LONDON (12 February, 2016) - Aon Employee Benefits, the UK health and benefits business of Aon plc (NYSE: AON), has won two awards at the Corporate Adviser awards ceremony at the Lancaster Hotel in London. It has been named Firm of the Year and received the award for Best Use of Technology by a Corporate Adviser.
The Corporate Adviser Awards acknowledge excellence in the provision and communication of advice and financial products through the workplace.
The Firm of the Year award recognises Aon for taking innovation to the nation's workers as it supports nearly 1 million UK employees in flex, pensions, auto-enrolment, health & wellbeing, group risk and financial education through its Bigblue technology
The Best Use of Technology Award was given to Aon both for advancing gamification with Bigblue Play which supports savers, and for its online retirement solution, Bigblue Touch4life, which is an online retirement planning platform that guides members through retirement decisions. The judges said that Aon is pulling together aggregation, behavioural finance and gamification into a compelling proposition.
Aon's clients and work have been recognised with seven awards in the past year, spanning benefits innovation and consultancy at the Workplace Savings and Benefits Awards, HR and benefits solutions at the Director of Finance Awards and, alongside clients, at the Employee Benefits Awards, for international work and most motivational benefits.
Now in their ninth year, the Corporate Adviser Awards celebrate advisers and providers that have brought real innovations to the field of workplace financial services, innovations that have been shown to be valued by both employers and employees at a time of unprecedented change.
Aon UK Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 00210725. Registered Office: The Aon Centre, The Leadenhall Building, 122 Leadenhall Street, London EC3V 4AN.