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Despite its troubles, in 2000 Aon bought Reliance Group's accident and health insurance business, as well as Actuarial Sciences Associates, a compensation and employee benefits consulting company.

Later in that year, however, the company decided to cut 6 % of its workforce as part of a restructuring effort.

In 2003, the company saw revenues increase primarily because of rate hikes in the insurance industry ( meaning higher commissions for Aon ).

Also that year Endurance Specialty, a Bermuda-based underwriting operation that Aon helped to establish in November 2001 along with other investors, went public.

The next year Aon sold most of its holdings in Endurance.