1K+
Dedicated Aon Colleagues
Source: Aon proprietary data
Real-time insights to optimize spend
Activate: Connected Benefits and Total Rewards
What is Activate?
Activate is a data-led and scalable total rewards and employee benefits platform enhanced by AI-powered tools. It unifies benefits, wellbeing, pensions and rewards into one digital platform to improve employee experience, employee engagement and optimize your human capital investment.
Make The Move. Activate.
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A Strategic Total Rewards and Employee Benefits Platform
Our Activate platform delivers a globally consistent experience, adapted to local needs and strengthened by our expertise.
By connecting employee benefits and total rewards, data and intelligent applications, Activate delivers an insight driven experience that streamlines end to end processes benefits administration and total reward processes.
Powered by automation and intelligent integration, it drives efficiency at scale and helps employees, HR teams and total rewards leaders make better decisions at the moments that matter.
Built on 40+ Years of Experience
Backed by over 40 years of human capital expertise, sustained investment in analytics, infrastructure and Aon Business Services (ABS), we combine deep advisory insight with leading technology to transform the employer and employee experience.
Activate is designed to be future-ready while meeting the demands of complex organizations and the expectations of today’s workforce.
Together its capabilities make Activate a, data‑led total rewards and employee benefits platform built to evolve with your strategy, enhanced by AI and brought to life by our people and their deep expertise, supporting scale, efficiency and growth.
It’s intelligent benefit and total reward capabilities include:
Core Platform Capabilities
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Personalized, Self Service, AI Powered Experiences
Responsible AI and intuitive self service tools – including an AI Concierge to help employees confidently navigate their benefits and total rewards, while giving employers clear visibility into usage and the ability to manage and update the platform themselves.
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Automated, API Enabled Operations
Integrated, automated and outsourced processes improve operational efficiency and significantly reduce HR administration burden in benefits and total rewards management.
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Faster, Scalable Onboarding
Streamlined onboarding enables total reward and employee benefit solutions to be deployed at scale across global workforces, with real time showcase configuration and plug-in applications that let you evolve without heavy build or long implementation timelines.
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Real Time, Actionable Insights
Turn insight into action with real time AI driven intelligence unlocked through automated analytics and conversational AI - supporting smarter, faster workforce, benefits and total rewards decisions, helping you improve engagement, benefit uptake and optimize ROI.
Activate Product Tiers
Our Activate product tiers offer a global total rewards and employee benefits platform experience that is designed to scale seamlessly with your organization and your human capital strategy.
One platform delivering global consistency with local relevance.
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Hub
Unified Employee Engagement Portal
Provide access, content, and communications in one centralized location to all employees. -
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Personalized Employee Engagement Portal
HR data used to personalize content to employees. -
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Customizable Benefits Experience
Offer a simple, modern experience where employees can choose their benefits, retirement, wellbeing, and rewards. -
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Comprehensive Employee Experience
Builds on Core, enhancing choice, through intelligent modelling and deeper automation (e.g., enhanced flexible benefits, wallets, and modelers).
More Health and Benefits Offerings
Underpinning Activate product tiers is Activate Studio* which includes, employer AI concierge, insights analytics and reporting, library, content editor and employee view and impersonate.
Activate can also be enhanced with plug-in modules such as pre-joiner solutions, HR/payroll integration, provider integration, document upload, claims re-imbursement, retirement solutions, total rewards statements, custom modelers, personalized videos and data drive campaigns.
*Availability will vary by jurisdiction and will be based on client need - contact us to learn more.
A Consumer Grade Employee Experience Platform
Activate delivers a consumer-grade experience across web, mobile and omnichannel communications, connecting employees with their digital benefits and total rewards in ways that feel intuitive, relevant and easy to use, improving transparency and engagement.
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6M
Individuals Covered
Source: Aon proprietary data as at October 2025
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1K+
Portals supporting clients and their employees across the globe
Source: Aon Proprietary data, as at October 2025
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100+
Countries Delivering Enrollment Solutions
Source: Aon Proprietary data, as at October 2025
We are also committed to ensuring accessibility for all users. That's why Activate meets WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standards, delivering an inclusive, user friendly experience for every employee.
A Consumer‑Grade Employee Experience
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Web Platform
One global URL for all employee benefits and total rewards, delivering a cutting-edge, intuitive experience powered by unified data and intelligent automation.
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Mobile App
A full employee benefits and total rewards experience on mobile, including biometric login, push notifications, claims document upload and single sign on to wellbeing, discounts and retirement.
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Omnichannel Communications
Personalized emails, platform banners, campaign spaces and push notifications that deliver timely, relevant messages when they matter most.
One Connected Ecosystem for Employee Benefits, Total Rewards, Technology and Data
From an employer perspective, we combine our Activate platform with a suite of expert led consulting and insight services - designed as one connected ecosystem for employee benefits and total rewards. From insight and benchmarking to employee listening and intelligent campaigns, we help turn data into action, helping you shape global benefits strategy, drive engagement, and deliver measurable outcomes across wellbeing, pensions, benefits and total rewards.
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98%
client retention rate
Source: Aon proprietary data as at 2021-2024
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138
languages
Source: Aon proprietary data, includes languages and dialects.
Ready to Activate a Connected Employee Benefits and Total Rewards Strategy?
Employers invest heavily in employee benefits and total rewards. The real differentiator is how effectively that investment is activated. By combining advanced technology, integrated data and deep expertise, Activate helps organizations and HR / Total Rewards leaders reduce cost, improve return on investment, and drive higher engagement through a connected, personalized employee benefits and total rewards experience - turning insight into action and benefits into measurable impact.
Discover how our platform delivers measurable impact - enhancing operational efficiency, streamlining global benefits administration, elevating employee experience, and driving strategic value.
Make the move. Activate.
FP No: M26004
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