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Underwriters Address Political Risk Exposures in Wake of Crisis

May 2 2011 // The civil and political unrest in Egypt and other parts of the Middle East and North Africa have brought to light how vital political risk coverage is — regardless of the country in which a company has operations.Roger...

Baudouin Appointed CEO of Aon Global Client Network

Apr 26 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions has appointed Christopher Baudouin as chief executive officer of the Aon Global Client Network. Most recently, Baudouin served in a dual capacity as president and CEO of Aon Risk Solutions Mexico and...

McLaren Group Selects Aon as Global Broker

Apr 26 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon Corp., in the UK, has been appointed the global insurance broker for the McLaren Group. It will be responsible for both the Group’s Formula 1 team,...

Aon Benfield Says Q1 Cat Losses Expected to Raise Facultative Rates

Apr 22 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp, has released the latest edition of its “Fac Quarterly report,” which provides an analysis of trends witnessed in the...

Aon Benfield Estimates Reinsurers’ Capital at $470 Billion

Apr 21 2011 // The latest edition of the Aon Benfield Aggregate (ABA) report, which analyses the year end 2010 financial position of the world’s leading reinsurers and examines how 2011 catastrophe losses may affect their capital...

Reinsurance Rates Up, But Few Agree How Much

Apr 18 2011 // Reinsurance rates may be edging higher only now, but the companies’ shares could still surge amid investor hopes that disasters, including Japan’s earthquake, will result in much higher rates in the...

Aon Benfield Partners with Shanghai Institute on Typhoon Research

Apr 14 2011 // Global reinsurance broker Aon Benfield and Shanghai Typhoon Institute (STI) of China Meteorological Administration – the only state-funded typhoon research institute in China – have entered into an exclusive strategic...

Tennessee’s Opry Mills to Reopen; Suit Against Flood Insurers Goes On

Apr 12 2011 // Nearly one year after a historic flood ravaged Nashville and submerged the popular Opry Mill shopping mall, the mall said it will reopen in 2012.This will happen despite the fact the property owner, Simon Property, is...

Aon Benfield Launches Cyprus Earthquake Model

Apr 7 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp., has launched an earthquake model for the island of Cyprus, following requests from insurers seeking “to increase their understanding...

Reinsurance Rates Rising, But Few Agree Where, How Much

Apr 6 2011 // Reinsurance rates may be edging higher only now, but the companies’ shares could still surge amid investor hopes that disasters, including Japan’s earthquake, will result in much higher rates in the...

Reinsurance Rates Are Rising, but Few Agree Where

Apr 6 2011 // Reinsurance rates may be edging higher only now, but the companies’ shares could still surge amid investor hopes that disasters, including Japan’s earthquake, will result in much higher rates in the...

Aon Analysis Finds Airlines Seeing Passenger Numbers Increasing in 2011

Apr 5 2011 // According to Aon Risk Solutions, recently released “Airline Insurance Market Outlook, 2011,” the Aon airline industry has “started to recover since the darkest days of the financial crisis, with rising...

Aon Benfield Report: Despite Catastrophes, Reinsurance Rates Remain Stable

Apr 4 2011 // Aon Benfield’s most recent evaluation of the state of the reinsurance market, as of April 1, concludes that it performed “as intended through recent events,” and that it continues “to provide...

Underwriters Address Political Risk Exposures in Wake of Crisis

Apr 4 2011 // The civil and political unrest in Egypt and other parts of the Middle East and North Africa have brought to light how vital political risk coverage is — regardless of the country in which a company has operations.Roger...

XL Re Teams with Aon Benfield to Implement E-commerce Messaging

Mar 24 2011 //

Lockton Expands with North Carolina Office

Mar 10 2011 // Privately-held insurance broker Lockton is expanding its reach into the Carolinas by opening an office in Charlotte, North Carolina. The new office will provide clients with commercial insurance, risk management and...

Aon Risk Solutions Beefs Up, Restructures UK Professions Team

Mar 10 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon Corporation, announced that it has appointed new leaders for its Professions practice in London, and has made a number of strategic new hires.The team provides...

Aon’s Electronic Media Forum, to Tackle Digital Credit Control Strategies

Mar 9 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions points out that the “increasing popularity of e-books, iPads, and other digital publishing technology is fundamentally altering the way publishers and content providers address the way they...

Aon Adds Three Execs in Tri-State Region

Mar 4 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions added three new execs to its Greater New York business development team.Sonia Pollock and Michael D. Lezynski join Aon as senior vice presidents, and Christine Moran joins as a managing director....

Aon Promotes Three in Technology Solutions Business

Mar 4 2011 // Insurance broker Aon has promoted three execs within its technology solutions business, Aon eSolutions.Ritza Vaughn has been promoted to global product director of claims. She will lead product planning and strategic...