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Aon Promotes Three in Technology Solutions Business
Mar 4 2011 // Insurance broker Aon has promoted three execs within its technology solutions business, Aon eSolutions. Ritza Vaughn has been promoted to global product director of claims. She will lead product planning and strategic...
Aon Benfield’s Cat Report Highlights NZ Quake, Cyclone Yasi
Mar 4 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 Adds Cafferelli in Arizona
Mar 2 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon Corp. has announced that Joe Cafferelli joined the firm as managing director in the Phoenix office. In his new role, Cafferelli is responsible for business...
Aon Benfield Analyzes Chile Quake ‘One Year On’
Feb 25 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corporation, has launched its new report: ‘Chile: One Year On’ ,which highlights how the earthquake tested the reinsurance market and...
Aon Benfield Pushes for ‘Simplified Internal Model’ for Solvency II Approval
Feb 22 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corporation, is calling for a “simplified Internal Model Approval Process (IMAP) for natural catastrophe risk that would encourage insurers...
Aon Report Concludes P&I Clubs See Improvements on All Fronts
Feb 18 2011 // A report from Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon, concludes that Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Clubs are experiencing a “continued improvement in claims trends, and a restored...
Aon Warns Companies in Middle East to Plan for More Unrest
Feb 9 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management arm of Aon Corp., is advising companies in the Middle east to “begin planning now for the effects of any potential spread of unrest in the region,” following the...
Aon Warns UK Businesses Face Threat from Environmental Legislation
Feb 8 2011 // UK businesses are “dangerously exposed to the possibility of heavy fines under the latest UK and EU legislation regarding environmental liability,” according to Aon. The bulletin added that in order to help...
Business Moves
Feb 7 2011 // Breckenridge, REcentis New York-based wholesaler Breckenridge IS has acquired a majority interest in REcentis Intermediaries, a specialty reinsurance broker with offices in California and Australia. Terms of the deal were...
Public Entities Forced to Adjust Sails in Fiscal Storm
Feb 7 2011 // State and municipal governments are facing tight budgets and many are having difficulty paying for their police, fire, schools and services. Where the municipalities can’t cut back, however, is on...
Aon Revenue Up 40% in Q4 on Hewitt Merger
Feb 4 2011 // Growth-oriented insurance broker Aon Corp. saw revenues shoot up 40 percent to $2.9 billion in the fourth quarter, largely driven by its acquisition of Hewitt Associates. For the quarter, Aon saw a 41 percent increase in...
Aon Benfield Monthly Cat Report Highlights Australian Floods, Brazil Landslides
Feb 4 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 Benfield Natural Hazard Centre Hosts African Workshop on Disasters
Feb 3 2011 // Aon Benfield announced that its Natural Hazard Centre in South Africa at the University of Pretoria has hosted the first “ENHANS International Workshop on Extreme Natural Hazards and Disaster Risk in...
Aon Merges M&A Advisory Teams
Jan 31 2011 // Aon Corp. has united its merger and acquisition practices to form Aon M&A Solutions, which will provide M&A risk and human capital solutions. Aon M&A Solutions will be led by Mark Arian and Brian Casey. Brian...
New K-12 Accident Medical Program Offers Options for Public Schools and Students
Jan 28 2011 // Fort Wayne, Ind. – January 28 2011 – K&K Insurance, a division of Aon Underwriting Managers and a managing general underwriter offering insurance products and services to the sports, leisure and...
Aon Adds to Technology Practice
Jan 27 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon Corp., announced that Shawn Ram has been promoted to national Technology Practice leader. Most recently serving as an account executive and the San Francisco...
Aon’s New Political Risk Map Shows Rising Levels, Despite Financial Recovery
Jan 19 2011 // According to Aon’s 18th annual Political Risk Map , while the “world economy is broadly on the road to recovery, the level of political risk has risen in more countries than it has declined.” Aon’s...
Aon Adds Executives to Environmental Team, Appoints Szot COO
Jan 5 2011 // Aon Corp. has announced the appointment of Michael R. Szot as chief operating officer for the Environmental Practice of Aon Risk Solutions, the firm’s global risk management business. With more than 30 years of...
Ratings Recap: Century Insurance (Guam & Saipan), Taiping Re
Jan 5 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B+’ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Century Insurance Company (Guam) Ltd. (CIC Guam)and Century Insurance Co., Ltd. (CIC...
Reinsurance Renewal Rates On the Decline, Reports Claim
Dec 30 2010 // Reinsurance rates for 2011 are falling at the same or greater pace than traditional insurers and further softening of the market is to come, according to two industry reports. For the second year in a row, global...
