Aon, a leading global professional services firm, said Dan Hartung has been named global head of event response for Risk Capital, effective immediately.

According to the press release, in this role, Hartung will oversee Aon’s event response team and strengthen the firm’s global event response capabilities with actionable insights for insurer clients – enhancing preparedness and responsiveness before, during and after natural disasters. Additionally, Hartung will expand delivery of real-time insights to commercial risk clients, supporting a more proactive and data-driven approach to risk management.

Hartung will lead the team to estimate industry exposure and financial impacts for significant regional and global natural catastrophes. In addition, the team will leverage the full breadth of Aon’s proprietary capabilities and third-party collaborations to deliver these insights. This includes drawing on the firm’s automated event response solutions, industry exposure databases, and insured and economic loss data from Aon’s Catastrophe Insight team.

“Natural catastrophe events are inherently complex, resulting in substantial economic losses, including USD 125 billion already in 2025. Accurately assessing their impact requires synthesizing data from a wide range of sources. By enhancing our event response capabilities, we’re uniting Aon’s expertise to provide clients with a single, integrated view of risk. We’re pleased to have Dan lead this critical function, helping clients navigate volatility, strengthen resilience and make more informed decisions”, commented Paul Shedden, head of Risk Capital analytics at Aon.

Hartung will also be collaborating towards a new platform for event analytics to be launched later this year. This will visualize complex natural catastrophe events, access risk information on a portfolio and location level, and receive tailored alerts.