Full-Time
Senior Broker
International Property
Updated on 9/3/2026
Aon
10,001+ employees
Global risk, retirement, health solutions provider
No salary listed
London, UK
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- Excellent understanding of London insurance market dynamics, placement strategy, and core broking processes.
- Extensive technical knowledge of international property risk, with experience handling large and complex placements.
- Demonstrable commercial judgement and the ability to develop market strategies that support client objectives.
- Ability to use insurance industry systems effectively to support accurate, efficient, and compliant client delivery.
- Proven experience managing senior client, network, and market relationships.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret market feedback and recommend practical solutions.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, including the confidence to influence senior stakeholders.
- High level of numeracy and attention to detail.
- Sound understanding and application of compliance and Financial Conduct Authority regulation.
- Ability to work collaboratively while taking ownership of strategic placement outcomes.
- Demonstrated integrity, professionalism, and leadership in a complex broking environment.
- Lead the strategy, execution, and delivery of complex international property placements.
- Lead client and network relationship management for major international property placements.
- Chair or contribute to strategic client, market, and network meetings.
- Lead quote broking and firm order broking for large, complex, and high-value placements, including PPL, wet stamps, and email processes.
- Provide strategic benchmarking, market insight, and placement advice to clients and Aon colleagues.
- Establish, manage, and prioritise a pipeline of significant property opportunities.
- Produce and deliver tenders, proposals, and placement recommendations for major accounts.
- Present terms, market feedback, and strategic recommendations to clients and network partners.
- Review, create, and enhance complex submissions and Market Reform Contracts documentation to ensure technical accuracy, clarity, market readiness, and consistency.
- Manage follow-market broking activity to secure capacity and optimise placement outcomes.
- Define and execute placement-specific marketing strategies for complex risks.
- Record broking activity accurately in market sheets and maintain data discipline throughout the placement process.
- Provide accurate invoicing instructions, issue invoices, and support effective post-placement handover, including responding to accounting queries.
- Provide technical wording advice, including creation of bespoke clauses and best-in-class product wordings.
- Undertake file, technical, and peer reviews, including ECM maintenance, scanning/indexing, and BID documentation.
- Contribute to the development of team strategy and goals.
- Work in accordance with the Aon UK Limited Risk Management Framework and comply with Aon UK Limited policies, including participating in the management of risks and completing mandatory training.
Aon provides risk management, retirement, and health solutions to businesses, governments, and individuals through consulting, brokerage, and software tools. It uses data and analytics to tailor insights and advice across risk assessment, benefits design, and workforce optimization, with revenue from fees and commissions. Its global footprint and mix of services enable integrated risk, retirement, and health solutions that go beyond firms focused on a single area. Its goal is to shape decisions to protect and enrich lives worldwide by helping clients manage risk and optimize benefits.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
1919
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- USI adds 10,500 employees and nearly 200 offices, expanding Aon’s middle-market distribution.
- Aon expects $395 million annual run-rate EBITDA synergies and EPS accretion in 2028.
- Aon’s 2025 NFP wealth divestiture shows disciplined reshaping toward higher-margin brokerage.
What critics are saying
- The $17 billion USI deal adds heavy debt and delays buybacks until deleveraging.
- Pennsylvania teachers settled with Aon Investments USA for $15 million on February 4, 2026.
- Vesttoo-related client claims and the 2016 plane-crash litigation keep legal overhangs alive.
What makes Aon unique
- Aon’s August 31, 2026 USI buyout builds the premier U.S. middle-market platform.
- Aon Transaction Solutions claims study, updated August 26, 2026, shows over $3 billion recovered.
- Piers Johansen’s September 2, 2026 promotion reinforces Aon’s M&A and transaction advisory bench.
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↑ 12%AIG executive chair and former CEO Zaffino set to exit for Palantir. AIG said early Wednesday that its former chief executive officer and current executive chair Peter Zaffino will be leaving the board effective Sept. 15 to join Palantir Technologies Inc. as global head of financial services. Zaffino had just transitioned to the position of executive chair on June 1. Prior to that, he had been AIG CEO since taking over in March 2021, succeeding Brian Duperreault. Eric Anderson, most recently a member of Aon's executive committee, became the AIG's CEO on June 1. AIG announced the succession plan in January. Zaffino will assume a role with AIG as senior advisor, the company said. To take his place on the board, AIG said John Rice, lead independent director, will serve as chair when Zaffino departs. Rice in a statement said AIG under Zaffino's leadership "strengthened its competitive position and created significant long-term value for shareholders." "On behalf of the AIG Board of Directors, we are grateful that AIG will continue to benefit from Peter's guidance and advice." Rice added. Rice has been lead independent director at AIG since the start of 2023. Previously, he was non-executive chairman of GE Gas Power from 2018 to 2020. Rice was president and CEO of the GE Global Growth Organization for seven years. Analytics software and data integration company Palantir said Zaffino will "drive growth and transformational impact across Palantir's financial services business, including insurance companies, banks, asset managers, private equity firms, and other financial institutions" once he starts at the company on Jan. 15, 2027. "Peter has spent his career challenging inertia and rejecting incrementalism within large enterprises. We partnered to deploy our products to create actual alpha within one of the most interesting and complex institutions in the world. We are fortunate that he is joining us," said Alex Karp, co-founder and CEO of Palantir. Under Zaffino, AIG developed a partnership with Palantir to establish an "agentic AI ecosystem" to improve the underwriting process at the insurer. Zaffino had set some expectations from using AI agents but later said its capabilities were much greater than anticipated. AIG recently launched Lloyd's Syndicate 2479 in a partnership with Amwins and Blackstone, marking the first time AIG deployed gen AI for a special purpose vehicle (SPV). With Palantir, large language models were used to determine whether Amwin's program portfolio aligned with the risk appetite of Syndicate 2479. Zaffino said AIG has a "strong pipeline of SPV opportunities." Was this article valuable? Chad is National News Editor at Insurance Journal. He has been a journalist since 2000, with a focus on the insurance industry since 2007, reporting on trends and coverage in most lines of insurance as well as natural catastrophes, modeling, regulation, legislation, and litigation. Chad can be reached at [email protected]
Aon appoints Piers Johansen as new leader for UK transaction advisory services. 02 September 2026 Consultancy.uk Piers Johansen has become the new leader for Aon's UK transaction advisory wing. He takes on the role after holding a variety of senior positions within the business, as well as previous roles at J.P. Morgan, Skadden, and The Takeover Panel. Speaking on the appointment, Michael Carr, CEO of Aon's M&A and Transaction Solutions (AMATS), said, "Helping clients to identify and capture value in event-driven and portfolio situations through Aon's Risk Capital and Human Capital capabilities is core to the AMATS business strategy. Piers' experience in the legal, investment banking and insurance industries brings a breadth of perspective and leadership that can address clients' needs innovatively." Johansen succeeds Anka Taylor and Ian McCaw, who co-led the AMATS UK business for two years while continuing to act in client-serving leadership positions in M&A insurance broking and transaction advisory, respectively, for AMATS in EMEA. He now takes on the AMATS UK leadership role having held a variety of senior positions within the business. Johansen joined Aon in 2015, bringing extensive legal and financial services experience, including roles as an M&A lawyer at Skadden, where he completed a two-year secondment as assistant secretary to The Takeover Panel, and as managing director and associate general counsel within J.P. Morgan's Investment Bank in London. He will report to AMATS CEO Carr, and will be based in London. Rob Kemp, CEO, Commercial Risk, UK, Aon, added, "Harnessing different parts of Commercial Risk, as well as the wider business is central to Aon's strategy to go further and faster for the firm's clients in addressing their risk and people challenges. Our AMATS business continues to play a key role developing new opportunities and partnering with Aon colleagues to deliver client value. I am confident that Piers' appointment will help accelerate this even more." Aon is a British-American professional services firm that offers a range of risk-mitigation products, via more than 66,000 employees across 120 countries.
Align Risk Solutions appoints Contreras as captive manager. Align Risk Solutions appoints Jessica Contreras as captive manager. Contreras joins the captive consulting and management firm from Aon, where she was an account executive for two years, based in Burlington, Vermont. She spent more than 13 years before that at Pro Group Management in Carson City, Nevada, as chief captive accountant, overseeing the risk retention groups managed by Pro Group Captive Management Services and managing captives ranging from pure captives to risk retention groups. Align Risk Solutions provides consulting, formation and management services for captive insurance companies, covering risk consulting and insurance programme analysis, the development of alternative risk solutions, captive design and formation, licensing and regulatory compliance, and ongoing management of captive programmes. The firm operates from offices in Nashville, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Wilmington.
Aon CEO says insurance broker seeks to build 'premiere middle market platform' with purchase of rival USI. Aug 31, 2026 - 19:17 Insurance broker Aon announced on Monday it will purchase rival USI Insurance Services from private equity firm KKR. The $17 billion deal, which will be funded by Aon with new debt, is anticipated to close in the fourth quarter, subject to regulatory approvals. CEO Greg Case in an appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box" Monday said that the merger will establish the "premier U.S. middle-market platform." "This means we're going to be in a position to bring world class solutions to the underserved U.S. middle market, and... set a new standard of client leadership for the 200,000 middle-market companies in the U.S. and their 48 million employees," he said. The acquisition for Aon builds on the company's purchase of NFP in 2024, another insurance broker focused on the U.S. middle market. An office building with the Aon logo is seen amid the easing of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in the Central Business District of Sydney, Australia, June 3, 2020. Loren Elliott | Reuters USI, according to a press release announcing the deal, is the tenth largest insurance broker in the U.S. The company has more than $3 billion in annual revenue, and more than 10,500 employees. Once a deal is closed, USI CEO Mike Sicard will transition to Aon's president and global CEO of middle market. "Joining Aon represents a truly energizing next chapter for our firm and an opportunity to accelerate our momentum as part of the Aon United platform," Sicard said in the release. "Our firms share strong, one-firm cultures with a deep commitment to working together to bring the best of our capabilities to clients." Shares of Aon slipped about 1% in premarket trading Monday. But despite the initial slide, Case said the opportunity to serve the middle market at the scale the company now can through the acquisition has tremendous value potential for shareholders. "Maybe the greatest I've seen in my 20-year career as CEO," he said.
Aon acquires USI Insurance Services from KKR for $17 billion. Cris Tolomia Aon agreed to acquire USI Insurance Services from KKR and other shareholders for $17 billion in cash, the company said Monday, extending its push into the U.S. middle-market insurance segment following its $13 billion purchase of NFP in 2024. USI ranks as the tenth largest U.S. insurance broker, generating approximately $3 billion in annual revenue and employing more than 10,500 people across close to 200 offices nationwide. The Valhalla, New York-based firm offers property and casualty, employee benefits, personal risk, and retirement services to mid-sized businesses. Aon said the acquisition would strengthen its foothold in the U.S. middle-market segment - a space it values at more than $40 billion - while also broadening its reach into the excess and surplus, or E&S, insurance segment, which accounts for 26% of U.S. commercial property and casualty premiums and has been among the industry's fastest-growing lines. "USI will substantially enhance our middle-market footprint and expand access for our firm in the E&S segment," Aon CEO Greg Case said in a statement. Following the close of the transaction, USI Chairman and CEO Mike Sicard will become president of Aon and global CEO of its middle-market business, reporting to Case. "Our firms share strong, one-firm cultures with a deep commitment to working together to bring the best of our capabilities to clients," Sicard said in a statement. Aon expects to fund the acquisition entirely through new debt and said it anticipates remaining investment-grade rated. The company said it does not plan to repurchase shares in the near term as it prioritizes paying down debt. The deal is expected to add to Aon's adjusted earnings per share in 2028 and is projected to generate $395 million in annual run-rate net adjusted EBITDA from revenue and cost synergies across the combined middle-market platform, the company said. The deal was signed on August 30, 2026, according to an SEC filing. Closing is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected in the fourth quarter of 2026. For KKR, the sale represents a significant exit. The private equity firm originally took USI private alongside Canadian pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in a $4.3 billion transaction in 2014, according to CNBC. KKR reported that the exit delivered approximately six times its return on a 2017 investment and a 3.4 times return on capital across the full life of its USI position. On the advisory side, BofA Securities and Citi worked with Aon, while KKR turned to Goldman Sachs, Insurance Advisory Partners, and Morgan Stanley, according to CNBC.