsurers better underwrite and manage their exposures in Asia. The...
Nov 2 2015 // The outlook for the U.S. homeowners market has improved over last year thanks in part to rate increases and lower reinsurance costs, according to reinsurance intermediary Aon Benfield.A new report by Aon Benfield Analytics...
Oct 30 2015 // Aon plc’s third quarter and 1st 9 months 2015 Earnings report shows an overall decline in revenue and profits, compared to the same periods in 2014. Net income attributable to Aon shareholders was $295 million, or...
Oct 27 2015 // The outlook for the U.S. homeowners insurance market has improved over last year thanks in part to rate increases and lower reinsurance costs, according to reinsurance intermediary Aon Benfield.A new report by Aon Benfield...
Oct 27 2015 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, is expanding its reinsurance and analytical capabilities in the state of Florida.Beginning January 2016, Aon Benfield will increase the...
Oct 21 2015 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc announced the appointment of Sergio Rivera Jiménez as CEO of Aon Benfield Colombia, effective immediately.He reports to Alejandro Galizia,...
Oct 14 2015 // Aon Benfield has issued a thorough “latest update” report on Lloyd’s, detailing its syndicates, assets and other pertinent facts.Mike Van Slooten, international head of Market Analysis at Aon Benfield...
Sep 22 2015 // Aon Benfield is examining how insurers and reinsurers can identify and capitalize on new growth opportunities amid challenging market dynamics at its 14th Biennial Hazards Conference in Australia. Aon noted that it’s...
Sep 21 2015 // Aon Benfield has identified seven emerging risks that present re/insurers with business opportunities over the next five to 10 years, which the announcement listed as “US mortgage credit, the sharing economy,...
Sep 15 2015 // Aon Benfield announced it has invested in an innovative catastrophe model to help marine and energy insurers more accurately assess their cargo risks.While there are plenty of catastrophe models in the non-marine sector,...
Sep 11 2015 // Annual catastrophe bond issuance reached $7.0 billion – a decrease on the record-breaking prior year ($9.4 billion), yet still the third highest annual issuance in the sector’s history, according to Aon Securities,...
Sep 9 2015 // Global reinsurer capital totaled $565 billion at June 30, 2015, a reduction of two percent relative to the end of 2014 that was driven by strengthening of the U.S. dollar, according to the latest edition of the Aon...
Sep 7 2015 // Insurance broker Marsh said David Marino has joined the firm to lead its U.S. Construction Practice.Marino brings to Marsh 20 years of insurance and construction industry experience. He joins the firm from Aon, where he...
Sep 4 2015 // The monthly report for August from Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting catastrophe model development team cites the “severe drought conditions” in the western U.S. as resulting in “economic losses...