{"id":927,"date":"2006-01-24T20:36:28","date_gmt":"2006-01-24T20:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/uncategorised\/regime\/927-us-insurer-to-pull-out-of-iran"},"modified":"2023-01-12T13:32:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T12:32:15","slug":"us-insurer-to-pull-out-of-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/regime\/us-insurer-to-pull-out-of-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"US insurer to pull out of Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-28370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2006\/01\/Aon-insurer.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"71\" style=\"float: right\" alt=\"Image\" title=\"Image\" border=\"0\" \/>US insurer Aon Corp. said it would pull out of Iran following concerns raised by the New York City Pension Funds about corporate connections to nations deemed to sponsor terrorism.<br \/> In an open letter to city Comptroller William Thompson, Aon executive chairman Patrick Ryan said the company would &quot;indefinitely suspend&quot; its business ties with Iran from April 1.<\/p>\n<p>  &quot;As of that date, neither Aon nor any of its subsidiaries will maintain an office or other physical presences in Iran or do work for government or business entities domiciled there,&quot; Ryan said.<\/p>\n<p>A group of funds, including the New York City Police Pension Fund and the New York City Board of Education Retirement System, filed a shareholder proposal requesting Aon to review its links to Iran in late 2004, with particular attention to potential financial and reputational risks.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Aon has made the right decision, and one that I hope other companies will achieve as well,&quot; Thompson said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I am pleased that Aon has examined its overseas operations and realized that its corporate connections to Iran were not in the best interests of its shareholders, and this country,&quot; he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US insurer Aon Corp. said it would pull out of Iran following concerns raised by the New York City Pension Funds about corporate connections to nations deemed to sponsor terrorism. 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