Aon Corp. on Mar 12 named Deems Davis CIO, Bobby Jann chief administrative officer and Rob Mancuso corporate communications officer for Combined Specialty Corp.

Davis will be responsible for strategies, policies, plans, architectures, standards and process improvement initiatives associated with information technology. He will also be responsible for overseeing knowledge sharing and optimizing, leveraging and coordinating enterprise-wide IT investments and installed technologies.

Before joining Combined, Davis was COO for Goodshark Enterprises, a technology start-up providing human capital management solutions. Prior to Goodshark, Davis was CIO for Fireman's Fund Insurance Company after having held a variety of executive-level IT positions within that organization.

Bobby Jann will be responsible for all day-to-day administrative functions, including corporate travel, real estate, facilities management, security, strategic sourcing, office services, procurement and corporate media. Before being named to this new position, Jann was the director of marketing services for Combined Insurance Co. of America, a position he had held since 1998. Prior to joining Combined, he was national training director for Serta Mattress Co.

Rob Mancuso will be responsible for public relations, media relations, advertising and marketing. Before this position, Mancuso held the positions of senior vice president, ebusiness for Aon Warranty Group and vice president, special markets for the Resource Dealer Group, an Aon Company.

"We're truly fortunate to have these executives on our team and ready to take on more responsibility," said Dennis B. Reding, CEO of Combined Specialty Corp. "They bring a wealth of experience and expertise to their roles, and will play an integral part in establishing Combined Specialty as a major independent underwriting and property casualty insurance leader.

In 2001, Aon announced plans to spin off its underwriting operations to stockholders through a new company to be named Combined Specialty Corp. The spinoff is scheduled for spring, 2002.

Aon Corp. (www.aon.com) is a holding company that is comprised of a family of insurance brokerage, consulting and insurance underwriting subsidiaries.