Aon News
Underwriting Discipline Will Rule With January 1 Reinsurance Renewals
Economic uncertainty and volatility, in combination with COVID-19-related losses, is leading to a heightened level of cautiousness among property reinsurers unless pricing and terms and conditions ...
Insurers Plan to Hire But Recruitment Struggles Remain
Most U.S. insurers want to fill existing positions or expand their staffs over the next year even though they are still having trouble recruiting. Interestingly, that trouble has persisted even ...
Aon, Willis Towers Watson Shareholders Sign Off on Planned Merger
Shareholders of insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson have approved all of the proposals necessary to complete their previously announced combination, the firms announced. Aon intends to ...
Aon’s New Division Will Tap Additional Sources of Capital for Reinsurance
Global broker Aon has formed a new team in its Reinsurance Solutions business that will focus on building global investor relationships in order to identify additional sources of capacity to clients. ...
H1 Global Natural Catastrophe Losses Reach Stinging Levels: Munich Re and Aon
Munich Re and Aon both issued reports this week on the economic and insurance costs of global natural catastrophes during the first half, which varied in magnitude by $7 billion. While Munich Re ...
Reinsurance Capital Dips; Capacity Available: Aon
Global reinsurance capital fell 6 percent to $590 billion for the first quarter of 2020, Aon reported in its June/July Reinsurance Market Outlook report this week The report, which also looks at ...
Executives On The Move at Aon, Arch and Coalition
Aon appointed a new UK chairman for its Global & Specialty unit. Arch Insurance promoted a long-time executive to be Executive Vice President General Counsel of Arch Insurance North America. ...
Aon Ends Most COVID-19-Related Salary Cuts Except for Named Executives
Aon will end the salary cuts implemented in May as a response to the economic uncertainties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Effective July 1, Aon ended the salary cuts and will colleagues for the ...