Every four years Insurance Companies underwrite all the risks associated with holding and attending the World’s largest sporting event – The FIFA World Cup Finals.
Insurance Blog reports on the risks and covers available and the large premiums paid to ensure that this years Tournament currently going on in South Africa, went without a hitch… Read the rest of this entry »
The prawn sandwiches were out in force yesterday at Old Trafford as the new sponsors of Manchester United Football Club, Aon the giant American Insurance Broker, took over the lucrative deal from disgraced and broke AIG the not so giant American Insurance Company.
AIG had to pull out their 14 million a year deal which ran until the end of May this year, after the company was bailed out by the US Treasury to keep it alive.
It’s been a bad week for AIG who failed to complete the sale of their Asian division AIA to the man from the Pru, as the Treasury ‘overvalued’ the operation at 24.5 billion.
It might not be such a big deal for Aon either who have reportedly paid 80 million to be in the Red and announced at the time that they shared a desire for excellence and winning, based on tradition, integrity, teamwork and success. Read the rest of this entry »
