Aon boosts Birmingham office with six promotions

BIRMINGHAM – Following unprecedented financial results in 2009, the Birmingham branch of Aon – the UK’s largest insurance broker – has made six promotions to build on its success and nurture its talent to deliver excellent service for its Midlands clients.

The promotions include:

Lisa Tolley – Broking Manager (previously Client Service Advisor at Aon for over two years)
Paula Bond – Client Service Manager (previously Client Service Advisor with 14 years experience at Aon)
Lisa Walters – Client Service Manager (previously Client Service Advisor and Aon employee for 11 years)
Rebecca Edwards – Client Manager (previously Client Service Advisor and at Aon for 4 years)
Lucy Clarke – Client Service Advisor (previously Business Support Officer and employed at Aon for 18 months)
Elizabeth Polley – Client Service Advisor (previously Business Support Officer at Aon for nearly two years)

Lisa Bartlett, branch director at Aon in Birmingham, said: “Aon Birmingham has experienced fantastic expansion and unprecedented financial results over the last 12 months. In turn we are recognising and building upon the talents of those who have help us achieve such success.

“Paula and Lisa Walters have been able to realise their ambition to undertake managerial roles, while Lisa’s secondment into the broking team to learn new skills was so successful that her temporary role was made permanent.

“Great feedback from her clients influenced the decision to promote Rebecca who was keen to take the next step in her career within Aon. In addition, Lizzie & Lucy have made a fantastic start to their insurance career by making the most of Aon’s internal pool of experience to move into the client servicing arena.”

About Aon
Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON) is the leading global provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human capital consulting. Through its more than 36,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon readily delivers 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 through more than 500 offices in more than 120 countries. Named the world’s best broker by Euromoney magazine’s 2008 and 2009 Insurance Survey, Aon also ranked highest on Business Insurance’s listing of the world’s largest 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 brokerage revenues in 2007, 2008, and 2009, and Aon was voted best insurance intermediary, best reinsurance intermediary and best employee benefits consulting firm in 2007, 2008 and 2009 by the readers of Business Insurance. For more information on Aon, log onto http://www.aon.com.