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Reinsurance broker Aon Benfield continues to place importance on the convergence of the reinsurance and capital markets in its hiring, as it announced the appointment of Kelly Smith as President of its U.S. business.

Global reinsurance broker Aon Benfield’s investment banking and capital markets division, Aon Benfield Securities, has added another senior strategic advisory executive to its London team. Nick Triggs joins Aon Benfield Securities from Keefe Bruyette & Woods Limited as a Managing Director reporting directly to Paul Schultz, Chief Executive Officer of Aon Benfield Securities.

Aon Benfield Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance broker Aon Benfield has just announced two new senior strategic advisory hires to its capital markets team. Robert V. James and Michael A. Pedraja join the division as Managing Directors, will be based in Chicago and will both report directly to Paul Schultz, Chief Executive […]

Hurricane Irene continues to pass through the Bahamas as a dangerous Category 3 hurricane carrying maximum sustained winds of 120mph and higher gusts. The U.S. eastern seaboard is watching nervously as the forecast models continue to show a northeastern landfall of a major and dangerous hurricane Irene. Of course, everybody begins to talk about catastrophe […]

Following on from their recent report which was a positive look at the state of the insurance-linked securities market (which we reported on here) Aon Benfield have released a report which looks forward at the prospects for the reinsurance market in 2011. The report titled ‘Reinsurance Market Outlook – Abundant Capital To Cultivate Growth‘ looks […]