Aon establishes government contracting practice

Aon PLC said Wednesday it has launched a U.S. government contracting practice headed by Michal Gnatek, a former risk manager and broker, and has added former Marsh LLC broker Allison Fogarty to lead the practice’s risk and insurance team.

The practice will service accounts previously handled by various other Aon practices and offer insurance placement, benefits consulting and other services.

Mr. Gnatek joined Aon as a managing director last year after spending six years as an enterprise risk manager at Mitre Corp., a nonprofit operating federally funded research and development centers. Before Mitre, he worked at Marsh and Lockton Cos. LLC.

Ms. Fogarty, who joined Aon as a managing director last month, was previously a senior vice president at Marsh.

Both executives are based in Washington.