Latest Aon Headlines

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Regulatory Risks Burdensome for U.S. Firms Abroad, Aon Experts Say

Mar 10 2006 // What impact will DP World’s decision to drop its plans to enter into an agreement to run several U.S. ports have on American businesses located in countries with strong cultural and business ties to Dubai? Perhaps...

Ark. Agent Awarded More Than $2.5M in Aon Risk Services Case

Mar 3 2006 // A Pulaski County Circuit Court jury awarded a Little Rock, Ark., insurance agent more than $2.55 million dollars in alleged unpaid salary and commissions in a case involving Aon Risk Services of Arkansas Inc. and Aon Risk...

Amber Cert Reduces D&O, E&O Premiums; Aon, Willis, Brit Comment

Mar 1 2006 // In a recent press bulletin Amber Partners Ltd., an independent specialist in hedge fund operational risk, indicated that “leading U.K. and U.S. insurers to the hedge fund industry determined that Amber Certified...

Broker Lockton’s N.Y. Retail Office to be Run by Former Aon, Willis Execs

Feb 28 2006 // Lockton Companies, Inc., the Kansas City, Mo.-based privately owned insurance broker, has opened a New York retail office, vowing to target complex middle-market clients and take a focused approach towards the Fortune 1000...

Aon’s White Rock Launches New Segregated Accounts Company

Feb 24 2006 // White Rock, the Aon-owned, Bermuda-based specialist in protected cell companies and rent-a-captives, has announced the addition of a segregated accounts company, White Rock Insurance (SAC) Bermuda Ltd (White Rock Bermuda),...

Tax Liabilities Present a Growing Threat to U.K. M&A Market, Study Says

Feb 21 2006 // Issues relating to taxation are the biggest cause of Warranty and Indemnity (W&I) claims in the UK according to latest research from Aon Limited. The firm analysed the W&I deals underwritten between 1990 to 2002,...

Vietnam’s Golden Dragon Award for Aon

Feb 15 2006 // A bulletin from Aon Corp. notes that Aon Vietnam was named the winner in the category of “Best Business Style,” as selected by voting and analysis by the Vietnam Economic Times and the Vietnam Ministry of...

Aon’s Agency Specialty Product Network Forms LifeSource Alliance

Feb 14 2006 // Agency Specialty Product Network has joined with LifeSource – a BISYS Company to provide independent property and casualty agents and brokers a “virtual” life insurance department to enhance sales,...

Aon Sees Q4 Net Income of $224M

Feb 10 2006 // Aon Corp. reported fourth quarter and full year 2005 results. Net income was $224 million or $0.65 per share in the fourth quarter of 2005 and $81 million or $0.24 per share in 2004. Fourth quarter 2005 net income from...

Aon: Vigilance Recommended by Companies in Cartoon Furor

Feb 8 2006 // Risk managers of multinational corporations would do well to follow closely the escalating protests over Danish cartoons satirizing the Prophet Muhammad in Europe and the Middle East, according to Aon Trade Credit Managing...

Aon Impact Forecasting Team Releases Report on Atlantic Storms

Feb 6 2006 // It was a year with more storms in the Atlantic than any other on record, and it was also the costliest hurricane season ever. Impact Forecasting, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aon Corporation, studies some of the possible...

Lloyd’s to Sue Aon, Benfield Over Central Fund Policy

Feb 3 2006 // Lloyd’s is on the verge of initiating formal legal proceedings against two of its largest brokers, Aon and Benfield, over the Central Fund reinsurance policy they negotiated with a group of six insurers in 1999. The...

Aon Construction Group Appoints White Managing Director in San Francisco

Feb 1 2006 // Aon Construction Services Group has appointed Cary White managing director. He will be responsible for producing and managing insurance accounts for both contractors and homebuilders, and be based in San Francisco. White...

AON Adds Horner as VP in its Tulsa, Okla., Office

Jan 29 2006 // AON welcomed welcome Don Horner to its staff effective Jan. 19, as vice president, Health & Welfare Practice Leader. The company said Horner will be responsible for new business production, management of the Tulsa...

Wyde Launches Wynsure Claims

Jan 26 2006 // Minneapolis, MN – Wyde Corporation announced today the official launch of their new insurance claims application, Wynsure Claims. This new addition to their Wynsure suite of administration products handles claims...

News Briefs

Jan 22 2006 // Aon’s Political Risk Map shows an unsafe world U.S.-based companies with business interests abroad will not be trading in a safer world in 2006, according to Aon’s newly published global business risk analysis...

Aon Construction Services Group Names Shaw Director, Surety

Jan 19 2006 // Aon Construction Services Group reported the appointment of Phil Shaw as director, Surety. In this role, Shaw will be responsible for primary account management duties on commercial and contract accounts for the Dallas...

Aon U.K. Sees Riskier Outlook for Businesses in 2006

Jan 18 2006 // Aon Limited, The U.K.-based insurance broker and risk management consultant for the Aon Group, has published its 2006 Risk Report assessing some of the major new and existing risk challenges for UK businesses. Climate...

Renewals Are Late, but Premiums are Mostly Stable, Says Aon Re UK

Jan 13 2006 // Aon Re UK has issued an a bulletin following a renewals briefing in London yesterday, Jan.12, indicating that although the January reinsurance renewal season is running very late, premiums (rates) aren’t appreciably...

Aon Issues 2006 Political & Economic Risk Map

Jan 11 2006 // “United States-based companies with business interests abroad will not be trading in a safer world in 2006,” according to Aon’s newly published annual global business risk analysis represented in its 2006...