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SINGAPORE (9 April 2024) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today released its 2023-24 Asia Pay Equity Survey results, which reveal that pay equity and pay transparency are gaining importance in the region...[Read more]

MUMBAI (3 April 2024) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced that it has successfully completed the transaction to acquire Global Insurance Brokers (GIB)...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (2 April 2024) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today published Asia Pacific insights from its 2024 Climate and Catastrophe Report, which identifies natural disaster and climate trends both globally and for Asia Pacific...[Read more]

SEOUL (29 March 2024) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced the findings from its 2023 Global Risk Management Survey for South Korea...[Read more]

MUMBAI (14 March 2024) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has announced the results of its 2023 Global Risk Management Survey, which gathered input from almost 3,000 risk managers, c-suite leaders, treasurers, talent professionals...[Read more]

MUMBAI (27 February 2024) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced Rishi Mehra as head of India, effective immediately. Mehra will be based in Mumbai and report to Anne Corona...[Read more]

MUMBAI (27 February 2024) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced that the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has approved Aon’s acquisition of Global Insurance Brokers (GIB)...[Read more]

NEW DELHI (21 February 2024) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has revealed that salaries in India are expected to increase in 2024 according to the firm’s Annual Salary Increase and Turnover Survey 2023-24 India...[Read more]

BANGKOK (6 February 2024) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has revealed that salaries in Thailand are expected to increase in 2024...[Read more]

TOKYO (25 January 2024) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced the findings from its 2023 Global Risk Management Survey for Japan...[Read more]

KUALA LUMPUR (24 January 2024) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has released the global and regional findings from its 2023 Salary Increase and Turnover Study. The survey revealed that salaries in Malaysia are expected to remain flat in 2024...[Read more]

MUMBAI (23 January 2024) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced that the firm has been named a Top Employer 2024 in India by the Top Employers Institute...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (22 November 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has announced the results of its 2023 Global Risk Management Survey, which gathered input from almost 3,000 risk managers, c-suite leaders and other executives from 61 countries and territories to identify their most-pressing business challenges...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (15 November 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has released its 2023 Salary Increase and Turnover Report for southeast Asia. The survey revealed that salaries in southeast Asia are expected to increase in 2024...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (10 October 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has released its 2024 Global Medical Trend Rates Report. The report is based on insights from 113 Aon offices that broker, administer or advise on employer-sponsored medical plans in each of the countries covered in the report...[Read more]

MUMBAI (4 October 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement, subject to regulatory approval, to acquire Global Insurance Brokers enhancing its risk capital capability offering in India...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (25 September 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has announced it will host its annual Aon Insights Series Asia event on 26 September 2023 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore, focusing on the theme “clarity and confidence to make better decisions"...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (14 September 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, in collaboration with global healthcare leader TELUS Health, has released an inaugural pan–Asia TELUS Mental Health Index report, which explored workplace mental health and the impact on productivity across 12 countries in Asia...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (13 September 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced Jeff Plein has been named as the chief operating officer (COO) for the Asia-Pacific region, effective Sept. 11...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (5 September 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has named Vincent Banton as head of Construction and Infrastructure for Asia, effective Aug. 1. He reports to Paul Young, head of Commercial Risk Solutions, Asia and James MacNeal, global industry specialty leader for Construction and Infrastructure (C&I) and will join the global C&I leadership team...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (22 August 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced Qin Lu as head of Greater China, comprising the markets of mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, effective August 1. Qin will continue as a member of the Aon Asia-Pacific Executive Committee...[Read more]

BANGALORE (18 July 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has published its 2023 Aon India Primary Care Benefits Report, which evaluates investments in primary care and outpatient benefits in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (11 July 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced it has raised over SGD 150,000 for the Children’s Cancer Foundation (CCF) in Singapore through the Aon Jeju 2023 Challenge...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (27 June 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today published its 2023 Weather, Climate and Catastrophe Report: Asia Pacific Insights, which identifies Asia Pacific (APAC) and global natural disaster and climate trends to help make better decisions to manage volatility and enhance resilience...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (20 June 2023) – Aon-COFCO, a leading integrated service provider in risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, today announced it is celebrating 20 years of serving clients in China. Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm, along with COFCO Corporation, a large Chinese conglomerate, jointly established Aon-COFCO in 2003 following approval from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (16 May 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced the launch of a new climate innovation hub in Singapore. Supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), the hub will help Aon’s clients...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (3 May 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has released its 2022-2023 Global Wellbeing Survey, wherein – among other key findings – global data shows that improving employee wellbeing factors can enhance company performance by at least 11 percent and up to 55 percent...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (18 April 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today released its 2023 Asia Pacific Corporate Governance and ESG Survey Results which found that while the surveyed companies indicate environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues...[Read more]

NEW DELHI (23 February 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today released insights from its 28th Annual Salary Increase Survey in India...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (23 February 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has published the Q4 2022 Global Market Insights Report, which provides insights on risk and insurance market trends around the world...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (9 February 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has named Stephen Rudman as head of Marine for Asia, effective January...[Read more]

NEW DELHI (30 January 2023) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today released findings from its latest Executive Rewards Survey in India...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (8 December 2022) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today released insights from its 2022 Salary Increase and Turnover Study. for southeast Asia (SEA), revealing that salaries in the region are expected to increase slightly for 2023 compared to 2022...[Read more]

LONDON (29 November 2022) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced two new leaders within its Reinsurance Solutions Asia Pacific (APAC) team...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (23 November 2022) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has published its 2022 Asia Pacific Employee Benefit Trends Report, which evaluates the changing expectations of employees...[Read more]

HONG KONG (8 November 2022) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today released insights from its 2022 Older Age Workforce Study. The study, a first of its kind in Hong Kong, focuses on critical human resources practices and employee benefit and retirement plan data to help organisations...[Read more]

BANGKOK (25 October 2022) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has named William Pembroke as chief executive officer of Aon Thailand, effective today...[Read more]

JAKARTA (27 September 2022) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced Karl Hamann has been named chief executive officer of Aon Indonesia...[Read more]

NEW DELHI (26 September 2022) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today released insights from its latest Salary Increase Survey in India...[Read more]

NEW DELHI (20 September 2022) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced Adam Peckman as head of Cyber Solutions, Asia Pacific, leading its continued growth in the region...[Read more]

HONG KONG (13 September 2022) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has named Sucheng Chang as chief executive officer of Aon Hong Kong...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (23 August 2022) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has announced it will host its annual Aon Insights Series Asia in a hybrid format from 6-7 September 2022 at the Hilton Singapore and virtually...[Read more]

SHANGHAI (1 August 2022) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today launched the 2022 China Best ESG Employers Award...[Read more]

SEOUL (19 July 2022) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has announced the results of its 2021 Global Risk Management Survey for South Korea. The study gathers input from thousands of risk managers globally every two years to identify key risks and challenges their organisations are facing...[Read more]

NEW DELHI (18 May 2022) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today released insights from its 2022 Executive Rewards Survey in India...[Read more]

SHANGHAI (9 May 2022) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has launched the Chinese-language version of its 2021 Global Wellbeing Survey in collaboration with global market research company IPSOS, which confirms the link between employee wellbeing and company performance...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (5 April 2022) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has published the 2022 Asia Market Review, Aon’s ninth annual publication on the risk management and mitigation landscape in Asia...[Read more]

SHANGHAI (25 March 2022) – Aon-COFCO, the joint venture between COFCO and Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced the retirement of Clare Wu, general manager of Aon-COFCO, after more than two decades of serving the firm...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (23 March 2022) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has published its 2021 Weather, Climate and Catastrophe Insight report, which evaluates the increasing frequency and severity of disruptive natural disasters...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (15 December 2021) – The COVID-19 pandemic has weighed heavily on talent strategies with muted salary increases across Southeast Asia, according to a study by Aon plc...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (7 December 2021) – Aon's 2021 Global Risk Management Survey, which gathers input from thousands of risk managers every two years to identify key risks and challenges their organisations are facing. The past two years have proved to be incredibly volatile, with the global COVID-19 pandemic...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (25 October 2021) – Employer-provided medical benefit costs in Asia Pacific are forecasted to rise 8.2 percent in 2022, outpacing general inflation by 5.8 percent, according to the 2022 Global Medical Trend Rates Report...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (2 September 2021) – Aon announced that it has increased its stake in Aon India Insurance Brokers Pvt Ltd. from 49 percent to 100 percent, acquiring the remaining share from Catamaran Ventures...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (16 June 2021) – Aon has released the results of Aon’s 2021 Private Market Compensation survey. The study, a first of its kind in Southeast Asia, focuses on critical compensation data to help organisations create a compelling compensation package that can differentiate an employer...[Read more]

BENGALURU (14 June 2021) – Aon announced that it will operate its insurance and reinsurance broking business under the Aon brand name in India effective immediately...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (2 June 2021) – 75% of surveyed organisations have made decisions on return-to-office timelines but only 25% of the companies have a return date...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (27 April 2021) – Aon, in partnership with IPSOS, has released a survey that confirms the link between employee wellbeing and company performance. Aon’s 2021 Global Wellbeing Survey found that improvements to employee wellbeing...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (12 April 2021) – a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, has released the findings of the 2021 Trends in Retirement & Financial Wellbeing survey for Singapore...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (3 March 2021) – Aon, a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, has released its Q4 2020 Global Market Insights Report, which indicates increased insurance pricing across most business lines globally...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (3 February 2021) – Aon, a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, today released a global survey, ‘Reprioritizing Risk and Resilience For a Post-COVID-19 Future’...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (14 December 2020) – Aon has acquired a 49% equity stake in Anviti Insurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd, a fast growing, composite broking firm...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (29 October 2020) – Growth in employer-provided medical benefit costs are expected to drop 30% in 2021 compared to the previous year’s forecasts made prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Aon’s 2021 Global Medical Trend Rates Report...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (23 September 2020) – Aon has released the results of a new global pulse survey focused on how companies are rethinking their human capital strategies in response to the humanitarian and economic impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (14 September 2020) – Aon and Doerscircle aim to re-design and provide new insurance solutions for the large, and often underserved, workforce of entrepreneurs, startuppers and freelancers initially in Asia...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (4 September 2020) – The coalition, which recently held its virtual kickoff meeting, consists of key employers from a broad set of sectors focused on re-introducing fundamental aspects of society and the economy: working, traveling and convening...[Read more]

HONG KONG (6 August 2020) – In today’s complex geopolitical and economic environment, the maps enable clients to identify and track the different sources and degrees of risk, assisting businesses in planning and protecting assets, contracts and loans that could be adversely affected...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (21 July 2020) – Aon conducted the survey, “Setting the Stage for the Future of Rewards and Work,” from June 9 to June 15, 2020. This follows a previous study that was conducted from April 28 to May 1, 2020...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (12 May 2020) – As business leaders in Singapore begin to determine how and when to start the complex process of returning to the workplace, protecting people and supporting business continuity emerged...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (29 April 2020) – Between Aon’s March and April pulse surveys, a span of three weeks, the prevalence of companies in Singapore delaying or cancelling salary increases for employees grew from 8.2% to 20.4%...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (3 February 2020) – A team of 31 will embark on an expedition to paddle round the island of Singapore in three outrigger boats, covering 140 km – with the aim to set a new time record...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (21 November 2019) – Workforce trends data at technology companies across Asia-Pacific reflect a cautious hiring environment in the third quarter of 2019...[Read more]

KUALA LUMPUR (17 November 2019) – Salaries in Malaysia rose by 5.1% in 2019 and are expected to jump by 5.3% in 2020, according to the Malaysia 2019 Salary Increase & Total Compensation Measurement^TM Survey by Aon (NYSE: AON)...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (4 October 2019) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), the leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions today announced a strategic approach for its Guam and Saipan operations...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (19 September 2019) – Medical costs in Asia Pacific are forecasted to increase from 8.6 percent in 2019 to 8.7 percent in 2020, according to the 2020 Global Medical Trend Rates Report released by Aon plc...[Read more]

SHANGHAI (20 August 2019) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement, and health solutions, and FORTUNE China...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (14 June 2019) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), the leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions today announced a strategic approach for its Pakistan operations...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (29 May 2019) – Economic and global trade concerns are challenging organisations’ ability to invest adequately in preparing for and protecting the continuity of their operations, according to Aon’s 2019 Global Risk Management Survey...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (2 May 2019) – Aon plc (NYSE: AON) today announced the future launch of a new digital health engagement platform with dacadoo, a leading health technology firm, to help organizations enhance business performance by improving the health and wellbeing of their workforce...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (24 April 2019) – Businesses in Asia faces an increasingly complex security environment, as Islamist and far-right terrorism create new vulnerabilities for communities, according to new research from Aon, the leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (10 April 2019) – The investment and infrastructure development opportunities generated by China’s multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative are not without risk, according to new research from Aon, the leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (4 April 2019) – Singapore SMEs are struggling to meet customer needs, according to a study conducted by Aon, a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions. Aon Inpoint’s 2019 SME Insurance Survey incorporates insights from over 300 SMEs in Singapore...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (18 March 2019) – As Singapore companies continue on the path of digital transformation, they must be prepared to hire candidates based on the strength of their digital mindset, according to the 2019 Talent Acquisition Study conducted by Aon, a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (13 February 2019) – Aon plc (NYSE:AON), the leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, released its 2019 Cyber Security Risk Report today. The report, which details the greatest cyber security threats and challenges organisations are currently facing, discusses that as companies continue to use technology to speed up the transfer of information, game-changing business opportunities are created, as well as increased cyber risk...[Read more]

SINGAPORE (23 January 2019) – Aon plc (NYSE:AON), a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, today launches its Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight: 2018 Annual Report. This evaluates the impact of global natural disaster events to identify trends, manage volatility and enhance resilience...[Read more]