Latest Aon Headlines

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Willis Japan Appoints Enomoto New Retail CEO

Apr 5 2012 // Willis Group Holdings has appointed Yoshihide ‘Dean’ Enomoto as President and CEO of its retail brokerage business in Japan. The announcement coincides with news that the global insurance broker has opened a...

Aon Completes Strategic Move to London

Apr 2 2012 // Aon announced that is now officially a “plc (public limited company; i.e. a corporation) and that it has completed its change of the corporate domicile of “the parent company of the Aon group of companies from...

Business Moves

Apr 2 2012 // AonAon Corp. stockholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposal to approve the previously announced change in corporate domicile of the parent company of the Aon group of companies from Delaware to the United...

Aon Benfield, Build Assure Launch Latent Defects Product for Builders Federation

Mar 20 2012 // Build Assure, a trading name of the National Register of Warranted Builders, a subsidiary of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), has launched a new insurance product to protect its members and general developers...

Aon Shareholders Approve Domicile Move to London

Mar 19 2012 // Aon Corp. announced that its stockholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposal to approve the previously announced change in corporate domicile of the parent company of the Aon group of companies from Delaware to...

Business Moves

Mar 19 2012 // Alleghany, TransatlanticGlobal specialty insurer Alleghany Corporation completed its previously announced acquisition of reinsurer Transatlantic Holdings. Both companies are headquartered in New York. With the deal’s...

Rajab Appointed Aon Benfield’s New CEO for Middle East, North Africa

Mar 12 2012 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp., announced that Ahmed Rajab, an executive with 15 years of experience in the reinsurance industry, will become CEO, Middle East & North...

Aon’s New ‘Political Risk Map’ Focuses on ‘Arab Spring’; Global Threats

Feb 8 2012 // Aon’s latest “Political Risk Map” focuses on the implications of the uprisings in the Middle East, collectively referred to as the “Arab Spring,” and the political transitions they have...

Aon Revenues Up 3% in Q4

Feb 6 2012 // Global insurance broker and risk management firm Aon Corp. reported that net income rose 19 percent in the fourth quarter 2011 to $277 million and overall revenues increased 3 percent to $3 billion.Fourth quarter operating...

Google Captive in Hawaii on Track

Feb 6 2012 // Web search giant Google Inc. has been granted tentative approval from the Department of Labor to form a captive insurance company in Hawaii to cover employee benefits for thousands of the Mountain View, Calif.-based web...

Aon Expands U.S. Tenant Rent Default Offerings

Feb 3 2012 // Aon has expanded availability to new states for its Aon Rent Protect product that reimburses landlords for lost income when tenants default on rent payments.The product was initially launched in California, Colorado, D.C.,...

Aon’s Warriors Bring Military Values to Managing Global Risks

Jan 18 2012 // When the phone rings in the Crisis Management Operation Center within Aon Corp.’s headquarters in Chicago, it’s typically not someone calling with good news or to say, “Have a nice day.” Chances are...

Aon Benfield Appoints 2 in Asia Pacific Region

Jan 13 2012 // Aon Benfield announced two new appointments within its Asia Pacific division.Henry To will become non-executive chairman for Greater China. To has been with the firm for 30 years, having served most recently as chief...

Aon To Move Corporate Headquarters to London

Jan 13 2012 // Global insurance broker, risk management and human resource consulting firm Aon Corp. announced that it will move its corporate headquarters from Delaware to London. The company said the move is as “an important...

Aon Benfield 2011 Catastrophe Study: $107 Bn Insured Losses; $435 Bn Economic

Jan 10 2012 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp, has issued its “Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report,” which aggregates and analyses the natural disaster perils that...

Aon Wins Preliminary Injunction in Lawsuit

Jan 9 2012 // Late last month, a New York court granted Aon Risk Services Northeast a preliminary injunction involving its former executive. The Supreme Court of the State of New York said it is temporarily barring Michael Cusack (the...

Aon Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Former Exec, Now at Alliant

Dec 28 2011 // A New York court granted Aon Risk Services Northeast a preliminary injunction involving its former executive.Last week, the Supreme Court of the State of New York said it is temporarily barring Michael Cusack, the former...

Aon to Pay $16.2 Million to Settle Bribery Charges

Dec 21 2011 // Insurance brokerage firm Aon Corp. will pay $16.2 million to settle criminal and civil charges that it paid bribes to foreign government officials over more than two decades, the U.S. government said on Tuesday.Under a...

Business Moves

Dec 16 2011 // Confie Seguros, Auto Insurance DiscountersConfie Seguros, a national provider of insurance with an emphasis on serving Hispanic consumers, has expanded its operations in Texas with the acquisition of Auto Insurance...

Aon Benfield Report Analyzes Financial Impact of Catastrophes on Reinsurers

Dec 8 2011 // The Aon Benfield Analytics’ Market Analysis team has published the latest edition of its Aon Benfield Aggregate (ABA) report, which assesses the financial performance of 28 of the world’s leading reinsurers in...