Aon UK wins Excellence in Business Continuity in Insurance Industry award

LONDON - Aon Risk Solutions, the risk management business of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON), in the UK has won the Excellence in Business Continuity in the Insurance Industry award at the Business Continuity Awards held on 25 May in London.

The award recognises the way in which Aon works with clients to ensure that business continuity plays an integral part in a wider insurance and risk management programme.

Vincent West, head of the business continuity team, commented: “This is a wonderful recognition of the hard work by the best business continuity management (BCM) team in the industry. Clients have never faced greater challenges than they do today, and this award recognises why Aon is the partner of choice for firms looking for a holistic risk management and insurance programme.”

Grant Foster, head of enterprise risk management at Aon in the UK, added: “We are thankful to the Business Continuity Awards for recognising both the BCM team, as well as the way in which Aon is leading the industry to integrate BCM with insurance offerings. We would also like to acknowledge a long-time client, Fred Mundt of AZ Electronics, who was shortlisted for Business Continuity Manager of the Year, and wish him well in his retirement”.


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Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON) is the leading global provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human resources solutions and outsourcing. Through its more than 59,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon unites to deliver distinctive client value via innovative and effective risk management and workforce productivity solutions. Aon’s industry-leading global resources and technical expertise are delivered locally in over 120 countries. Named the world’s best broker by Euromoney magazine’s 2008, 2009 and 2010 Insurance Survey, Aon also ranked highest on Business Insurance’s listing of the world’s insurance brokers based on commercial retail, wholesale, reinsurance and personal lines brokerage revenues in 2008 and 2009. A.M. Best deemed Aon the number one insurance broker based on revenues in 2007, 2008 and 2009, and Aon was voted best insurance intermediary 2007-2010, best reinsurance intermediary 2006-2010, best captives manager 2009-2010, and best employee benefits consulting firm 2007-2009 by the readers of Business Insurance. 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.