Aon's New CIO to Open A.M. Best's E-Fusion 2005 Conference.OLDWICK, N.J. -- William "Bill" Pieroni, the new chief information officer at Aon Corp., will deliver the first-day opening address at E-Fusion 2005, A.M. Best Co.'s fall conference on insurance, operations and technology. E-Fusion 2005 will be held Monday, Oct. 17 and Tuesday, Oct. 18 at the Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn's Landing Penn's Landing is the waterfront area of the Center City along the Delaware River section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is so named since the founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn, was storied to have first docked here in 1682. . This is Pieroni's first major speaking appearance since taking the high-profile CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. post earlier this year. Pieroni is a well-known insurance technologist from his days as the General Manager for IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Global Insurance Industry. Prior to joining IBM, Pieroni was a partner at Accenture where he also specialized in insurance. He also worked with McKinsey & Co., again with a focus on the insurance industry. Pieroni holds an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Harvard and was named Baker scholar. "For a CIO, Bill has an unusual perspective on the insurance industry," said Paul C. Tinnirello, chairman of the E-Fusion conference and A.M. Best's chief information officer. "He's up to date with the latest technology and has a profound grasp of what makes insurance work--particularly the need to bring together underwriting, distribution and operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. ." Aon Corp., headquartered in Chicago, is a leading provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract. brokerage, human capital and management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects , and specialty insurance underwriting. The E-Fusion Conference (http://www.efusion2005.com) brings together insurers, technologists and thought leaders to examine the latest developments in technology and risk. At the conclusion of the event, judges name recipients of the E-Fusion Awards to companies with outstanding efforts in underwriting, distribution, customer management and other areas. Full details are online at http://www.efusion2005.com. A.M. Best Co., established in 1899, is the world's oldest and most authoritative insurance rating and information source. For more information, visit A.M. Best's Web site at http://www.ambest.com. |
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