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Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting Launches Netherlands Flood Model
Dec 3 2013 // Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, has announced the launch of the “first probabilistic catastrophe model to understand the financial impact of flood damage in...
Aon Risk Solutions Announces Promotions in Northeast Region
Dec 2 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, recently announced promotions within the firm’s Northeast regional operations. Jennifer Bell and John Moskal will assume new roles as Dan...
Aon UK CEO Christian Elected to Council of Lloyd’s
Dec 2 2013 // Aon plc. announced that Dominic Christian, CEO of Aon UK Ltd and Executive Chairman of International at Aon Benfield, has been elected to the Council of Lloyd’s for a three-year term beginning February 1, 2014. The...
Aon Benfield Appoints Smith As President of U.S. Business
Nov 27 2013 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, has appointed Kelly Smith as president of its U.S. business. Smith will report to Bryon Ehrhart, chief executive officer of Aon Benfield...
Aon Revises London Short Excess Liability Follow Form for Global Clients
Nov 8 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has released its latest London Short Excess Liability Follow form policy (London Short #2) to provide clients with more contract certainty, clarity and...
Aon Risk Solutions and XL Bermuda Develop New Health Care Product
Nov 5 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, and XL Group’s Bermuda Insurance Operations, XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd. (XLIB), announced a “new stand-alone integrated occurrence product...
Gala, Insurance Industry Raise $2 Million for City of Hope
Nov 4 2013 // The National Insurance Industry Council raised more than $2 million this year in the ongoing battle to cure cancer and diabetes, it was announced Monday. A large portion of the funds were raised by the City of Hope’s...
Aon Benfield: U.S. Homeowners Market Offers Opportunities
Nov 4 2013 // U.S. homeowners insurance is showing significant growth opportunities, says a new report from Aon Benfield, a reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc. The report, titled “Homeowners ROE Outlook: 2013...
Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting Launches Riot Modeling Tool for Indonesia
Oct 31 2013 // Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, announced the launch of “its first tool to understand the financial impact of riots by developing an analysis of the threat...
Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting Models Sandy Storm Surge
Oct 28 2013 // Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, announced that it is “helping insurers and reinsurers prepare for current and future U.S. hurricane seasons with its...
Washington Metro Settles Lawsuit Against Aon Stemming From 2009 Crash
Oct 23 2013 // The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) has agreed to settle a lawsuit against its insurance broker that stemmed from the 2009 red line crash that killed nine people. After the crash, Metro sued...
Aon Launches Excess Liability Facility for Railroad Business
Oct 22 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has launched Aon Rail Excess Liability facility. The insurance facility was created in response to emerging risks arising out of requirements in the Rail...
Aon Benfield: U.S. Homeowners Insurance Offers Growth Opportunities
Oct 21 2013 // A new report from Aon Benfield, a reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, says U.S. homeowners insurance is showing significant growth opportunities. The report, titled “Homeowners ROE Outlook: 2013...
Members of Aon Benfield’s Analytics Team Explain Cat Models
Oct 18 2013 // “Our remit at Aon Benfield Analytics is really to do the risk quantification part of reinsurance transactions,” said John Moore, the head of International Analytics operations. He’s responsible for...
Health Cost Increases in 2013 Were Lowest in Decade: Aon Hewitt
Oct 17 2013 // There was some relatively good news in health care this year. U.S. employers and their employees saw the lowest health care premium rate increases in 2013 in more than a decade, according to global consultant Aon...
Aon Benfield 1st Half 2013 Lloyd’s Report: Premiums up; Profits Down
Oct 17 2013 // Aon Benfield’s Analytics’ Market Analysis team has updated its report on Lloyd’s to reflect the latest financial figures for the first half of 2013 and business position going into 2014. Key figures in...
September Economic Loss from Nat Cats $15 Billion: Aon Benfield Report
Oct 9 2013 // Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, has released its latest monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report for September, which tallied the economic costs for the month at...
Aon’s P&I Club Review Highlights Market’s Combined Ratio Deterioration
Oct 8 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has published its 2013 P&I Review, which “predicts P&I clubs’ general increases at the 2014 renewal of between 5 percent and 15...
People – East
Oct 7 2013 // Willis North America has appointed Eric Joost as chief operating officer. Joost has been serving as chief executive of Willis North America’s Specialty Practices since 2009. He is based in New York. In this newly...
People – Southeast
Oct 7 2013 // Global broker Aon Plc named Eric Andersen head of the Aon Benfield reinsurance operation and Mike O’Connor to lead the Aon Risk Solutions unit. Both will report to Steve McGill, group president of Aon and chief...
