Latest Aon Headlines
All the headlines from our Aon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People & Places
Oct 3 2005 // Robert Testa Westfield Insurance has named Robert Testa executive, personal lines sales. In this capacity, he oversees employees in five states responsible for new personal lines business. Bryan Whipple Testa began his...
People
Oct 3 2005 // Westfield Insurance has named Robert Testa executive, personal lines sales. In this capacity, he oversees employees in five states responsible for new personal lines business. Testa began his career at Westfield in 1991...
Aon Corp. Selling Swett & Crawford to Investor Group
Sep 22 2005 // Aon Corporation on Thursday announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell Swett & Crawford, its U.S.-based wholesale broking operation, to an investor group including Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst...
Aon Names Van Dellen Sr. VP
Sep 20 2005 // Aon has appointed Henry Van Dellen as a senior vice president and Minneapolis office Health & Welfare practice leader for Aon Consulting, effective immediately. Van Dellen joins Aon from Willis, where he most recently...
Aon Warns of Agribusiness Hits in Wake of Katrina
Sep 6 2005 // The effects of Hurricane Katrina will be felt in the country’s agricultural business as poultry plants and other businesses along the beleaguered Gulf Coast struggle with power outages and many crops await shipment,...
Business Moves
Sep 5 2005 // State Fund’s Eureka Office Relocates State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Eureka Office has moved its operations to the Humboldt Bank Plaza located at 2440 Sixth Street in Eureka, California. State Fund’s...
Ryan Announces Plan to Sell Aon Stock
Aug 26 2005 // Aon Corporation CEO Patrick G. Ryan today announced plans to sell a portion of his company stock over the next year. In a statement issued today, Ryan said: “During my 42 years as CEO, I have not sold any of my Aon...
People
Aug 22 2005 // The National Association of Government Labor Officials (NAGLO) during its 2005 summer conference elected Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Commissioner Scott Brener president. With members from more than 30 U.S....
Aon: 4 Airline Crashes Result in $180 Million Bill for Insurers
Aug 20 2005 // Aon Corp. reported on Friday that the four airline crashes that have hit Canada, Italy, Venezuela and Greece this month, have resulted in August being the worst month for airline losses in more than three years. According...
Michigan Consumers Eligible for Payment from Aon
Aug 18 2005 // The Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) announced that Michigan consumers will receive compensation as part of a negotiated settlement with insurance brokerage Aon Corporation. Nearly 8,000 Michigan citizens...
Beecher Carlson Expands Health Care Practice; Adds Seven Executives
Aug 18 2005 // Beecher Carlson, an insurance and risk management company, announced that it has expanded its National Health Care Practice with the appointment of seven industry professionals. The team expansion increases Beecher...
Aon Consulting Opens Vegas Office
Aug 9 2005 // Aon Consulting, the human capital and management consulting organization of Aon Corporation, announced the opening of a new office in Las Vegas, Nevada. Karen Roberts, a senior vice president with Aon Consulting, said,...
Fitch Affirms Aon’s Long- and Short-Term Ratings
Aug 4 2005 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed the “BBB+” long-term issuer rating and related senior debt ratings of Aon Corporation, and its commercial paper rating at “F2,” but has retained its “Negative...
Aon Witnesses Q2 Jump
Aug 2 2005 // Aon Corporation has reported second quarter and six months 2005 results. Second quarter 2005 net income and the related per share amount increased 10% to $191 million or $0.57 per share from the second quarter of 2004. Net...
Quotesmith.com Names New VPs for Sales, Technology
Jul 28 2005 // Ill.-based Quotesmith.com Inc. announced that Brian Gibson, former director of Sales and Service of USAA Life, has been named vice president of sales and that Eric Bergquist, former IT Director at AON, has been named vice...
GOP Calls on NY’s Spitzer to Return Donation from Former Aon Exec
Jul 25 2005 // New York’s Republican chairman called on state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to return a $25,000 campaign donation from a former top executive of a company his office had investigated. The donation from Richard...
Appel Named CEO of Aon Consulting Worldwide; Ingram Stays Chairman
Jul 19 2005 // Chicago-based Aon Corporation has appointed Andrew Appel, 40, as chief executive officer of Aon Consulting Worldwide, the company’s human capital and management consulting operation. The appointment is effective...
Aon Names Cullen as Director of Environmental Practice
Jul 11 2005 // Aon Corporation announced that Peggy Cullen has joined the company’s environmental practice as director of syndication. Cullen will oversee Aon’s nationwide team of environmental risk experts in the management...
Aon Construction Group’s Nolan Named President of Dallas/Fort Worth Construction Financial Management Association
Jul 1 2005 // For the first time in its 20-year history, the Dallas/Fort Worth chapter of the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) has elected an insurance broker to the position of president. Aon Corporation announced...
Companies Deliver Public Relations Pitch
Jun 20 2005 // So just how does an industry respond to negative publicity? A number of companies involved in the insurance world have had to answer that question regarding the broker contingent commissions crisis, which has grabbed...
