Aon's Middle Market Ambitions: A Giant Leap Forward or a Gaping Hole? Aon's $17 billion acquisition of USI Insurance Services from KKR is set to revolutionize the insurance brokerage landscape.
CEO Greg Case claims this merger will create the "premier U. S. middle market platform," one that will provide 200,000 companies and their 48 million employees with world class insurance solutions.
The deal marks a significant escalation in Aon's efforts to dominate the middle market. This is not its first foray into this segment; last year, it purchased NFP, another insurance broker focused on the same area.