Aon’s Zakhary: Embracing risk through a data-driven approach

Speaking to The Insurer TV at the Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo, Sherif Zakhary, CEO of Aon's Strategy and Technology Group, outlined how Aon uses data and analysis to help clients capitalise on trends and opportunities.

This year’s event marked two years since Aon launched its Strategy and Technology Group, which combines insights and software to help (re)insurers make better business decisions.

The strategic focus hasn’t changed, according to Zakhary. “We continue take a very data-driven, fact-driven approach to help our clients sustain their business and drive towards growth,” he told us.

Aon’s Hunt: Industry challenges underscore need for facultative solutions

Buyers of reinsurance are beginning to turn to facultative coverage to overcome ongoing and emerging market risks, according to Laura Hunt, Aon’s US facultative insurance leader.

This year’s event marked two years since Aon launched its Strategy and Technology Group, which combines insights and software to help (re)insurers make better business decisions.

The strategic focus hasn’t changed, according to Zakhary. “We continue take a very data-driven, fact-driven approach to help our clients sustain their business and drive towards growth,” he told us.

Even though the facultative reinsurance industry has experienced the same pressures as the broader reinsurance market over the past 10 months, these challenges have underscored the importance of facultative solutions in an uncertain market and created demand for additional solutions, Hunt told The Insurer TV.

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