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Aon strengthens Financial Services Group with new leadership appointments
Proven Aon leaders promoted to lead the group and empower results for clients

CHICAGO (Sept. 9, 2014) Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc (NYSE: AON), announced several appointments to its U.S. Financial Services Group leadership team.

“Our Financial Services Group, like our entire specialty operation, is hands down the best in the business,” said Tom Fitzgerald, CEO of Aon Risk Solutions’ U.S. Retail operations. “The ability to make these appointments from within our existing team is a clear example of the unmatched talent within our organization. Combining our specialty expertise with the industry’s most comprehensive data and analytics is a proven recipe that empowers result for clients.”

Fitzgerald said the following appointments take effect immediately:

  • Brian Wanat will serve as CEO for the U.S. Financial Services Group. Previously Wanat served as co-leader for the group.
  • Christine A. Williams will serve as COO for the U.S. Financial Services Group.
  • Anne Corona, in addition to leading the Professional Risk Solutions team, will assume leadership of the U.S. Financial Services Group West region, overseeing Denver, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston and San Francisco.
  • Robbyn Reichman, Esq. and Jacqueline Waters Urban, Esq. will assume co-leadership of the Legal and Claims practice group.
  • Paul Kim will lead the U.S. Financial Services Group business development and product innovation.

“I am excited to have this opportunity and honored to be appointed to this position,” said Wanat. “Aon’s Financial Services Group has long been considered the gold standard within the industry and we will strengthen that position through continued investment in talent, data and analytics, and innovation to better serve clients.”

Aon’s U.S. Financial Services Group includes 285 colleagues, 35 of whom serve in its legal and claims practice. The team is based in 13 offices across the country supporting 14 industry practice groups. The team placed more than $3.75 billion in premiums globally in 2013 and serves more than half of the Fortune 500 companies.

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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 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 world’s 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 and aon.com/manchesterunited to learn about Aon’s global partnership with Manchester United.

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