LONDON, 18 September 2012 – Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc (NYSE:AON), today launches version 6 of ReMetrica – its dynamic financial analysis tool – to reduce model size by up to 95% when tools are becoming increasingly complex in a Solvency II world. In addition, the latest version helps insurers more accurately model credit risk in today’s uncertain economic environment.

ReMetrica v6 features major updates resulting in enhanced functionality for actuaries to make building and running models easier and faster, including:
 Super-components that reduce the size of the model to just 5% in some cases, to cut down on the complexity of modelling
 High performance computing (HPC) support for larger models enabling faster run times with sophisticated job management facilities

Also, ReMetrica v6 enables a more accurate assessment of insurers’ credit risk. Traditionally, credit risk has been modelled on the likelihood of counterparties as a whole defaulting. However, with the growing need to better grasp counterparty risk due to today’s unsettled global economy and regulatory pressures, ReMetrica v6 assigns a rating to each counterparty, which can evolve stochastically. This in turn can help companies adapt their risk mitigation strategies.

Paul Maitland, international head of ReMetrica at Aon Benfield Analytics, said: “Capital models are becoming increasingly large in scale as insurers respond to regulatory and rating agency pressures, coupled with their own internal pressures to manage risk according to their appetite and tolerance levels. Left unchecked, capital models may become overly complex.  We continue to refine ReMetrica to meet an increasing level of stakeholder demand without increasing the complexity of modelling in ReMetrica.  In short, these improvements are designed to make the work of the modellers faster and more efficient, but still maintain the accuracy and transparency of results.”
 
ReMetrica v6 builds upon recent Solvency II-focused enhancements to help insurers and reinsurers meet the proposed regulatory requirements, including the ORSA, and to enable more effective reporting for the Lloyd’s market.

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About Aon Benfield
Aon Benfield, a division of Aon plc, is the world’s leading reinsurance intermediary and full-service 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 world’s markets, an unparalleled investment in innovative analytics, including catastrophe management, actuarial and rating agency advisory. Through our professionals’ expertise and experience, we advise clients in making optimal capital choices that will empower results and improve operational effectiveness for their business. With more than 80 offices in 50 countries, our worldwide client base has access to the broadest portfolio of integrated capital solutions and services. To learn how Aon Benfield helps empower results, please visit aonbenfield.com.

About Aon
Aon plc (NYSE:AON) is the leading global provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human resources solutions and outsourcing services. Through its more than 61,000 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 world’s best broker, best insurance intermediary, reinsurance intermediary, captives manager and best employee benefits consulting firm by multiple industry sources. Visit www.aon.com for more information on Aon and www.aon.com/manchesterunited to learn about Aon’s global partnership and shirt sponsorship with Manchester United.