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U.S. Economic Losses Due to Napa Quake, August Floods Top $4 Billion: Aon

Sep 8 2014 // As far as natural perils go, August was mostly about earthquakes, along with a few tropical storms and typhoons around the world to add to the trouble, according to Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting in its latest...

Aon Sells eSolutions Unit to Symphony Technology Group

Sep 3 2014 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, announced it has sold Aon eSolutions, Inc., its risk management information systems business unit, to an affiliate of Palo Alto-based Symphony Technology...

‘Worst Market in Memory’ to Keep Pressure on Reinsurance Rates

Sep 3 2014 // The worst reinsurance market in memory looks set to carry into 2015, industry executives said.An absence of costly disasters and increasing competition from new entrants dragged on prices this year, and reinsurers may...

Aon Benfield Secures Reinsurance Capacity for AEGIS Cyber Offering

Aug 29 2014 // Aon Benfield announced that it has secured “the reinsurance capacity for a unique cyber product developed by the Lloyd’s syndicate of mutual energy insurer AEGIS London.“The product offers a comprehensive...

Aon Welcomes UK Government’s Launch of ‘Trailblazer’ for Insurance Apprentices

Aug 21 2014 // Aon plc has issued the following statements regarding the UK government’s announcement of the Trailblazer insurance apprentice program.Dominic Christian, CEO of Aon UK Limited, said: “We are proud to have been...

Aon Benfield Exec Is GOP Candidate for Kansas Insurance Post

Aug 7 2014 // An accountant and industry executive has won the Republican nomination for Kansas insurance commissioner.Ken Selzer, of Leawood, emerged from a field of five candidates in the Aug. 5 primary. His nearest rival was Eudora...

Aon Acquires Peru-based Graña y Asociados to Bolster Latin American Presence

Aug 7 2014 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, announced the acquisition of Graña y Asociados, a Lima, Peru-based leader in risk and insurance solutions for individuals and businesses. Financial terms...

Typhoons a Major Cause of Losses in July: Aon Benfield – Impact Forecasting

Aug 7 2014 // The latest edition of Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting’s Global Catastrophe Recap report concludes that Super Typhoon Rammasun, which made separate landfalls in the Philippines and China, caused widespread...

Business Moves

Aug 4 2014 // Aon, National Flood ServicesAon Affinity, the consumer, association and program business of Aon Risk Solutions, has completed its acquisition of StoneRiver National Flood Services Inc. and related entities from StoneRiver...

Aon Names Bruno as Executive VP – Enterprise Innovation and CIO

Jul 31 2014 // Aon plc announced the appointment of John G. Bruno as Executive Vice President of Enterprise Innovation and Chief Information Officer for Aon, effective September first. He will also become a member of the Executive...

Aon Benfield Analytics Releases Report on Lloyd’s

Jul 29 2014 // Aon Benfield Analytics’ Market Analysis team has launched its latest Lloyd’s Update report, covering the market’s business position in 2014, strategy over the next three years and financial results in...

Aon Plunges Most Since 2012 on Reinsurance Revenue Decline

Jul 28 2014 // Aon Plc, the world’s second-largest insurance broker by market value, fell the most since 2012 after revenue missed estimates as reinsurance sales declined.Aon slipped $4.65, or 5.1 percent, to $86.32 at 4:03 p.m. in...

Insured Global Disaster Losses in First Half Reached $22B: Aon Benfield

Jul 23 2014 // Insured losses from global natural disasters during the six-month period ending June 30, 2014 reached $22 billion. That compares to $27 billion in the first half of 2013 and is approximately 19 percent below the 10-year...

Aon Launches ‘Technology-based Enhancement’ for WorldAware Solutions

Jul 23 2014 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, announced the unveiling of its “WorldAware Global Gateway,” which the bulletin described as a “technology-based enhancement to...

Aon Launches Custom Liability Product for Railroad Industry

Jul 17 2014 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has launched a new product designed to support the railroad industry, including Class I railroads. Called the Cantilever Excess Pollution Liability...

Aon Completes Acquisition of National Flood Services

Jul 16 2014 // Aon Affinity, the consumer, association and program business of Aon Risk Solutions, has completed its acquisition of StoneRiver National Flood Services, Inc. and related entities from StoneRiver Group, L.P.The deal was...

Aon Launches Entrepreneurs Program for Women-Led Businesses

Jul 10 2014 // A bulletin from Aon’s London headquarters notes that as “part of its global strategy to empower human and economic possibility for clients, colleagues and communities,” it is launching its...

Cat Bonds Totaling $4.5 Billion Issued in Q2 2014: Aon Benfield ILS Study

Jul 9 2014 // Aon Benfield Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield in its latest report on the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector, reveals that 12 catastrophe...

Aon Benfield June Global, U.S. Cat Report: Thunderstorms, Hail, Floods

Jul 7 2014 // The Global Catastrophe Recap report for June from Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting highlights the outbreak of severe thunderstorms that affected Western and Central Europe during the first half of the month, causing...

Aon Benfield Securities Launches CATstream for Cedants’ Cat Bond Coverage

Jun 18 2014 // Aon Benfield Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield, has announced the launch of CATstream – a new client facility, which it said “offers...