Aon

Aon is a global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions. Employing 50,000 colleagues in 120 countries Aon seeks to use proprietary data and analytics to deliver insights that reduce volatility and improve performance.

Aon’s fast-paced growth began in 1982 when the Ryan Insurance Group merged with Combined International Corporation.  

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, acquisitions and organic growth fueled Aon’s expansion in the global insurance marketplace.  Buys have included Minet Group, Alexander & Alexander [both in 1997] and Benfield [2008].