It appears that somehow Aon has gotten caught up in Great Britain's hacking scandal.
Britain's Daily Mail Sunday reported last week that the international insurance broker (viewed as number one in the world by some estimates) turned-up on a secret list kept by the United Kingdom's Serious Organized Crime Agency, along with a number of other blue chip firms. These include Deloitte, Chase Manhattan Bank and Credit Suisse.
The hacking scandal in Britain caused a sensation after it was discovered that reporters at one of London's major newspapers employed private detectives to purloin messages from cell phones. The practice became particularly upsetting to many in the United Kingdom when it was revealed reporters hacked into the cell phone a young girl, Milly Dowler, who was murdered in 2002.
What Aon and the others are doing on the list remains a mystery. The Mail indicates that Aon--which is a sponsor of soccer powerhouse Manchester United--and the others may be part of some dirty conspiracy employing the services of the detectives. Then again, maybe not, since London officials says no company named may be involved in any activity and the Mail acknowledges only knowing that the names are there, but does not know how they are linked. For now, the only crime these companies have committed was to appear on a list related to a sensational story.
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