Eric Andersen serves as President of Aon.Most recently Eric was Chief Executive Officer of Aon Benfield, the world’s leading reinsurance intermediary and full-service capital advisor. Previously he was Chief Executive Officer of Aon Risk Solutions Americas where he led Aon’s largest geographic unit with 14,000 colleagues on teams in the U.S., Canada, Bermuda and Latin America. Throughout his 20+ year career at Aon, Eric has served in a number of important leadership positions, including Aon Risk Solutions' U.S. Retail Field Leader, Chief Executive Officer of Aon Global Americas’ global account segment, National Co-Managing Director of Aon’s Financial Services Group and Resident Managing Director of Aon in Southern California. He joined Aon in 1997 via the acquisition of Minet.Eric earned an MBA in Finance from Fordham University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Colgate University. He is a proud member of the board of trustees of Colgate University and sits on the board of Covenant House New Jersey, an organization that helps homeless, at-risk and runaway youth. Eric is actively involved with the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance (FACI) as well as the Insurance Development Forum (IDF).
