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Aon plc (NYSE:AON ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call January 31, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Greg Case - Chief Executive Officer Edmund Reese - Chief Financial Officer Eric Andersen - President Conference Call Participants Andrew Kligerman - TD Securities David Motemaden - Evercore ISI Elyse Greenspan - Wells Fargo Jimmy Bhullar - JPMorgan Charles Lederer - BMO Capital Markets Robert Cox - Goldman Sachs Operator Good morning, and thank you for holding. Welcome to Aon plc's Fourth Quarter 2024 Conference Call.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Aon (AON) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended December 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Aon (AON) came out with quarterly earnings of $4.42 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.24 per share. This compares to earnings of $3.89 per share a year ago.

DUBLIN , Jan. 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON) today reported results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2024. Fourth Quarter 2024 Full Year 2024 2024 2023 Change 2024 2023 Change Total revenue $4,147 $3,375 23 % $15,698 $13,376 17 % Organic revenue growth (Non-GAAP) 6 % 6 % Operating margin 26.3 % 23.1 % 24.4 % 28.3 % Adjusted operating margin (Non-GAAP) 33.3 % 33.8 % 31.5 % 31.6 % Diluted EPS $3.28 $2.47 33 % $12.49 $12.51 — % Adjusted EPS (Non-GAAP) $4.42 $3.89 14 % $15.60 $14.14 10 % Cash provided by operations $1,200 $1,261 (5) % $3,035 $3,435 (12) % Free cash flow (Non-GAAP) $1,145 $1,212 (6) % $2,817 $3,183 (11) %   We closed the year with another strong quarter of performance and delivered an outstanding full year 2024, with 6% Organic revenue growth, strong margins, double-digit adjusted EPS growth and $2.8 billion of Free Cash Flow, with NFP performing inline or better than our business case We are introducing 2025 guidance

We are in the initial stages of the fourth-quarter 2024 earnings season. So far, results have come in line with expectations.

AON's fourth-quarter results are likely to benefit from global expansion in the core health and benefits brokerage business.

Aon (AON) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

Annual report reveals 60 percent of economic damage caused by catastrophes in 2024 was uninsured Insured losses reached $145 billion globally – the sixth costliest year on record DUBLIN , Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --  Aon plc  (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today published its 2025 Climate and Catastrophe Insight report, which identifies global natural disaster and climate trends to quantify the risk and human impact of extreme weather events in 2024. The report reveals global natural disaster events caused $368 billion (2023: $397 billion) in economic losses in 2024, driven by hurricanes and severe convective storms (SCS) in the U.S. This is 14 percent above the 21st-century average and the ninth consecutive year of losses exceeding $300 billion.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #HiringTrends--The first-quarter 2025 iteration of the Semi-Annual U.S. Insurance Labor Market Study is now open through February 2.

Inaugural study of employees in 23 geographies reveals employees are engaging in a "hustle reset" as they reassess where and how much they work DUBLIN , Jan. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today released results from its 2025 Human Capital Employee Sentiment Study . The global study of more than 9,000 employees across 23 geographies, including the U.S., UK, Brazil and Australia, found that a majority of workers have their eye on their next move and do not feel motivated to grow their skill set as they prioritize well-being and work-life balance.