“Aon is an innovative and trustworthy partner. We have done quite a
few projects with Aon in various fields (cybersecurity, personal data
protection, offshore wind farm). Aon’s incredible team make very
creative business ideas possible.” – Jackson Shuai-Sheng Huang,
Managing Partner, Formosa Transnational Attorneys at Law
workers for doing well in their work, we discuss
innovation,” he explains. “Every quarter, we give
an innovation award to someone who did things
differently and made an impact on the business.
We like new ideas, so it doesn’t matter if the idea is
not great. It can be about how to serve our clients,
manage the business, organise ourselves... anything.”
To further encourage innovation within the
business, Ernest emphasises the importance of
employees challenging themselves. “Whenever
something is done, you need to keep asking if there’s
an alternative way to do it,” he says. “So people try
to challenge each other and, hopefully, by doing that,
they can have a second opinion on how they can
do things differently.” For instance, Aon Taiwan is
planning to remodel its 25-year-old office. As part
of the plan, the company will be inviting ideas from
the staff on how to organise it, how people should
be seated and where to put the meeting rooms.
The initiatives the company has implemented
have led to the establishment of the culture
committee. “They come together with the key
objective: to bring us some new ideas on how to
do things,” Ernest says. “For example, how we
communicate with people, present ourselves, organise
a meeting, as well as what our employees expect from
the organisation.” The committee is big on diversity
and includes people with different experience levels
and professional backgrounds.
GOING GREEN
Ernest adds that one of Aon Taiwan’s biggest
achievements so far, in terms of innovation, has
been developing insurance solutions for clients
entering the green energy market.
“In the past, we thought opportunities only
laid in Taiwan’s traditional industries, so we were too
focused on them,” Ernest explains. “But we realised
that we had to develop and move to the blue ocean.
“A few years ago, we started making investments
in green energy such as offshore wind farms, solar
and energy-saving, which is quite a new idea in
Taiwan. The government is also promoting this
industry. We set up a team specialising in green
energy and I can say that, in terms of this capability,
nobody in the market compares with us. We have
now become a market leader in this area.”
With the possibilities in the green energy sector,
Aon Taiwan has an even brighter future ahead.“BUILD TEAM SPIRIT
FIRST... TEAMWORK
HAS BECOME ONE OF
THE DRIVING FORCES
BEHIND MANY OF
OUR WINS.”
Top 10 enterprise risks
in Taiwan- Increasing competition
- Exchange rate fluctuation
- Economic slowdown and slow recovery
- Failure to innovate and meet customer needs
- Failure to attract or retain top talent
- Growing burden and consequences
of corporate governance/compliance - Accelerated rates of change in market factors
and geopolitical risk environment - Political risk and uncertainties
- Regulatory and legislative changes
- Damage to reputation and brand
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