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People Moves: Lloyd’s Names Chubb’s Miller as Commercial Dir.; Chubb Promotes Meyer to Switzerland Country Pres.; WTW Hires Aon’s Weda for Corp. Risk & Broking, Benelux

Jan 20 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lloyd’s, Chubb and Willis Towers Watson (WTW).A summary of these new hires follows here. Lloyd’s Names Chubb’s Miller as Commercial...

People Moves: Everest Re Promotes Klinger to Lead Int’l Reinsurance; HDI Global Hires Chubb’s Carberry as Head of U/W, Ireland; HSBC’s Rutherford to Aon’s UK FI Team

Jan 14 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Everest Re, HDI Global and Aon.A summary of these new hires follows here. Everest Re Promotes Klinger to Head of Int’l ReinsuranceEverest Re Group...

People Moves: Aon’s Heinicke to Lead Casualty for WTW in Bermuda; KPMG UK Promotes Jones as Head of Insurance Practice; Howden’s King to Miller in Singapore

Jan 5 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Willis Towers Watson, KPMG and Miller.A summary of these new hires follows here. Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced the appointment of Chris...

Aon Offers Last Mile Delivery Insurance Program in Partnership With CarrierHQ

Dec 28 2021 // Global insurance broker Aon and CarrierHQ, an Indianapolis-based portal for transportation fleets that offers insurance programs and other services, have launched Last Mile Delivery insurance program.The program provides...

Record Rainfall, Floods Across Globe Generate Billions in Economic Damages: Aon

Dec 20 2021 // November was a wet month in many countries across the globe, with heavy rains and flooding causing billions of dollars of economic losses, according to Aon’s monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, which each month...

People Moves: Aon Recruits WTW’s James as Chief Broking Officer, Commercial Risk UK; Allianz’ Strong to WTW as Head of Environmental; AGCS Promotes Yee for TMT

Dec 17 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon, Willis Towers Watson and Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS).A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Recruits James from WTW as...

People Moves: AGCS Promotes Williams to CUO Corporate, Succeeding Buckle; Aon Names Irl to U.S. Reinsurance Treaty Team; AXIS’ Gorman to Arrow Risk Mgmt

Dec 15 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions team and Arrow Risk Management.A summary of these new hires follows here. AGCS...

People Moves: Aon Makes Slyfield in California Chief Innovation Officer; Alliant Names O’Malley First Vice President

Dec 3 2021 // Aon plc named Jillian Slyfield as the firm’s chief innovation officer.Slyfield, who is based in San Francisco, California, will report to Aon CEO Greg Case and join the Aon executive committee. Slyfield assumes the...

LPGA’s Hannah Green Wins Aon Risk Challenge Prize of $1 Million

Nov 17 2021 // Hannah Green of the LPGA Tour has won the 2021 Aon Risk Reward Challenge, a season-long competition that recognizes players who use information and insight to make better decisions on the golf course.Green joins the PGA...

People Moves: WTW Names Aon’s Wegbrans as Head of Broking; EmergIn Risk Hires Occam’s Paraskeva; Aon’s Norris to Gallagher Re as Cyber ILS Broker

Nov 16 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Willis Towers Watson; Ryan Specialty’s MGU, EmergIn Risk; and Gallagher Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. WTW Names Aon’s Wegbrans...

U.S. Severe Weather Insured Losses Surpassed $20B After Rough October: Aon

Nov 15 2021 // Annual U.S. severe weather insured losses for 2021 are jumping above $20 billion after a rough October, even before the year is complete, according to a new Aon report.“October is typically considered a ‘second...

People Moves: Markel CATCO’s Moore and Aon’s Boon Join Lockton Re; Fidelis Names Lancashire’s Russell as Head of Marine

Nov 5 2021 // Lockton Re Hires Moore, Boon for Non-Marine Retrocession, Property SpecialtyLockton Re, the global reinsurance business of the largest privately held independent insurance broker, announced that Simon Moore and James Boon...

Aon Founder Ryan Retired at 71, Then He Built a New $10B Business

Nov 1 2021 // By the time he stepped down from Aon Plc at age 71, Patrick Ryan had earned a retirement fit for a king.He’d founded the world’s second-largest insurance brokerage nearly from scratch and run it for 41 years as...

Aon and Cybereason Form Alliance to Help Protect Clients From Cyber Attacks

Oct 22 2021 // Insurance broker Aon and cyber security specialist Cybereason announced an alliance to help protect clients from sophisticated cyber attacks.Cybereason’s Cyber Defence Platform, together with Aon’s Cyber...

UK’s BMS Acquires South Korean Broker VIB, Led by Former Aon Executive

Oct 21 2021 // BMS, the UK independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, announced the acquisition of Seoul-based insurance broker, Value-add Insurance Broker (VIB).Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. As...

People Moves: D&O MGA Tegron Names Tokio Marine’s Shergill Sr U/W; AXIS Financial Institutions Hires 3 for London Team; Aon Re’s Russell Is Casualty Treaty U/W at Atrium

Oct 19 2021 // D&O Insurer Tegron Names Tokio Marine’s Shergill as Senior U/WTegron Specialty, the Beat Capital backed D&O underwriting specialist, announced the appointment of Kiran Shergill as senior underwriter. Shergill...

People Moves: Aon Names WTW’s Forsgård as CEO, Nordic Region; Marshmallow Hires Gillard as Chief People Officer; Sedgwick Appoints Norman for Biz Development

Oct 15 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at broker Aon, insurtech Marshmallow, and loss adjuster Sedgwick.A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Appoints WTW’s Forsgård as CEO for...

Aon Projects Health Costs for Large Companies to Rise 5% in 2022

Oct 14 2021 // Costs for large U.S. employers that pay for their employees’ medical care will increase on average five percent to more than $13,000 per employee in 2022, predicts insurance broker Aon.This increase would be slightly...

Aon Launches ‘Ransomware Defence’ to Address Cyber Insurability Challenges

Oct 8 2021 // Insurer Aon plc announced the launch of a new offering aimed at increasing the resilience of businesses in the UK and the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, by addressing cyber insurability...

Top Aon Executive Ronda to Join TigerRisk

Oct 1 2021 // TigerRisk Partners, the Stamford, Conn.-based insurance and reinsurance broker, announced the impending appointment of Tim Ronda as a senior executive. The hire further strengthens TigerRisk’s position in the...