Aon has appointed Adam Cox as director of One Underwriting, to lead the company’s growing managing general agency business.

Mr Cox will head a national, specialist team of 30 underwriters, growing Aon’s distribution in Australia through expansion of the third-party broker network.

He was most recently at Swiss Re, responsible for leading Australia and New Zealand business strategy as country manager, corporate solutions.

The former head of One Underwriting, Alison Smith, will become Regional Director Southern and Western – Commercial. She will be responsible for Aon’s client engagement in mid-market and SME across Victoria, Tasmania, SA and WA.