UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. AON PLC et al

  1. July 26, 2021

    Aon, Willis Pull Plug On $30B Merger Plan After DOJ Probe

    Insurance brokers Aon PLC and Willis Towers Watson said on Monday that they will withdraw from a $30 billion mega-merger in the face of the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust challenge to the transaction.

  2. July 21, 2021

    DOJ May Reach Partial Settlement In Aon-Wills Merger

    The U.S. Department of Justice may be able to reach a settlement with Aon PLC and Willis Towers Watson on three out of the five markets the agency alleged the insurance brokers' $30 billion proposed merger negatively impacts.

  3. July 15, 2021

    Judge Grills DOJ Over Doc Sharing In Aon-Willis Merger Spat

    The U.S. Department of Justice agreed to cough up within a week investigative materials it collected before challenging the $30 billion proposed merger between insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson, after a D.C. federal judge suggested Thursday the agency is eating up time and not adhering to its typical practice for turning over documents.

  4. July 09, 2021

    DOJ, Aon Agree To Info Safeguards After Contentious Hearing

    The U.S. Department of Justice and insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson agreed to safeguards for confidential information in the DOJ's challenge to the $30 billion merger just days after disputes over those protections fueled a contentious D.C. federal court hearing.

  5. July 09, 2021

    EU Approves $30B Aon-Willis Merger With Conditions

    The European Commission gave its conditional approval on Friday to the $30 billion merger between insurance brokers Aon PLC and Willis Towers Watson, ending a six-month antitrust probe and shifting focus to a November legal contest in the U.S.

  6. July 06, 2021

    DOJ Gets Nov. Trial Date For Aon Merger Challenge

    A fight over the timing of the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit challenging the $30 billion merger between insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson, and its now mid-November trial date, turned into a brawl of words over protecting confidential documents during a D.C. federal court hearing Tuesday.

  7. July 02, 2021

    Aon Says DOJ Must Fill 'Critical Gaps' In Merger Challenge

    Aon PLC and Willis Towers Watson offered an early peek Thursday into their arguments against the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit challenging their $30 billion merger, in a brief seeking key details like customer and market definitions that the insurance brokers say government attorneys left out of their complaint.

  8. June 24, 2021

    DOJ, Aon Squabble Over Discovery In Merger Clash

    The U.S. Department of Justice fired back at Aon PLC's and Willis Towers Watson's bid to access materials concerning the government's challenge to their $30 billion merger, telling a D.C. federal court the insurance brokers are trying to short circuit what should be a mutual process to draft protective and case management orders.

  9. June 21, 2021

    Aon Taps Latham For $30B Willis Merger Fight With DOJ

    Global insurance broker Aon PLC has hired six Latham & Watkins LLP partners, including former Federal Trade Commission Competition Bureau chief Ian Conner, to fight the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit in D.C. federal court seeking to block its planned $30 billion merger with Willis Towers Watson.

  10. June 16, 2021

    DOJ Sues To Block Aon's $30B Willis Towers Watson Merger

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday sued in D.C. federal court to block Aon PLC's planned $30 billion merger with Willis Towers Watson, saying that combining two of the "Big Three" global insurance brokers would result in higher prices and less innovation in the industry.