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Aon is one of the world’s largest brokers of both insurance and reinsurance business.

Kingstone’s voluntary NY flood solution brings more risk to private market

23rd March 2017

Property and casualty insurance holding company, Kingstone Company, Inc., has received necessary approval for its innovative voluntary flood solution for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) X-Zone residents in New York State, the company has announced. It's believed that this is the first voluntary flood solution in New York State, and enables NFIP X-Zone ... Read the full article

Aon to sell Benefits Admin & HR BPO platform to Blackstone

10th February 2017

Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has agreed to sell the Benefits Administration & HR Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) platform of its Aon Hewitt division to Blackstone, for up to $4.8 billion. The broker announced that it's signed a definitive agreement to sell the business units to investment giant Blackstone for ... Read the full article

Aon reports organic reinsurance revenue growth

10th February 2017

Insurance and reinsurance broker Aon plc has reported organic growth in its reinsurance operations at Aon Benfield in the final quarter of 2016. The broker reported a 2% increase in organic reinsurance related revenues at the firm, increasing from $323 million in the fourth-quarter of 2015 to $329 million in the ... Read the full article

Price adjustment for longevity re/insurance forecasted: Aon

9th February 2017

Retirement and health broker and advisory Aon Hewitt, part of the insurance and reinsurance Aon plc group, said there's been a sooner than expected reduction in mortality improvement rates resulting in adjustments to UK longevity insurance and reinsurance capacity pricing. The carrier has urged pension schemes to review these emerging lower ... Read the full article

New risk models to pressure price adequacy of Asia reinsurance

26th January 2017

Catastrophe risk modellers Impact Forecasting, AIR, RMS, and CoreLogic will be releasing updates to their existing risk models as well as new sophisticated tools to quantify and manage risks in the Asia region, Aon reported in its 2017 Asia market review. The updates are expected to lead to an in increase ... Read the full article

Aon’s Steve McGill steps down to pursue new opportunities

25th January 2017

Steve McGill the Group President of insurance and reinsurance brokerage Aon is stepping down from the company to pursue new opportunities, the firm said today. McGill, who also held the position of Chairman and CEO of Aon's Risk Solutions group, has been in the insurance and reinsurance industry for around 40 ... Read the full article

Asian reinsurance sector to become more competitive in 2017: Aon

25th January 2017

The Asian reinsurance market showed signs of stabilisation but continued to soften last year as new players vied for a market share and traditional players reinvented their game with start-ups, re/insurance broker Aon reported in its 2017 Asia review. Aon explained that reinsurance prices were beginning to bottom out but may ... Read the full article

Aon appoints executives to risk and consulting divisions

19th January 2017

Aon today announced the appointment of two executives to its risk and consulting divisions; James Platt will take on the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Aon Risk Solutions and Michael Moran as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Aon Inpoint.  Platt will work with Mike O’Connor, CEO of Aon ... Read the full article

Insurers take advantage of buyers market at 1 Jan renewals: Aon Benfield

9th January 2017

Some reinsurance buyers took advantage of favourable terms and conditions (T&C) and the efficient wealth of reinsurance capacity at the key January 1st 2017 renewals, resulting in an increased demand for protection in more developed regions, according to Aon Benfield. As expected, the softening reinsurance environment persisted into 2017 and industry players ... Read the full article

Global reinsurance capacity hits new record of $595bn: Aon Benfield

6th January 2017

Dedicated, global reinsurance capital increased by 5.3% to a record high of $595 billion over the nine months to September 30th, 2016 and, overall, demand for reinsurance protection increased during the period, according to reinsurance broker Aon Benfield. Traditional reinsurance capital increased by 4.7% over the nine months to September 30th, ... Read the full article