Aon Benefits Plan Defeats Ex-Executive’s Wrongful Denial Suit

An executive retirement plan reasonably denied $3.2 million in benefits to a former Aon vice president who the company accused of recruiting colleagues and high-value clients to a competitor after his resignation, a federal court ruled.

Michael Landa left Aon Risk Services in June 2021, resigning over what he described as the company’s failure to honor certain assurances related to a potential merger. Landa later joined a competing firm, Marsh USA Inc., and in the following months, some of his largest clients and former Aon co-workers moved over to Marsh, according to court records.

Landa sued the Aon Corporation Excess ...