LONDON (10 September, 2011) – Aon Risk Solutions, the risk management business of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON) was crowned National Broker of the Year at the prestigious Insurance Times Awards, with Robert Brown, CEO of Aon Limited, picking up the honour of being voted Broker Chief Execs’ Chief Executive of the Year by his peers in the industry.  

Insurance Times editor Ellen Bennett commended Aon for demonstrating innovation, client focus, strong leadership and positive results in a difficult market.

Robert Brown, CEO of Aon Limited commented “I really am honoured and privileged to receive this award. It is thrilling to have been recognised by my peers and our competitors with this prestigious award," explained Robert. "We’ve an incredible team at Aon - my colleagues across the UK exemplify all that is best in our industry and importantly, all that is best about Aon. Our success is down to our colleagues' hard work and having that leading edge, with the focus, desire and unrivalled expertise to serve clients best in our industry. It is this that makes us the winner and number one in the world."

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About Robert Brown

Robert Brown was appointed CEO of Aon Limited in July 2009. He was previously CEO of Aon Corporate & Affinity, leading Aon’s retail broking activities. Prior to this, Robert was head of Risk Transfer for Aon Global, the team responsible for the programme design and placement for large UK corporate and multinational clients. He also managed the brokers transacting EMEA & APAC property and casualty business into London markets. Before, Robert worked on the North American account since he joined Aon in July 2001. 

Robert previously worked mainly in underwriting for 17 years. Although predominately based in London throughout his career, Robert spent four years working in Switzerland in various management roles including chief multi-line underwriting officer for Winterthur International. He also worked in Hong Kong as regional broking manager for Winterthur International with responsibility for all underwriting and sales/marketing in Asia.

Robert has the following directorships: British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA); Centurion Safety Products Limited; SLE Worldwide Limited;
Supercover Limited.

About Aon

Aon Corporation (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 http://www.aon.com for more information on Aon and http://www.aon.com/manchesterunited to learn about Aon's global partnership and shirt sponsorship with Manchester United.

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