Aon Corp.acquired an Ohio-based benchmarking and best practices researcher provider to insurance companies.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. will pay $2 million to Connecticut to settle allegations that it paid brokers to rig insurance bids.

The Illinois State Rifle Association is asking “all lawful American firearm owners” to boycott AON Corp. and its subsidiaries for their support of a fundraiser for the Brady Campaign Against Gun Violence.

Just 44% of U.S. insurers have their reinsurance administered by a dedicated department, according to a survey conducted on behalf of Inpoint Services.

K&K Insurance Group, a subsidiary of Aon Corp., is now offering a new program designed specifically for campgrounds.

While other brokerages recently reauthorized to accept contingent commissions in a multi-state agreement have rejected the payments, Marsh has announced that it will reject the practice in some instances, but permit it in others.

One thing is certain when New York insurance regulators enact their new broker compensation and disclosure rules: Chaos will follow because a number of situations are closely tied to their implementation.

Regulators in three states have lifted a five-year-old prohibition on contingent commissions for some of the nation’s largest brokerages in return for greater transparency on agent and broker compensation.

With New York regulators unveiling a new broker compensation disclosure rule promoting greater openness in transactions, the head of Willis Group Holdings said the move is not “true transparency.”

Reinsurers rates for January renewals softened, buoyed by improved financial markets and fewer catastrophes in 2009, according to BestWeek.