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Aon/Albert G. Ruben Finds Improved Conditions for Filmmakers

Jun 12 2007 // Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article quoted Chris Palmer of Aon. Palmer is no longer with Aon, but instead is employed by CMM Entertainment. Insurance Journal regrets the error. Economic and political...

Lloyd’s Settles Dispute with Aon, Benfield over Central Fund Policy

Jun 11 2007 // Lloyd’s announced that it has reached a settlement with brokers Aon and Benfield of litigation centering on the placement terms of the New Central Fund insurance policy, issued in 1999. Benfield made a similar...

People and Places

Jun 4 2007 // Chicago-based Aon Corp. reported that David P. Bolger, executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer, will leave the company after the appointment of his successor. Bolger will remain...

People and Places

Jun 4 2007 // Chicago-based Aon Corp. reported that David P. Bolger, executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer, will leave the company after the appointment of his successor. Bolger will remain...

Jun 4 2007 // People Chicago-based Aon Corp. reported that David P. Bolger, executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer, will leave the company after the appointment of his successor. Bolger will...

Aon Announces CFO David Bolger To Leave Company

May 23 2007 // Chicago-based Aon Corp. announced this week that David P. Bolger, executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer, will leave the company after the appointment of his successor. Bolger...

Marsh Scottish Professional Risk Team Bolstered by Hires from Aon

May 17 2007 // Marsh UK announced that it has further enlarged the position of its FINPRO division in Scotland by hiring Aon’s Scottish Professional Risks team. The team will be based in Marsh’s offices in Glasgow and...

Reynolds New Aon Re Global CFO

Apr 24 2007 // Aon Re Global announced the appointment of Mike Reynolds to the position of chief financial officer. He replaces former CFO Jack Roby, who passed away in March. Reynolds joined Aon in 1996, serving in senior financial...

Aon Re Global Study Finds Reinsurance Rates ‘Flat to Lower’

Apr 2 2007 // Aon Re Global’s analysis of reinsurance rates found premiums for “personal lines, standard commercial lines and complex commercial lines,” are “likely to be flat to lower during mid-year renewals of...

AXIS Capital to Acquire Aon’s Media/Professional Insurance

Mar 29 2007 // AXIS Capital, a global specialty commercial property and casualty insurer and reinsurer, has agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Media/Professional Insurance (Media/Pro), a managing general underwriter...

Mar 26 2007 // People Willis Group Holdings Limited has amended the employment agreement with Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Joseph J. Plumeri to extend its term for an additional year. The employment agreement, which was scheduled...

People and Places

Mar 26 2007 // Willis Group Holdings Limited has amended the employment agreement with Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Joseph J. Plumeri to extend its term for an additional year. The employment agreement, which was scheduled to...

Aon Consulting Hires DeKeyzer for West Region

Mar 23 2007 // Aon Consulting, the human capital consulting organization of Aon Corp., announced today that Johan DeKeyzer has joined its Health and Benefits practice as senior vice president and west cluster practice leader. He has also...

Aon Study: Homeowners More Volatile than Private Passenger Auto

Mar 21 2007 // The homeowners insurance line was three times more volatile than private passenger auto druing the 14-year period 1992-2005, due in large part to the active 2004 and 2005 Atlantic hurricane seasons, according to a recent...

Aon UK Partners with InterResolve for Liability Claims Processing

Mar 20 2007 // InterResolve, an independent claims resolution specialist, and Aon Limited, the UK division of Chicago-based Aon Corp., announced that they have concluded a partnership “to provide UK corporate businesses with faster...

Choate to Head Aon Risk Southern Region

Mar 15 2007 // Aon announced that William M. Choate has been appointed executive vice president in charge of the middle market and head of Aon Risk Services’ Southern Region. A 25-year industry veteran, Choate has held a number of...

Aon Settles Benfield Suit

Mar 13 2007 // Aon Re Global, the Chicago-based broker’s provider of reinsurance brokerage services and integrated capital solutions, announced that it has reached “a global and comprehensive settlement with Benfield Group of...

Chicago Aon Supports Ill. Governor’s Health Care Proposal

Mar 13 2007 // Chicago-based Aon Corp. recently released a statement saying that it supports Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s efforts to craft a health care plan that would provide affordable coverage options to the uninsured...

People

Mar 12 2007 // Markel Insurance Co. named Thomas K. “Smitty” Smith vice president of marketing. Smith joins Markel after three years as senior vice president and managing director of the Richmond, Va., branch of Riggs,...

Aon CEO Stresses Lloyd’s Need for ‘Speed of Access’

Mar 5 2007 // Greg Case, Aon’s president and CEO, told an attentive London audience (as summarized on the Lloyd’s web site – www.lloyds.com) that the City would retain its pre-eminence in the global risk and insurance...