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Aon Benfield Sponsors Updated Atlas of Natural Disaster Risk in China

Aug 11 2011 // Reinsurance broker Aon Benfield has sponsored the third edition of the Atlas of Natural Disaster Risk in China, a Chinese government research project that for the first time looks at how hazard, vulnerability and exposure...

Aon Benfield Monthly Report Highlights Increased Global Storm Activity

Aug 5 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp., has released the latest edition of its Monthly Cat Recap report, which reviews the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide during...

Aon Risk Solutions Appoints Ebanks as COO, Wineman as Sr. Managing Director

Aug 5 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management and insurance brokerage business of Chicago-based Aon Corp., has appointed Clyde Ebanks as chief operating officer of the Aon Global Client Network and Bruce Wineman tas Aon...

Business Moves

Aug 1 2011 // Hub, WBS Hub has acquired the assets of Workplace Benefit Solutions (WBS) a Manchester, New Hampshire-based employee benefit brokerage and consulting firm. Terms were not disclosed. WBS will become part of Hub...

Business Moves

Aug 1 2011 // FPIC, The Doctors Co. One of Florida’s major medical malpractice insurers is seeking state approval to be sold to an out-of-state insurance group with the initial price tag expected to total $365 million. The Florida...

Business Moves

Aug 1 2011 // PEMCO Insurance PEMCO Insurance is offering home and automobile insurance coverage in Oregon. The Northwest company said it initially will focus its marketing efforts on the greater Portland area, but other Oregon...

Aon Q2 Profit Rises 69%

Jul 29 2011 // Insurance broker and risk services firm Aon Corp. reported that profit for the second quarter rose 69 percent to $258 million, as revenues were boosted by its $4.9 billion acquisition of Hewitt Associates last year. Total...

Aon Benfield Guide: All You Need to Know on Volcanoes, Landslides, Tsunamis

Jul 26 2011 // The Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Centre has launched an introductory guide -“Getting to Grips with Non-Modelled Perils” – on volcanoes, landslides and tsunamis, which highlights the important characteristics...

Aon UK Set UK ‘Green’ Standard with CEMARS Accreditation

Jul 22 2011 // London-based Aon, the risk management business of Aon Corp. in the UK, announced that it has “demonstrated its commitment to reducing its green house gas (GHG) emissions by become the first company in the insurance...

Aon GRIP Solutions Expands Europe, Middle East and Africa Team

Jul 21 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management and insurance brokerage business of Aon Corp., announced three senior-level appointments for Aon GRIP Solutions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Aon GRIP Solutions...

Aon Appoints Head Broker for Construction, Power, Infrastructure in Singapore

Jul 20 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon Corp., has appointed Nicki Tilney as head broker of construction, power and infrastructure for Aon’s Global Broking Center (GBC) in Singapore, one of...

Aon Acquires Benchmarking Firm Ward Financial

Jul 19 2011 // Aon Corp. has acquired Westfield Financial Corp. and its subsidiary, the Ward Financial Group, from Ohio Farmers Insurance Co. Aon said that Ward will be integrated with Aon’s McLagan Partners, its own consulting and...

California Court Approves $10.5 Million Settlement With Aon

Jul 18 2011 // A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has given final approval to a $10.5 million class action settlement involving Aon Insurance Services Inc., according to the plaintiff’s’ attorney. The plaintiffs alleged that...

Q1 Losses, Solvency II Drive Research on “Non-modeled” Perils Says Aon Benfield

Jul 12 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp., has reported that “catastrophic losses in the first quarter and Solvency II are driving the need for insurers to boost their...

Aon Benfield Cat Recap Highlights China Floods; Quakes, Wildfires

Jul 7 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp., has released the latest edition of its Monthly Cat Recap report, which reviews the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide during...

Reinsurance Prices Flat Except in Catastrophe Regions: Aon

Jul 7 2011 // First quarter catastrophes didn’t halt decreases in most U.S. reinsurance renewal programs, except in regions hard hit by significant catastrophe events, according to a report by a leading reinsurance intermediary....

Aon’s International Space Brokers Opens Hong Kong Operation

Jul 5 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management and insurance brokerage business of Aon Corp., announced the Hong Kong opening of its space insurance practice, International Space Brokers (ISB). The bulletin said Craig...

Aon: U.S. Insured Weather Losses Top $15.5 Billion This Year

Jul 4 2011 // Insured severe weather losses have already topped $15.5 billion in the United States this year, three times the full-year average of the past 20 years, insurance brokerage Aon Corp. said. Almost all of that comes from the...

California Court Approves $10.5 Million Settlement With Aon

Jun 29 2011 // A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has given final approval to a $10.5 million class action settlement involving Aon Insurance Services Inc., according to the plaintiff’s’ attorney. The plaintiffs alleged that...

Langman Joins Aon’s Construction Group for Southeast

Jun 29 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions has added David Langman as a senior vice president in its Construction Services Group in Atlanta. Langman will lead strategic efforts in the Southeast region and be responsible for targeted new client...