Global re/insurance broker Aon announced that Emma Crookes was named as global head of the insurance vertical. The insurance vertical delivers the full range of Aon’s capabilities to re/insurance clients with more relevant and impactful insight and solutions to meet their strategic goals and enable better business decisions.

It is noted that Crookes most recently led Aon’s UK insurance vertical. In her new role, Crookes will expedite the development of Aon’s client leadership model to bring such capabilities to insurers in a coordinated way across the firm – putting the client at the heart of the process. She will work with more than 20 segment teams across five regions to explore common themes across insurer segments to bring deeper insights and the ability to execute more relevant solutions aligned to clients’ strategic goals. She will also sit on the global growth committee of Reinsurance Solutions to help drive results and collaboration.

“Through the insurance vertical, clients will benefit from less volatile results, optimised capital and profitable growth, underpinned by strong talent and more integrated solutions to achieve their strategic goals. To drive this dynamic globally, Emma brings an impressive track record of success from her time leading our UK insurance vertical. Her talent for fostering collaboration across Aon and results-oriented mindset is vital to helping our insurer clients achieve profitable growth”, Joe Peiser, CEO of Commercial Risk Solutions for Aon and executive sponsor of the insurance vertical said.