The company was founded in 1940 by Edwin Hewitt as Edwin Shields Hewitt and Associates. The company originally was a brokerage house focusing on insurance and personal financial services.
In the 1970’s Hewitt developed and marketed its Benefit Index to track performance of benefit programs. This index was the first in the industry.
By the early 2000’s the company was operating in the United States, England, Ireland, and Malaysia and had 150 corporate clients and over $2 billion in revenue.
In 2010 Hewitt was acquired by Aon, a British multinational that provides risk management, insurance, reinsurance brokerage, human resource solutions, and outsourcing services through 500 offices in 120 countries.
Hewitt was then merged with Aon Consulting Worldwide to create Aon Hewitt and is now operated as a subsidiary of Aon plc.
Aon Hewitt
The company was founded in 1940 by Edwin Hewitt as Edwin Shields Hewitt and Associates. The company originally was a brokerage house focusing on insurance and personal financial services.
In the 1970’s Hewitt developed and marketed its Benefit Index to track performance of benefit programs. This index was the first in the industry.
By the early 2000’s the company was operating in the United States, England, Ireland, and Malaysia and had 150 corporate clients and over $2 billion in revenue.
History
In 2010 Hewitt was acquired by Aon, a British multinational that provides risk management, insurance, reinsurance brokerage, human resource solutions, and outsourcing services through 500 offices in 120 countries.
Hewitt was then merged with Aon Consulting Worldwide to create Aon Hewitt and is now operated as a subsidiary of Aon plc.
