Aon strengthens UK professions team

Aon has strengthened its professions team following an overhaul of its management.

The London-based team has made a number of appoints, which will be led by UK head David Powell.

The new appointments include:

• Michael Earp, most recently at Willis’ FINEX Division for the past five years, joins Aon as executive director and will lead the UK Design professional team. He will help UK architects, engineers and construction companies with design capabilities manage their professional exposures. Earp has worked for 30 years in the industry, including time spent as both an underwriter and broker.
• Jane Hunter will be joining Aon as executive director and will provide loss prevention and risk management advice and expertise to clients. She joins from law firm Bird & Bird LLP where she has been a practicing solicitor for the last four years.
• Eve McBrinn joins Aon as director within the Professions team and will provide claims advice, bringing 15 years experience as a professional indemnity solicitor, the last three of which were spent at Thomas Egger LLP.
• Tony Kavanagh joins Aon as director within the Professions team and will provide insurance brokerage and risk advisory services to UK solicitors and consultants.
• Aon has also appointed Andrew Newton as leader of Aon’s UK Accountant’s retail team. He adds this responsibility to his existing client facing role, working with the “Big 4” accounting firms.
• Giles Bentley is appointed leader of the UK solicitors/consultants business. He has also taken on responsibility for leading client service in the UK.

Powell, head of Aon’s Professions team, said: “The landscape for professional service firms has rarely been so complex, making the management and transfer of risk of paramount importance.

“The strengthening of our Professions team further demonstrates our commitment to our professional service firm clients. We are proud of the unique and extensive knowledge that we bring to our clients. We believe that our market access and expertise continues to be second to none and that our integrated global platform is truly beneficial to our global clients.”