Pair promoted to MDs in Aon’s Corporate & Affinity teams

Aon Risk Services has appointed Jim Herbert and Ian McLellan as managing directors for its Corporate & Affinity businesses, respectively.

Herbert has been appointed to the role of managing director for corporate, the retail broking team for mid to large sized UK companies. Since joining Aon as regional director in October 2008 from Heath Lambert, Jim and his team have grown the central region of corporate with strong revenue and profit performance.

McLellan has been appointed to the role of managing director for affinity, which delivers insurance programmes for SMEs, affinity schemes, professional services and private clients. He remains managing director for the Product Design and Development Unit (PDDU), which Ian joined at the beginning of 2009 from Aon Australia.

Jim and Ian will report into Rob Brown, chief executive of Aon Corporate & Affinity who was also appointed chief executive of Aon Limited in July 2009.

The 2025 Insurance Times Awards took place on the evening of Wednesday 3rd December in the iconic Great Room of London’s Grosvenor House.

Hosted by comedian and actor Tom Allen, 34 Gold, 23 Silver and 22 Bronze awards were handed out across an amazing 34 categories recognising brilliance and innovation right across the breadth of UK general insurance.
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