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About Aon
About Aon
Aon plc (NYSE:AON) is the leading global provider of risk management, insurance
andreinsurance brokerage, and human resources solutions and outsourcing services. Through its more
than 66,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon unites to empower results for clients in over 120 countries
via innovative and effective risk and people solutions and through industry-leading global resources and
technical expertise. Aon has been named repeatedly as the worlds best broker, best insurance
intermediary, best reinsurance intermediary, best captives manager, and best employee benefits consulting
firm by multiple industry sources. Visit aon.com for more information on Aon
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Reinsurance
Reinsurance is critical to helping insurance companies underwrite risk profitably, while preserving or enhancing
capital strength and ratings. Aon Benfield, the worlds leading reinsurance broker and intermediary, provides
clients with integrated capital solutions and services, delivering objective advice and fostering competition among
highly rated reinsurers and an expanding array of new and alternative capital providers. Clients are better able to
differentiate and meet their business objectives with our treaty and facultative reinsurance placement services,
capital markets expertise, and relevant analytics and technical expertise, including catastrophe management,
actuarial and rating agency counsel.
To effectively deliver these, and other, services, Aon has developed a global network of local resources brought
together via our Global Business Units and a Strategic Account Management system. These resources let us
deliver services around the worldto multinational companies, small businesses, independent agents or brokers,
associations and affinity groups and even individual consumerswith the local expertise necessary to meet your
specific needs.
Business Structure
Aons business is structured to deliver the best, most effective solutions to our clients around the world. Aon
companies, wherever their location, operate closely with each other to provide the best resources for your
needs.
A Wealth of Resources
To provide consistent service, Aon has established Global Business Units that bring a common corporate culture
to their work across borders. Every Global Business Unit is structured to focus on global clients and is connected
through a shared purpose and vision, uniform standards and state-of-the-art technology. This worldwide network
of companies lets us tap into the most innovative risk solutions, no matter where they were created: An industry
expert in Europe can access recently updated information in the United States and deliver a solution seamlessly
to a client in Asia.
For multinational companies, these resources are brought together by a Strategic Account Manager, whose sole
task is to understand your business in order to match the appropriate skills and resources within Aon to your
unique situation. Companies who operate in a single region benefit from a local representative who understands
their issues and how to best address them. No matter your companys size and reach, we work closely with you to
define and understand your enterprise-wide risk profile.
Explore Aons resources through our primary businesses:
Aon Hewitt
Aon Benfield
Aon Risk Solutions
Reinsurance
Aon Benfield
Aon Benfield, a division of Aon plc (NYSE: AON), is the worlds leading reinsurance intermediary and fullservice capital advisor. We empower our clients to better understand, manage and transfer risk
through innovative solutions and personalized access to all forms of global reinsurance capital across
treaty, facultative and capital markets. As a trusted advocate, we deliver local reach to the worlds
markets, and an unparalleled investment in innovative analytics. With more than 80 offices in 50
countries, our worldwide client base has access to the broadest portfolio of integrated capital solutions
and services.
Analytics
Aon Benfield Analytics offers clients industry-leading catastrophe management, actuarial,rating agency
advisory and risk and capital strategy expertise. In placements, we quantify the effectiveness of reinsurance and
help structure optimal risk transfer programs. Beyond the placement, we provide solutions for risk and
concentration analysis, portfolio optimization, catastrophe modeling, pricing and cost recovery, and economic
capital modeling. Aon Benfield Analytics, together with our leading broking teams, helps clients fully consider the
capital, income, regulatory and rating agency implications of all risk transfer transactions. Proprietary tools
include ReMetrica, ImpactOnDemand and Cat Score, Also, our Impact Forecasting team develops tools and
models that help you understand financial implications of natural and man-made catastrophes around the world.
Our Annuity Solutions Groupprovides clients with variable annuity risk management and trading consulting, high
performance computing solutions and investment advisory services.
Claims, Contract Wording and Client Services
Effective reinsurance client service focuses on meeting your needs, at any time, in any place. Emphasizing the
importance of accountability, superior communication and transparency, Aon Benfield uses state-of-the-art
technology and employs industry-leading professionals to deliver claims, accounting, contract wording and market
security expertise. ABConnect is our proprietary portal providing access to account data including claims,
accounting, payments and market analysis, as well as a full range of account handling features.
Facultative Reinsurance
Aon Benfield Fac is the worlds leading facultative intermediary, providing clients with transactional services and
risk advice in the facultative sector. As a division of Aon Benfield, we work closely with our Treaty, Analytics and
Investment Banking colleagues to offer our worldwide client base the broadest portfolio of integrated capital
solutions and services. FAConnect is our award-winning web portal that helps clients to easily and efficiently
submit risk placements and complete facultative transaction.
Inpoint
Inpoint is a consulting and solutions services firm uniquely created by professionals from the insurance industry
and for the insurance industry. It is dedicated to partnering with insurance companies to improve their financial
performance across all value drivers through strategy formulation and execution, effective claims management
and operational excellence.
Investment Banking Group
Aon Benfield Securities, Inc. and Aon Benfield Securities Limited (collectively, Aon Benfield Securities) provide
insurance and reinsurance clients with a full suite of insurance-linked securities products, including catastrophe
bonds, contingent capital, sidecars, collateralized reinsurance, industry loss warranties, and derivative products.
As one of the most experienced investment banking firms in this market, Aon Benfield Securities offers expert
underwriting and placement of new debt and equity issues, financial and strategic advisory services, as well as a
leading secondary trading desk. Aon Benfield Securities integration with Aon Benfields reinsurance operation
expands its capability to provide distinctive analytics, modeling, rating agency, and other consultative services.
Treaty Reinsurance
As the worlds leading treaty reinsurance broker, Aon Benfield is uniquely positioned to provide you with flexible
treaty programs, structured and priced in ways that reflect your unique objectives and underwriting profile.
Our experts are aligned with specialty practice groups that use industry experience, advanced analytics, capital
market products and strong market relationships to identify markets for clients and support the creation of new
capacity to address the changing needs of our clients.
Our team of expert risk advisors applies a client-focused approach to risk products and services that leverage our
global network of resources, industry-leading data and analytics and specialized expertise. We work with you to
design creative, personalized risk solutions delivered seamlessly, anywhere in the world, though a local point of
contact. Click here to download a brochure providing an overview of how we work with clients and the solutions
we provide.
Claims Consulting
Our claims consulting professionals assist in the pre- and post-loss design and implementation of strategies that
reduce the financial impact of events. Extending significantly beyond the traditional scope of broker claims
support, Aon has developed a range of solutions that contribute to casualty and property risk management
programs.
Crisis Management
Aons Crisis Management practice helps you quantify and qualify your exposure to the threats of terrorism,
kidnap, extortion, product contamination, product recall, piracy and political risk. We then help you develop the
most appropriate and cost effective risk management strategy.
Professional Services
The Professional Services practice is Aon's unified global team of insurance brokers, reinsurance brokers and
insurance consultants/advisors dedicated solely to serving professional service firms; including Lawyers,
Solicitors and Notaries, Accountants, Actuaries, Consultants, Architects, Engineers, Surveyors and other Design
and Project Professionals. With deep experience and knowledge gained in serving professionals for more than 75
years, we are able to provide tailored insurance solutions as well as additional valuable insights and services
through our geographically diverse and highly experienced team.
Company Highlights
Aon is the leading global provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human
resources solutions and outsourcing services. Aon has 66,000 employees in more than 120 countries.
Backed by broad resources, industry knowledge and technical expertise, Aon professionals help a wide range of
clients develop effective risk management and workforce productivity solutions. Aon plc's total revenue for 2012
was $11.5 billion.
Aon is the worlds largest global insurance broker: