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Aon’s Q3 2015 Net Income down 5%; 15% for 1st 9 Months
Oct 30 2015 // Aon plc’s third quarter and 1st 9 months 2015 Earnings report shows an overall decline in revenue and profits, compared to the same periods in 2014. Net income attributable to Aon shareholders was $295 million, or...
Outlook for Homeowners Insurance Market Improves: Aon
Oct 27 2015 // The outlook for the U.S. homeowners insurance market has improved over last year thanks in part to rate increases and lower reinsurance costs, according to reinsurance intermediary Aon Benfield. A new report by Aon...
Aon Expands Florida Reinsurance Operations
Oct 27 2015 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, is expanding its reinsurance and analytical capabilities in the state of Florida. Beginning January 2016, Aon Benfield will increase the...
Rivera Appointed CEO of Aon Benfield’s Colombian Reinsurance Business
Oct 21 2015 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc announced the appointment of Sergio Rivera Jiménez as CEO of Aon Benfield Colombia, effective immediately. He reports to Alejandro Galizia,...
Aon Benfield Issues ‘Latest Update’ Report on Lloyd’s
Oct 14 2015 // Aon Benfield has issued a thorough “latest update” report on Lloyd’s, detailing its syndicates, assets and other pertinent facts. Mike Van Slooten, international head of Market Analysis at Aon Benfield...
Aon Outlines New Growth Paths for Re/Insurers at 14th Hazards Conference
Sep 22 2015 // Aon Benfield is examining how insurers and reinsurers can identify and capitalize on new growth opportunities amid challenging market dynamics at its 14th Biennial Hazards Conference in Australia. Aon noted that it’s...
Aon Benfield Lists 7 Emerging Business Risk Opportunities for Re/Insurers
Sep 21 2015 // Aon Benfield has identified seven emerging risks that present re/insurers with business opportunities over the next five to 10 years, which the announcement listed as “US mortgage credit, the sharing economy,...
Aon Launches Cat Model for Marine & Energy Insurers
Sep 15 2015 // Aon Benfield announced it has invested in an innovative catastrophe model to help marine and energy insurers more accurately assess their cargo risks. While there are plenty of catastrophe models in the non-marine sector,...
New ILS Records Set During 12 Months Ended June 30: Aon Securities Report
Sep 11 2015 // Annual catastrophe bond issuance reached $7.0 billion – a decrease on the record-breaking prior year ($9.4 billion), yet still the third highest annual issuance in the sector’s history, according to Aon Securities,...
Global Reinsurers’ Capital Remains Stable on Underlying Basis: Aon Benfield Report
Sep 9 2015 // Global reinsurer capital totaled $565 billion at June 30, 2015, a reduction of two percent relative to the end of 2014 that was driven by strengthening of the U.S. dollar, according to the latest edition of the Aon...
People – East
Sep 7 2015 // Insurance broker Marsh said David Marino has joined the firm to lead its U.S. Construction Practice. Marino brings to Marsh 20 years of insurance and construction industry experience. He joins the firm from Aon, where he...
Aon Benfield August Cat Report Highlights Global Droughts, El Niño, Typhoons
Sep 4 2015 // The monthly report for August from Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting catastrophe model development team cites the “severe drought conditions” in the western U.S. as resulting in “economic losses...
Aon Risk Solutions Hires Surette as Resident Managing Director in Boston
Aug 26 2015 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, hired Joe Surette as resident managing director of Boston operations. Surette succeeds Peter Caine, who left Aon in May to become chief operating officer...
Marsh Names Aon’s Marino to Head U.S. Construction Practice
Aug 17 2015 // Insurance broker Marsh said David Marino has joined the firm to lead its U.S. Construction Practice, Marino brings to Marsh 20 years of insurance and construction industry experience. David Marino He joins the firm from...
Aon’s Q2 2015 Earnings Report: Total Revenue -4%; Net income -41%
Jul 31 2015 // Aon’s second quarter earnings report highlights some of the difficulties the re/insurance industry is experiencing. Total revenues from Aon’s combined sector activities decreased by four percent to $2.80...
Qin Lu to Head Aon Benfield, Aon Risk Solutions in China
Jul 24 2015 // Aon announced that Qin Lu has joined the group as CEO, Aon Benfield Greater China and CEO, Aon Risk Solutions, China, to take effect later this year. The bulletin said the new appointment would “help to align...
Q2 Cat Bonds Issuance Nearly $3 Billion: Aon Securities Report
Jul 16 2015 // Aon Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield, has released its latest report –”Insurance-Linked Securities Second Quarter 2015 Update”...
Aon Benfield’s June Cat Report Highlights China Rains, Floods, U.S. Storms
Jul 9 2015 // Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, has released its latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, which evaluates the impact of the natural disaster events that...
Aon Benfield Calls for More Industry-Wide Cat Modelling Initiatives
Jul 6 2015 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary, issued a call to the insurance industry to “collaborate to innovate, in order to obtain the most useful risk management insights from catastrophe models.” The...
How Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling Affects Employee Benefit Plans
Jul 6 2015 // Following the historic Supreme Court decision that same-sex couples have a national right to marry, employers offering domestic partner benefits to unmarried couples may pull back on that offering now that employees in all...
