Rick Miller, property observe chief at Aon PLC, died Tuesday after a short sickness.
Boston-based Mr. Miller, 62, had labored as an underwriter and dealer, at all times specializing in the property sector.
Born in West Hartford, Connecticut, he graduated from Boston Faculty and joined Industrial Threat Insurers. He moved to Alexander & Alexander Inc., which was later purchased by Aon, earlier than returning to IRI to run its New York Metropolis workplace.
He later labored at American Worldwide Group Inc. earlier than rejoining Aon in 2005 as chief broking officer for nationwide property. He was named observe chief in 2016 and ran Aon’s annual property symposium for the previous 15 years.
Mr. Miller was well-liked and revered by his colleagues at Aon and within the business, mentioned Rob Stein, head of center market, industrial threat North America, who labored with Mr. Miller at IRI and Aon and knew him for greater than 30 years.
“All people appreciated being round him. He was extremely clever, he was a wealth of data, each good and ineffective,” he mentioned. “It did not matter who you had been, or from what stroll of life you got here from, he handled all people precisely the identical and he took loads of pleasure in growing expertise.”
Pleased with being a property insurance coverage specialist, Mr. Miller was identified for his wonderful technical acumen and management expertise, Mr. Stein mentioned.
