May 2005/4

Steve McGill, the former chief executive of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, has left his short consultancy role at Benfield Group to join Aon Corp.

Under-the-cosh insurance giant AIG was facing more fallout from its errant accounting practices today when it was reported in the Wall Street Journal that a further “six or more” senior executives will be forced to leave the company in the next two weeks.