What’s New: In Brief (August 26, 2008)

Aon’s Ontario claims group has made a variety of new staff appointments.”These appointments reflect a variety of role changes and promotions, resulting from retirements and other internal moves,” Aon noted in a press release.Eugene Savaia has been appointed senior claims consultant.Savaia has more than 26 years worth of insurance claims experience. He has experience resolving major industrial/commercial property losses, as well as casualty experience during his tenure as National H.O. Mould Technical Specialist at Royal & Sun Alliance. Prior to joining Aon, Savaia provided several years service in the claims unit at Zurich North America Canada. Deanna Scott has been appointed senior claims analyst.She has 10 years of experience at Aon, and will assume responsibility for claims handling and advocacy on the accounts previously handled by the recently-retired Don Roach. Scott will continue to act as liaison for our clients with a focus in the GRS accounts including the Social Housing and Conservation Authority programs. Mark MacDonald has been appointed as a claims advocate. Prior to joining Aon, he gained extensive working knowledge of automobile, liability and property claims. In addition, he gained in-depth experience in accident benefits claims including large losses, special investigation claims and catastrophic claims. Adam Furfuro was appointed claims analyst. He joined Aon in 2005 as part of the Wilfred Laurier University co-op program.

Chrysler Corporation has installed PPG’s Aquabase Plus waterborne paint system in its Auburn Hills, Michigan National Technical Training Center.The change from traditional solvent-based coatings “is part of Chrysler’s commitment to work with environmentally-friendly products and procedures,” PPG noted in a press release. This move brings the training center into conformance with other Chrysler facilities. A majority of Chrysler assembly plants already use PPG waterborne coatings.Ron Nomura, Chrysler’s paint platform body structures manager, dealer technical operations, said: “We have been using PPG systems for years. When we decided to go green, we looked closely at Aquabase Plus. We were very impressed.”It passed all our standards. It’s easier to use. It’s excellent for color-matching and blends smoothly.”