Aon plc announced George Attard has been named global head of analytics for Reinsurance Solutions, in addition to his role as chief strategy officer for Reinsurance Solutions. The appointment reinforces the firm's commitment to delivering differentiated value to insurer clients through the integration of analytics and strategy across its reinsurance business. In his expanded role, Attard will accelerate the development and utilization of Aon's reinsurance analytics capabilities to help insurers navigate volatility, optimize capital and make better decisions through the market cycle to drive performance.

Building on his track record of integrating strategy, analytics and execution in client-facing leadership roles, Attard will further unite Aon's data, technology and more than 1,000 reinsurance analytics colleagues to accelerate Aon's innovation roadmap. With this appointment, Paul Shedden will remain global head of Advanced Risk Analytics across all of the firm's solution lines where he will continue to oversee Aon's enterprise-wide analytics strategy and delivery. Shedden will work with Attard to drive innovation across Reinsurance Solutions' analytics and broking capabilities while aligning to the firm's broader analytics strategy and ensuring the solution line both contributes to and benefits from Aon's wider capabilities.