Agents & Brokers News

Aon Buys International Benefits Brokerage Portfolio of Mayfair Group

Aon plc announced it has completed its acquisition of the international health and benefits brokerage portfolio of Mayfair Group, a solutions provider to Indian multinational companies. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Aon now will assume responsibility for all …

Willis Towers Watson Names Bernstein as Head of Broking, Great Britain

Clyde Bernstein has been appointed as the head of Broking – Great Britain (GB), for Willis Towers Watson’s Corporate Risk and Broking division. He reports jointly to Philip Smaje, global head of Broking, and Alastair Swift, head of Corporate Risk …

Aon Buys Provider of Talent Measurement & Psychometric Assessment

Aon plc announced it has acquired Hamburg, Germany-based “cut-e”, a specialist in online talent assessments. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “At a time when the global workforce is shrinking, workforce engagement is on the decline and turnover …

Complex Solvency II Reporting Puts Off Insurer Investors: Willis Towers Watson

The insurance sector is at risk of being further marginalized by investors because performance reporting has become more complicated as a result of Solvency II, according to a report published jointly by Autonomous Research and Willis Towers Watson. Based on …

Aon Sells Outsourcing Platform to Focus on Data, Analytics Investments

Aon announced it has completed the sale of its benefits administration and HR business process outsourcing (BPO) platform to private equity funds affiliated with New York-based Blackstone for a cash consideration of $4.3 billion at closing, and an additional consideration …

Cat Bond Issuance Saw Robust Start to 2017: Aon Benfield

Catastrophe bond issuance made a robust start during the first quarter of 2017 with seven catastrophe bond transactions that totaled US$2.17 billion, according to a report from Aon Securities, the re/insurance investment banking division of Aon Benfield. These transactions are …

Willis Updates ‘Unify’ Platform in Response to New Solvency II Challenges

Willis Towers Watson has released an updated version of “Unify,” the systems integration and workflow platform. Unify 2.0 introduces new features in response to the tightening of reporting timescales under Solvency II, which continue to pressure insurers to process vast …

Ed Names Howden’s Plummer as Chairman of Property & Casualty

Ed, the London-based reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, announced the appointment of John Plummer as chairman of Property & Casualty. Plummer takes up his role with immediate effect. Plummer brings over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry to …

ILS Market Continues Growth Trend in Q1 2017: Willis Towers Watson

Non-life insurance-linked securities (ILS) capital grew again in Q1 2017, continuing the trend from 2016, according to the latest ILS Market Update from Willis Towers Watson Securities, the investment banking business of Willis Towers Watson. Following a strong Q4 2016, …

Demand Rises for Political Risk Cover as Buyers Think the Unthinkable

Rocked by a shakeup in the Western political order, companies are buying more insurance to protect themselves against the threat of rising protectionism and upheaval to their operations in emerging markets. Insurers say demand is being driven by uncertainty over …