All the headlines from our Aon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 4 2015 // Critical events of early 2015 – cheap oil and Middle East violence – will probably continue to take their toll as the year goes on, according to a new projection of geopolitical hotspots. Lower overall prices for...
Feb 26 2015 // Fishers, Ind.-based Administrative Strategies announced a partnership with Aon Cornerstone, a business unit of Aon plc that focuses on fostering strategic alliances with minority business enterprises. Administrative...
Feb 25 2015 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has launched Maximum Protection D&O, which provides additional coverage to directors and officers when non-indemnifiable D&O limits are exhausted...
Feb 9 2015 // Aon has reported fourth quarter total revenue of $3.3 billion, and $12 billion for the full year. Other highlights for the fourth quarter include the following: – Organic revenue growth of 6 percent – Operating...
Feb 6 2015 // The Northeast U.S., including New York and Massachusetts, sustained at least $500 million in economic losses last month when a winter storm ripped through the region, Aon Plc said. The blizzard from Jan. 26 to 28 killed at...
Feb 6 2015 // The latest edition of Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team’s, Global Catastrophe Recap report, evaluates the impact of the natural disaster events that occurred worldwide during...
Jan 20 2015 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, announced that it has acquired the entire portfolio of in-force business of Sipex Insurance and Reinsurance Brokers SA, an insurance and...
Jan 19 2015 // Workers’ compensation costs and claims frequency in the healthcare sector are going down, according to a report that studied 1,1150 facilities in 11 states.Aon Risk Solutions’ Health Care Workers’...
Jan 16 2015 // Property catastrophe bond issuance for the fourth quarter 2014 stood at USD$2.1 billion across six separate transactions, contributing to a record annual property catastrophe bond issuance of USD$8.0 billion, according to...
Jan 5 2015 // Insurance broker Lockton has named industry veteran Michael Andler as executive vice president and head of its U.S. property insurance practice. Andler will operate from Lockton’s New York office. Andler joins...
Jan 5 2015 // The roller coaster ride engendered by the entry of large amounts of alternative capital into the reinsurance market – originally seen as a threat – has turned out to be a major factor in strengthening the capital...
Dec 18 2014 // Property/casualty insurance industry groups, business associations and observers alike were quick to condemn the death of TRIA renewal for 2014. Without federal terrorism reinsurance in place for 2015, they predicted...
Dec 16 2014 // Beecher Carlson Insurance Services LLC, a specialized large account insurance brokerage in Atlanta, has hired Allyson Martin as managing director. She is based in Beecher Carlson’s New York office.Martin most...
Dec 12 2014 // Understanding and managing risk is increasingly a critical success factor for financial institutions, according to a report on financial institutions issued by Aon Risk Solutions, the risk management business of Aon...
Nov 21 2014 // The brokerage industry has changed “utterly and fundamentally” over the past 30 years from a risk transfer function to much more of an advisory role, according to Dominic Christian, executive chairman, Aon...
Nov 20 2014 // Overall price declines for directors and officers liability insurance programs of publicly traded companies continue to be driven by excess-layer price drops, Aon’s Financial Services Group said in a recent...
Nov 19 2014 // Aon Benfield announced that it has successfully completed an “insurance placement as part of a UK government energy initiative to install smart meter systems nationwide by 2020 with AIG.The placement was made on...
Nov 18 2014 // The Construction Services Group of Aon Risk Solutions has a new web-based tool to help clients navigate the risk challenges of pursuing work in multiple geographies.The Construction Risk Portal is a single website that...
Nov 17 2014 // Aon plc announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a new $5 billion share repurchase program, which is in addition to its existing share repurchase program previously authorized in April 2012. Approximately $1.1...
Nov 17 2014 // Emerging trends support a positive profit outlook for homeowners insurers, a leading broker believes.Reinsurance broker Aon Benfield’s “2014 Homeowners ROE Outlook” concludes that insurers’...