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* ROBERT J. COONEY has been named managing director of AON CAPITAL MARKETS, a unit of broker Aon Corp .'s Aon Re Global subsidiary.
Cooney also will serve as vice chairman of AON RE GLOBAL-BERMUDA, and will be based in Bermuda. He will report to PAUL SCHULTZ, president of Aon Capital Markets.
As managing director, Cooney, 53, will be responsible for generating capital market and financial advisory transactions both in Bermuda and the United Kingdom. As vice chairman, he will work with current management to build and expand Aon Re Global's Bermuda platform.
Previously, Cooney had served as director of Max Re from its formation in July 1999 and as president and chief executive from September 1999 to October 2006. He held various senior management positions with XL Capital Ltd. from 1987 to 1998, including CEO of XL Insurance Ltd. and executive vice president of XL Capital.
* Veteran broker PAUL WELLING has been named chairman of the real estate team of broker JARDINE LLOYD THOMPSON LTD.
Welling, former chairman of the real estate unit of broker Heath Lambert Ltd., has worked in the broking sector for nearly three decades.
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* HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC. has named CONNIE WEAVER as senior vice president for marketing and communications, according to a company statement.
Weaver, 55, will report to RAMANI AVER, chief executive of the Hartford, Conn.-based financial services company, and will serve as a member of Hartford's office of the chairman, the statement said. Her duties will put her in charge of the Hartford's brand management, advertising, internal communications and community relations.
Before joining Hartford, Weaver was the executive vice president and marketing chief for BearingPoint, a McLean,Va.-based technology company. Weaver also has held senior-level posts with Microsoft Corp., MCI and McGraw-Hill Inc.
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* ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE CO. HOLDINGS LTD. has named W. GORDON KNIGHT as the president of its U.S. operations, distribution and marketing. Knight will work out of the Pembroke,...