Opinion ID: 1225642
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Heading: Daniel v. Aon Corp.

Text: Daniel v. Aon Corp. was filed in Illinois Circuit Court, Cook County, on August 19, 1999 by Alan Daniel, an Illinois insurance agent who had obtained an errors and omissions policy through Aon. Daniel v. Aon Corp., et al., No.1999-CH-11893 (Ill. Cir.Ct.1999). Mr. Daniel brought this class action against Aon Corporation and Aon Group, Inc., on behalf of purchasers of commercial insurance through Aon's brokerage services. The complaint alleged that Aon and its affiliates received undisclosed financial incentives from insurers that caused them to refer business to insurance companies even if the policy quoted by the insurer was not in the best interest of the customer. The complaint also referenced a 1999 New York Times article (another exhibit submitted by Appellees) for the proposition that large commercial brokers had an incentive to steer business to those insurers that offered the biggest kickbacks, rather than to those that provided the best coverage and lowest prices to the insureds. (J.A. 161.) Amended complaints were filed on November 1, 1999, and February 9, 2001. The Hartford was neither named as a party nor mentioned in any of the complaints. The Daniel lawsuit was mentioned in an insurance industry newsletter, National Underwriter, on October 2, 2000. None of the materials pertaining to the Daniel lawsuit (including the National Underwriter article) mentions The Hartford.