Aon appoints new APAC head of agriculture

Aon has announced that Wen Chen has been named head of agriculture for the firm’s Reinsurance Solutions Asia Pacific (APAC) region, effective June 1, 2024.

Based in Singapore, Chen will report to Robert De Souza, president of Reinsurance Solutions in APAC, and Chris Coe, global agriculture leader for Aon. In her new role, Chen will continue to build upon the firm’s successes in the agriculture sector, while exploring new reinsurance and retrocession opportunities, delivering differentiated capabilities across a range of dynamic and competitive market environments. This will involve maintaining strong global relationships with agriculture experts and underwriters, and utilising Aon’s analytics expertise in assessing agriculture risk to shape better decisions for clients.

Chen who served in Aon’s regional agriculture reinsurance team, focusing on Greater China and Thailand, and most recently led Greater China, has been instrumental in working closely with the Asia Pacific agriculture team to generate new capacity across the region for the past eight years.

“Wen has extensive experience in agriculture business in the Asia Pacific region, which is the largest and most diverse agriculture market worldwide,” said De Souza. “Agriculture insurance and reinsurance continues to play a vital role in supporting government agriculture and disaster-relief schemes, which in turn facilitates solutions that address food security issues. In this regard, we know that Wen has the skills and capabilities to lead a team that can navigate volatility for clients, build resilience in their business operations, and help them to shape better business decisions.”

Chen holds a PhD from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, with a thesis in agriculture drought risk analysis and rainfall index insurance model development.

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