Latest Aon Headlines

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Lackluster organic growth kicks up broker M&A activity in May

Jun 19 2005 // Stock Prices: Broker stock prices shifted down 5 percent in April and May. The most dramatic change came from Aon Corp., whose stock closed down 14 percent from the previous two month period due mainly to flat first...

Aon Adds to Health Care Practice

Jun 8 2005 // Chicago-based Aon Corp., the world’s second-largest broker, announced that three health-care risk management veterans, Tris Gabriel, Michael Zuckerman and Mary Pulley, have joined its national health care...

Aon Risk Services Appoints Heffernan to Managing Director, San Jose, Calif.

Jun 8 2005 // Aon Risk Services Inc. announced that Michael Heffernan has been named managing director of the San Jose office. Heffernan, a recognized leader within the construction insurance market, was formerly co-national director of...

Aon’s Construction Services Group Appoints Heffernan to Managing Director, San Jose Office

Jun 1 2005 // Aon Risk Services Inc. today announced that Michael Heffernan has been named managing director of the San Jose office. Heffernan, a recognized leader within the construction insurance market, was formerly co-national...

Amid Scrutiny, Aon Tops Earnings Estimates

May 23 2005 // CHICAGO–Aon Corp. saw its shares leap 15 percent after the world’s second-largest insurance brokerage reported quarterly profits that far exceeded Wall Street’s expectations. Shares in the company, which...

South Bend Employers Sue Company Over Unpaid Health Claims

May 23 2005 // Amid Scrutiny, Aon Tops Earnings Estimates With Q1 Profits Up 18% CHICAGO-Aon Corp. saw its shares leap 15 percent after the world’s second-largest insurance brokerage reported quarterly profits that far exceeded...

Aon Secures First Agricultural Reinsurance Contract in China

May 20 2005 // Aon Re China Limited, a unit of Aon Corp., has secured 100 percent placement of the first agricultural reinsurance contract in China. The contract was awarded by the Shanghai Anxin Agricultural Insurance Co. Ltd. (AAIC),...

Young Named VP of National Premium Finance Association

May 19 2005 // Chicago-based brokerage giant Aon Corp. announced that Cananwill Premium Funding President Mildred J. Young has been named vice president of the National Premium Finance Association. Cananwill is a wholly-owned subsidiary...

St. Paul Travelers, Aon Team on New Management Liability Program

May 17 2005 // St. Paul Travelers has launched a new management liability insurance program for members of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). The program is administered exclusively by Aon Association Services, a division...

Mixed Signals on Compensation and Conflicts of Interest

May 9 2005 // RIMS Annual Meeting The risk management community and some of the world’s largest insurance brokers sent mixed signals on the future of contingent commissions for insurance brokers and other potential areas of...

Aon Reports Q1 Net Income of $200M

May 3 2005 // Chicago-based Aon Corp. has reported first quarter 2005 net income of $200 million or $0.59 per share, increasing 18% and 16%, respectively, from the first quarter of 2004. Income from continuing operations was $200...

Aon Risk Services, LMS Launch Risk Management Initiative in Obstetrics

Apr 28 2005 // Chicago-based Aon Risk Services announced that it has entered into an agreement with LMS Medical Systems, a Toronto health-care technology company and developer of the CALM system (Computer Assisted Labor Management), to...

From Brokers and Risk Managers, Mixed Signals on Compensation and Conflicts of Interest

Apr 20 2005 // The risk management community and the world’s largest insurance brokers sent mixed signals on the future of contingent commissions for insurance brokers and other potential areas of conflict of interest at this...

Aon: Businesses Must Not Ignore Terrorism Risk

Apr 19 2005 // Regardless of whether or not the U.S. Federal Government authorizes an extension to TRIA (Terrorism Risk Insurance Act) beyond the end of this year, terrorism remains a very real threat and should not be ignored. According...

People & Places

Apr 18 2005 // Gregory Case Aon Corporation announced the election of Gregory Case as president and chief executive officer. Case has also been elected to the Aon board of directors. Case succeeds Patrick Ryan, who has served as...

People & Places

Apr 18 2005 // Gregory Case Chicago-based brokerage giant Aon Corp. elected Gregory Case its new president and CEO and has added him to its board of directors. Case succeeds Patrick Ryan, who has served as Aon’s CEO since the...

People & Places

Apr 18 2005 // Debra Richardson The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies named Debra Richardson as regional vice president of The Hanover Insurance Company’s Texas region. In this capacity, Richardson will be responsible for...

Aon Complaint Memos Reveal Personal Lines Arrangements

Apr 18 2005 // The recent $190 million settlement between the world’s second largest insurance broker, Aon, and officials in three states sheds light on how, as New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and other public officials...

Aon Details Compensation for New CEO

Apr 5 2005 // The compensation committee of the board of directors of Chicago-based Aon Corp. as approved a grant of stock options and restricted stock units for its new president and CEO, Gregory C. Case. Case will receive: restricted...

Aon Appoints Case President and CEO

Apr 4 2005 // Aon Corporation announced the election of Gregory Case, 42, as president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Case has also been elected to the Aon Board of Directors. Case succeeds Patrick Ryan, who has...