Hi,I was hoping to find out about Aon's reputation as risk management consultants? Are they number 1 in this area as they say on their website?thanks in advance.P

Far from. Put it this way, they wouldn't be able to put that in an advert without getting sued. Unfortunately, company websites aren't subject to advertising standards so they can put any old boll*cks up.Aon are to risk management consulting what Accenture are to outsourcing advice. Sure they have a point of view, but that point of view is entirely informed and centred on selling their own products. No client in their right mind actually employs them for their point of view - they only sign the consulting contract once they've decided to buy Aon products. Even then, they only want warm bodies to configure and implement the product, not to advise or consult on a decision that's already been made.

'risk management' for Aon, Willis, Marsh basically means 'insurance', from basic health and safety workplace reviews up to say the insurable risk profile of the NASA space programme. you can't compare with PWC, Deloitte et al for whom it typically relates to financial risk management (market, credit, operational, liquidity risk).