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Aon news, related to the insurance and reinsurance broking operations of the global consultancy and intermediary business.
Aon is one of the world’s largest brokers of both insurance and reinsurance business.
Aon appoints Karl DeGiovanni as director of client solutions for EMEA
6th December 2022
Aon has appointed Karl DeGiovanni as director of client solutions for EMEA. DeGiovanni made the announcement on LinkedIn where he also says that he has been with the firm for nearly fifteen years. Based in Malta, he will focus on insurance management and captive business in his new role at the firm. He ... Read the full article
Bailey replaces Jeffreys as chair of Aon UK Board
6th December 2022
Aon has announced that Marshall Bailey OBE, CFA, will replace Simon Jeffreys as non-executive chair of the Aon UK Limited Board, effective 31 January 2023. Jeffreys, who joined the Board in May 2009, tenure in office ends in January, following a seven-year-long spell as chair. Julie Page, CEO of Aon UK, commented, ... Read the full article
Aon hires John Morley as APAC growth leader in strategy & tech team
2nd December 2022
Aon has hired John Morley to be its Asia Pacific growth leader in its strategy and technology team. Morley’s role will become effective on 5 December and is joining the firm from EY, where he was an insurance consulting partner, having previously held roles at Accenture, KPMG, and Willis Towers Watson. He ... Read the full article
Aon expands Michelle Mason’s role to include UK strategic leadership
1st December 2022
Aon has said that Michelle Mason, current head of enterprise clients (ECG) is to see her role expanded to include the strategic leadership of the UK major complex and enterprise segment (MCE). The firm said in a statement that Mason will lead the segment, which includes some of Aon’s largest and ... Read the full article
Aon appoints head of transaction solutions for Sub-Saharan Africa
1st December 2022
Aon has appointed Maakopi Reason Maredi as head of transaction solutions for the Sub-Saharan Africa region. The firm said in a statement that Reason will be based in Johannesburg and joins the firm from Webber Wentzel, where she was a corporate partner and gained broad corporate and commercial transactional experience. Prior to ... Read the full article
Aon hires Alex Wootton as EVP of global benefits division
30th November 2022
Aon has hired Alex Wootton as executive vice president of global benefits advisory and solutions. Wootton will focus on driving growth, best-in-class advisory support, thought leadership and innovation across a range of specialty health issues facing employers today. He reports to Dave Guilmette, chief executive officer of Aon’s Health Solutions. On LinkedIn, ... Read the full article
Aon names two new leaders in Reinsurance Solutions APAC team
29th November 2022
Re/insurance broker Aon has named Robert De Souza and John Carroll to new roles within its Reinsurance Solutions Asia Pacific (APAC) team. Robert De Souza, who is currently Reinsurance Solutions’ CEO of Australia and New Zealand and chairman of APAC, will now become Reinsurance Solutions’ president of APAC. The firm states that ... Read the full article
Aon highlights how captives can drive positive ESG outcomes
29th November 2022
A recent Aon report has highlighted how using a captive insurance company can drive positive ESG outcomes, alongside how the UN Environment Program’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance can aid captive owners to address ESG risks and opportunities. Aon notes that despite variations on the traditional captive definition, all types of captives ... Read the full article
Aon hires Senior Marine Broker within Reinsurance Solutions division
28th November 2022
Re/insurance broker Aon has appointed Ronnie Tyler as a Senior Marine Broker in the firms Reinsurance Solutions division. Tyler joins Aon from Gallagher Re, where he previously served as a Divisional Director for just under four years. Prior to that role, he served as a marine and energy reinsurance broker for ... Read the full article
Changes to the market following Solvency II reforms will be a gradual process: Aon
28th November 2022
Following the UK Government's response to consultations over changes to Solvency II, re/insurance broker Aon has released a report highlighting the potential impact on the market, noting it will be a gradual process rather than an observable one as insurers change behaviours and optimise strategies. According to Aon, the primary legislative ... Read the full article
Aon Indonesia hires Inti Amaliah as head of reinsurance solutions
22nd November 2022
Aon Indonesia, a regional subsidiary of the global re/insurance broker, has brought Inti Amaliah onboard as its new head of reinsurance solutions. The firm announced the hire through a post on LinkedIn. Amaliah’s own LinkedIn profile indicates that she is joining Aon Indonesia after over five years at Willis Re, where she ... Read the full article
Copper unveils $500m of cold storage insurance, led by Canopius & brokered by Aon
10th November 2022
Copper.co, a provider of institutional digital asset custody and trading solutions, has secured $500 million of insurance protection for digital assets in cold storage from a panel of carriers led by specialty insurer and reinsurer, Canopius, and arranged by re/insurance broker Aon. For Copper, obtaining this level of insurance coverage follows ... Read the full article
Aon acquires ERN to drive cat modeling & consultancy in LatAm
9th November 2022
Global professional services firm, Aon, has acquired ERN (Evaluación de Riesgos Naturales), a Mexico-based leader in risk assessment modeling. The acquisition will help drive and expand Aon’s catastrophe modeling and consultancy capabilities in Latin America. Founded in 1996, ERN has developed modeling capabilities that are specific to Latin America and backed by ... Read the full article
Canadian re/insurers turning to capital markets amid volatility: Aon
3rd November 2022
Analysts at Aon have reported that insurers and reinsurers in the Canadian market are increasingly to turning to the alternative capital markets to navigate challenging conditions. The broker notes that 2021 ended with positive results for the Canadian market, and profitable results for the global reinsurance market for the first time ... Read the full article
There’s a lot going on in reinsurance, but ‘this is our wheelhouse’: Aon’s Andersen & Case
28th October 2022
It's clear that the property catastrophe market is going to be challenging in 2023, but while the market shifts there are levers out there re/insurance broker Aon is able to utilise to help clients de-risk. After all, "this is our wheelhouse," explained Greg Case, Chief Executive Officer (CEO). After reporting ... Read the full article





