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Aon is one of the world’s largest brokers of both insurance and reinsurance business.
Aon to provide Kraft Heinz’ captive insurer with investment services
13th August 2021
Re/insurance broker Aon has been hired to provide its new investment service for captive insurers to the captive insurer of global food and beverage company Kraft Heinz. Aon works with Goldman Sachs to deliver the service, which seeks to make it easier for captive insurers to identify and access appropriate, high-quality ... Read the full article
Aon re-hires Sergio Jackson to serve as Reinsurance Solutions Senior MD
12th August 2021
Global re/insurance broker Aon has hired Joe Sergio Jackson back from TigerRisk to the US team of its Reinsurance Solutions unit as a Senior Managing Director. Jackson will be based in New York with a focus on key property accounts both regionally and globally. He’ll adopt additional responsibilities across segments of ... Read the full article
Aon cat report highlights extreme nature of German, Chinese events in 2021
12th August 2021
Extreme precipitation in mid-July resulted in the costliest European flooding event on record, and the deadliest in nearly three decades, according to re/insurance broker Aon. Catastrophic damage occurred in Western Germany, predominantly in Nordrhein-Westfalen and Rheinland-Pfalz federal states, with the official death toll listed at 197. The worst affected area was the ... Read the full article
Aon hires Joe Peiser to lead North American Commercial Risk
12th August 2021
Insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has appointed Joe Peiser as Commercial Risk Leader for its North American division. In this newly created position, Peiser will be responsible for driving Aon’s Commercial Risk strategies and growth agenda, while delivering innovative solutions that address the unmet needs of clients across North America. Peiser brings ... Read the full article
Aon bolsters M&A, transaction solutions group with 3 directors
6th August 2021
Re/insurance broker Aon has announced the addition Christophe Bonneville, Cristina Chaparro and Joyce Koch to its tax insurance team, part of the firm's M&A and transaction solutions group. Based in Paris, Bonneville joins as a Director from PWC France where he was a Director in financial services tax. He previously was a Tax ... Read the full article
D&O pricing up through Q2, finds Aon
6th August 2021
A new report by Aon Commercial Risk Solutions (US) has found that public Directors’ and Officers’ (D&O) liability pricing continued to increase through the second quarter of 2021. The pricing index of D&O insurance increased to 1.84 from 1.43 in the previous quarter, while the average cost of $1 million in ... Read the full article
Aon sees equilibrium in property market as rate increases ease
3rd August 2021
Re/insurance broker Aon has pointed to a “new equilibrium” in the property reinsurance market, as pricing momentum continued to slow through the mid-year renewal period. As part of its latest Reinsurance Market Outlook report, Aon reflected on what it considered to be “orderly” June and July reinsurance renewals, in which trends ... Read the full article
Aon hires Tasha Barbour as Managing Director for Reinsurance Solutions
3rd August 2021
Aon plc has appointed Tasha Barbour to the Managed Care team of Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions in the United States. In her position as Managing Director, Barbour will oversee new business development, including bringing innovative reinsurance and stop-loss solutions to support a variety of Managed Care organisations nationally. She will be based in ... Read the full article
Aon finds political instability, unrest slowing economic rebound from Covid
2nd August 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has been determined by Aon to have both suppressed and aggravated terrorism and political violence risks in 2020 and 2021. Aon’s Risk Maps are designed to help firms better understand and navigate evolving political risk and political violence exposures. Lockdowns and travel restrictions have had a containing effect on ... Read the full article
Aon could have closed WTW deal, but options unappealing: CEO Case
30th July 2021
Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon could have completed its now terminated $30 billion combination with Willis Towers Watson (WTW), but the two options proposed to close the deal would have been damaging for the firm, according to its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Greg Case. Aon released its second-quarter 2021 ... Read the full article
Aon’s revenue from Commercial Risk jumps 20% in Q2
30th July 2021
Broking giant Aon has benefited from a 20% jump in revenue within its commercial risk segment, citing strong new business generation, retention, and management of the renewal book portfolio. This improvement has also been attributed to the more discretionary portions of Aon’s business, primarily in transaction liability, project-related work, construction, and ... Read the full article
Gallagher views M&A a key growth engine despite Aon / WTW deal collapse
30th July 2021
Gallagher’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr. has underlined the broker’s commitment to mergers and acquisitions as a “proven strategic growth engine,” despite the breakdown of its deal with Aon to acquire chunks of rival Willis Towers Watson. His comments came alongside Gallagher’s quarterly results statement, ... Read the full article
Aon establishes executive committee in client-focused strategic push
28th July 2021
Global re/insurance broker Aon has established a new executive committee intended to help facilitate it in accomplishing the objectives laid out across its four-pronged United blueprint. The motivations driving Aon's United Blueprint include creating new sources of value for clients, delivering more effective client service, driving innovation at scale and ensuring ... Read the full article
DoJ hails ‘victory for competition’ as Aon CEO laments poor timing
27th July 2021
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has hailed the breakdown of the proposed combination of Aon and Willis Towers Watson (WTW) as a "victory for competition and for American businesses", as Aon CEO Greg Case notes poor timing and factors outside of their control. After filing a civil antitrust lawsuit to block ... Read the full article
Willis Towers Watson looks to return Aon merger termination fee to shareholders
27th July 2021
It appears global re/insurance broker, Willis Towers Watson (WTW), has decided to return its Aon merger termination fee to shareholders, increasing its share repurchase program by $1 billion. After news broke yesterday that Aon and WTW decided to scrap their $30 billion mega-merger plans, Aon said that it would be ... Read the full article
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