“Limited fallout” from Aon-Willis merger for Asia instos

A huge deal to combine the world’s second and third-largest insurance brokers might typically have dominated the news flow in financial markets. Not so last week. The merger of Aon and Willis Towers Watson (WTW), announced on March 9, was overshadowed by the massive oil price crash the same day and continuing coronavirus-fuelled market convulsions in the following week. Yet the transaction – which will see the $80 billion combined group take the Aon name – is certainly significa…