Latest Aon Headlines

All the headlines from our Aon Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Aon Risk Solutions Hires Surette as Resident Managing Director in Boston

Aug 26 2015 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, hired Joe Surette as resident managing director of Boston operations. Surette succeeds Peter Caine, who left Aon in May to become chief operating officer...

Marsh Names Aon’s Marino to Head U.S. Construction Practice

Aug 17 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...

Aon’s Q2 2015 Earnings Report: Total Revenue -4%; Net income -41%

Jul 31 2015 // Aon’s second quarter earnings report highlights some of the difficulties the re/insurance industry is experiencing. Total revenues from Aon’s combined sector activities decreased by four percent to $2.80...

Qin Lu to Head Aon Benfield, Aon Risk Solutions in China

Jul 24 2015 // Aon announced that Qin Lu has joined the group as CEO, Aon Benfield Greater China and CEO, Aon Risk Solutions, China, to take effect later this year. The bulletin said the new appointment would “help to align...

Q2 Cat Bonds Issuance Nearly $3 Billion: Aon Securities Report

Jul 16 2015 // Aon Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield, has released its latest report –”Insurance-Linked Securities Second Quarter 2015 Update”...

Aon Benfield’s June Cat Report Highlights China Rains, Floods, U.S. Storms

Jul 9 2015 // Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, has released its latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, which evaluates the impact of the natural disaster events that...

Aon Benfield Calls for More Industry-Wide Cat Modelling Initiatives

Jul 6 2015 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary, issued a call to the insurance industry to “collaborate to innovate, in order to obtain the most useful risk management insights from catastrophe models.”The...

How Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling Affects Employee Benefit Plans

Jul 6 2015 // Following the historic Supreme Court decision that same-sex couples have a national right to marry, employers offering domestic partner benefits to unmarried couples may pull back on that offering now that employees in all...

Cat Modeling in a New, More Open Phase: Aon Benfield/Impact Forecasting

Jun 23 2015 // Over 30 years ago, Karen Clark produced the first catastrophe model – for hurricanes. Since then the use of these valuable tools has changed the face of the re/insurance industry. They are indispensable for the...

Aon Benfield Analytics Releases Lloyd’s Update; 2014 Performance Examined

Jun 22 2015 // Aon Benfield Analytics’ Market Analysis team has released its latest Lloyd’s Update report, which assesses the market’s 2014 financial performance and latest developments.Key findings in the report...

JLT Specialty Names Aon’s van Heukelum as Chief Commercial Officer

Jun 15 2015 // JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc. has appointed Hans H. van Heukelum as chief commercial officer. Van Heukelum will lead the broker’s U.S. strategy and expansion with respect to clients, prospects, markets and...

Where Cyber Insurance Underwriting Stands Today

Jun 12 2015 // “You would think the first question to ask would be: Do insured parties understand the elements and limitations of coverage?” said Kevin Kalinich, speaking on cyber risk. “The real first question is: Do...

Guy Carpenter Names Summers as Head of International Facultative Re

Jun 11 2015 // Guy Carpenter & Company announced that Paul Summers will be joining the company as managing director and head of International Facultative Reinsurance, following completion of his current contractual notice period.He...

May U.S. Storm, Tornado Claims over $1Bn: Aon Benfield/Impact Forecasting

Jun 4 2015 // Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, has released its latest Global Catastrophe Recap report for the month of May. The report highlights the “powerful thunderstorms” that...

Companies Let Most Technology Assets Go Unprotected: Aon/Ponemon

Jun 1 2015 // Cyber is one of the fastest growing risks for companies across the globe, and information technology assets are often as valuable as property assets, yet companies are only protecting 12 percent of those assets compared to...

Aon’s Political Risk Map Highlights Western Countries Increased Terror Threats

May 27 2015 // “Risk levels are rising in Western economies due to the increased terror threat presented by Islamic extremists” according to the Aon Terrorism and Political Violence Map, released by Aon Risk Solutions, the...

Aon Benfield Launches Canada Flood Model to Help Manage Exposures

May 18 2015 // Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, has developed a fully probabilistic flood model for Canada to help insurers and reinsurers better underwrite and manage their riverine and...

Companies Let Most Technology Assets Go Unprotected: Aon/Ponemon

May 12 2015 // Cyber is one of the fastest growing risks for companies across the globe, and information technology assets are often as valuable as property assets, yet companies are only protecting 12 percent of those assets compared to...

Nepal Quake Biggest April Disaster: Aon Benfield/Impact Forecasting

May 8 2015 // Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting’s monthly catastrophe report for April highlights the catastrophic damage throughout Nepal, India, China, and Bangladesh, caused by the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck...

Aon Reports $328M in Q1 Net Income, Compared to $325M in Q1 2014

May 1 2015 // Aon plc reported net income attributable to Aon shareholders of $328 million, or $1.14 per share, compared to $325 million, or $1.06 per share, for the prior year quarter.Net income per share attributable to Aon...