| History
1919 At the age of
16, Mr. Stone began selling insurance at the Dime Bank
Building in Detroit, Michigan.
1922W. Clement Stone
borrows $100 and moves to Chicago, rents desk space
at 29 S. LaSalle for $25/month and establishes an insurance
agency under the name, Combined Registry Co.
1929Combined Registry
Company survives the crash of the stock market (and
ensuing four-year period of the Great Depression). During
this time, Mr. Stone develops Combined's "blueprint
for success" for field training new and experienced
agents.
1939Combined Mutual
Casualty Company is organized and the company continues
to expand, with the purchase of the American Casualty
Company in Texas.
1947The company changes
its name to Combined Insurance Company of America. Combined
Insurance Company of America and Combined Mutual Casualty
Company merge.
1956Combined begins
international expansion when it becomes licensed to
do business in Canada.
1959 Combined's Accident
division achieves $100 million in premium, and the same
year, operations are extended into Australia.
1960The company continues
to expand worldwide, extending operations Southward
into Puerto Rico.
1963Combined expands
across the Atlantic to Europe, with the addition of
Britain and Northern Ireland.
1964Patrick G. Ryan
founds Ryan Insurance Group, pioneering the sale of
insurance products and warranties sold through automobile
dealerships.
1966Life Insurance
is introduced to the company product line.
1971Combined agents
sell more than $1 billion dollars of life insurance
in less than five years. Combined Life Insurance Company
of New York is established.
1977Combined's Vice
President, Richard Ravin, in an unprecedented move,
decides to enter the field as a sales representative.
In 9 weeks and 2 days he achieves a Grand Diamond award-
an All-Time Record.
1980The holding company,
Combined International Corporation is formed
1982Ryan Insurance
Group merges with Combined International Corporation
to form what later became Aon Corporation. Mr. Stone
takes on the duties as its first Chairman. Patrick Ryan
becomes the President and Chief Executive Officer.
1985Combined International
announces a joint venture with the Rubloff Company to
construct a new corporate headquarters building at 123
N. Wacker Drive in Chicago.
1987Combined International
changes its name to Aon Corporation. Aon in Gaelic signifies
"oneness" and "unity".
1990Patrick G. Ryan
elected chairman Aon Corporation.
1991Richard Ravin
is promoted to President and CEO of Combined.
1992Under Richard
Ravin's leadership, Combined achieves its objective
of more than $500 million in premium.
1994Combined reaches
75th year milestone.
1996Combined reaches
$1 billion dollars of total revenue.
1997Combined's Worksite
Marketing division, Worksite Solutions, completes its
first full year, and achieves $1 million in premium.
1997-99Combined expands
into Latin America; 1997 Mexico,
1998 Argentina, 1999
Brazil.1998Combined announces vision of $2 billion of
revenue by 2010.2000In January,
2000, Combined unveils
the new company logo.The new logo is a fresh, dynamic
redesign of the classic eagle which has been part of
the company's tradition for decades.
2002Combined expands
into Thailand our first Asian Operation
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