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FSA Changes Date for Solvency II Implementation, Lloyd’s, Aon Benfield Comment

Oct 7 2011 // On October 3, the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) announced a revision to the dates on which it plans to implement the provisions of the European Union’s Solvency II regulations governing the insurance...

Aon Benfield Reports Asia Monsoon Economic Losses near $7 Billion

Oct 7 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp, has released the latest edition of its Monthly Cat Recap report, which reviews the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide during...

Aon Risk Solutions Hires Business Development VP in Rhode Island

Oct 3 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management unit of Aon Corp., has appointed Jeffrey Polucha as vice president of business development for its Providence, Rhode Island, office. Polucha comes from Soucy Insurance Agency...

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Oct 3 2011 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) presented the Federal Legislator of the Year Award to U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert, R-Ill., at its annual convention in Indianapolis.Biggert currently serves as...

Aon Hires Two SVPs to Meet Southern California Growth

Sep 29 2011 // Judy Bamberger has been named senior vice president of business development for Los Angeles office of Aon Risk Solutions, a risk management business of publicly traded Chicago-based Aon Corp. Yohei Miyamoto has been named...

Xchanging Gains Full Control of Brokerage Services Subsidiary from Aon

Sep 29 2011 // Xchanging, the London-based business process and technology services provider and integrator, announced that it has “gained full control of Xchanging Broking Services Limited, the Enterprise Partnership it formed...

Aon Benfield: Reinsurers Expected to Pay 2/3 of Australia, NZ Cat Losses

Sep 29 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp, has issued a bulletin indicating that Australian and New Zealand insurers, who were hit with “catastrophic events” in 2010 and...

Aon Appoints Waerseggers to Head European Power Business

Sep 28 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions, the risk management business of Aon Corp., announced the appointment of Denis Waerseggers to the newly created position of European Power leader, effective December first.He joins Aon from global energy...

Aon Risk Appoints Bentele, Dalchow to New Global Crisis Management Posts

Sep 23 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions, the risk management business of Aon Corp., announced the appointment of Christof Bentele as the Crisis Management Practice’s chief broking officer with immediate effect. He is currently...

Aon Benfield Conference Underlines ‘Complexity’ of Catastrophic Events

Sep 22 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp., will urge insureds and insurers to “look at the bigger picture as cat events become more complex,” at its 12th Hazards...

Aon Risk Appoints Real Estate-Focused Account Executive in San Francisco

Sep 21 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions has appointed Jason Caya account executive of the San Francisco office. Caya is responsible for supporting Aon’s expansion in the San Francisco real estate industry. He will focus on generating new...

Aon Report Concludes Piracy Threat Spreading to East Africa Coast

Sep 19 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions, the risk management business of Aon Corp., has issued its first in depth report analyzing the threat posed by pirates. It points out that with the end of the monsoon season pirate activity usually...

Aon Risk Solutions Hires Marsh Executive for Pittsburgh Office

Sep 15 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon Corp., appointed Marsh veteran John Moskal as executive vice president and regional sales director of the Pittsburgh office. Moskal comes from Marsh, where he...

Pfeffer Joins Aon Risk Solutions in Omaha, Nebraska

Sep 13 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions has appointed Dennis J. Pfeffer as appointed senior vice president and resident sales director for the Omaha, Neb., office. Pfeffer is experienced in the design of both traditional and alternative risk...

Global Property Insurance Market Remains Volatile: Aon Benfield

Sep 12 2011 // In terms of global underwriting volatility, the property insurance market remains substantially more volatile than other major lines. In Germany and Spain property is nearly twice as volatile as motor, the most stable...

Aon eSolutions Names Young Senior VP of Global Product Management

Sep 9 2011 // Chicago-based Aon eSolutions appointed Ronald Young as senior vice president of global product management. Young is a veteran in the financial services and insurance industry, with more than 20 years of experience and a...

O’Brien Joins Aon as Upstate New York, New England Resident Sales Director

Sep 9 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon Corp., announced that Philip O’Brien has been appointed resident sales director of the New England and upstate New York region.He is responsible for...

Aon Benfield Study Finds Reinsurer’s Capital Recovers in Q2 from Q1 Losses

Sep 9 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp. has released the latest edition of its Aon Benfield Aggregate (ABA) report, which analyses the financial position of the world’s 28...

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Sep 5 2011 // Lee Stacey has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Britton-Gallagher & Associates Inc., one of Ohio’s largest privately owned insurance brokers. He assumes many of the current duties of Bruce...

Aon Benfield Sponsors Updated Atlas of Natural Disaster Risk in China

Aug 11 2011 // Reinsurance broker Aon Benfield has sponsored the third edition of the Atlas of Natural Disaster Risk in China, a Chinese government research project that for the first time looks at how hazard, vulnerability and exposure...