Latest Aon Headlines

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

With TRIA Renewal Efforts Killed, Some Predict Market Chaos

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...

Beecher Carlson Hires Aon Exec Martin as Managing Director in New York

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...

Aon Report Identifies Key Risks for Financial Institutions in EMEA

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...

Successful Brokers Put Clients Front and Center: Aon’s Dominic Christian

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...

D&O Primary, Excess Layer Pricing Moving in Opposite Directions: 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...

Aon Benfield Places UK’s ‘Smart Meter Drive’ Coverage with AIG

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...

Aon Web Tool Aids Contractors Working in Multiple States

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...

Aon Announces New $5 Billion Share Repurchase Program

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...

Trends Support Positive Outlook for Homeowners Insurance: Aon Benfield

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’...

Health Plan Costs Up Slightly; What Employers Are Doing About It

Nov 13 2014 // In 2014, U.S. companies and their employees saw a slight uptick in the rate of U.S. health care cost increases, according to an analysis by corporate health and benefits consultant Aon Hewitt.After plan design changes and...

Aon Hewitt’s CIO Named on Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders’ List

Nov 4 2014 // Aon plc, the provider of risk management and human resource consulting and outsourcing, announced that Matthew Heckler, chief information officer for Aon Hewitt, was named to IDG’s Computerworld Premier 100 IT...

Aon Benfield Buys Safe Brokers to Enhance Presence in Greece, Cyprus

Nov 4 2014 // Aon Benfield, the reinsurance intermediary and capital adviser of Aon plc, has acquired Safe Brokers to strengthen its investment in the Greek and Cypriot markets.Safe Brokers is an independent reinsurance broker with...

Trends Support Positive Outlook for Homeowners Insurance: Aon Benfield

Oct 31 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’ prospective after-tax...

Aon: Planning, Communications Will Keep Real Risk of Ebola in Perspective

Oct 29 2014 // With concerns growing in the U.S. over Ebola exposure — New York City confirmed its first case of Ebola Thursday, Oct. 23 — an executive from Aon plc advised it’s important for businesses to engage in...

Aon, in Partnership with Hiscox, Offers Ebola Liability Cover

Oct 28 2014 // Aon has launched an Ebola response product available to all health care institutions and features worldwide coverage on cases brought in the U.S.Negotiated in partnership with Hiscox, the product – called the Ebola...

Aon Hotline Supports Clients Affected by Recall or Contamination Crisis

Oct 28 2014 // Aon Risk Solutions and the Aon WorldAware Operations Center have together launched the Aon Re-Call Crisis Center, a new feature to support business clients affected by a recall or contamination crisis. The hotline is...

Aon Benfield Launches Arabian Earthquake Model

Oct 21 2014 // Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development unit, launched a catastrophe model to estimate the financial impact of earthquakes in the Arabian Peninsula.The demand for catastrophe modeling in the...

Aon Activates Ebola Response Task Force, Launches Ebola Response Room

Oct 21 2014 // Aon plc has activated the Aon Ebola Response Task Force, a team comprised of risk and health professionals worldwide, to monitor the current Ebola outbreak and provide guidance to clients directly and through its newly...

People – Midwest

Oct 20 2014 // Pete Lahn has been appointed senior vice president of Legal, as well as secretary and general counsel for Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co., in Grinnell, Iowa. The appointment is effective Dec. 19, 2014.Lahn brings more than...

Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting Head Explains the Latest in Models

Oct 6 2014 // Adam Podlaha, the head of Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting division, is responsible for overseeing the collection of the data and its implementation in creating the latest catastrophe and other models. He explained...