Thomas Bonfiglio
Aon Corporation
Associate Director
Personal Information
School: Temple University
Major: Risk Management and Insurance
Years at College Works: 2006
Career Information
Company You Work For Now: Aon Corporation
Title: Associate Director
Industry: Insurance
Brief Description of Duties / Responsibilities
Manage relationships daily with private equity, hedge fund, and law firm clients. Assess client needs by understanding the nuances of its merger, acquisition, or divestiture transaction. Evaluate the applicability of transactional liability insurance, e.g., Representations & Warranties, Contingent Liability, Fraudulent Conveyance, and Litigation Buyout insurance and broker these policies to resolve deal issues. Review and understand deal documents such as purchase and sale agreements, confidentiality information memorandums, legal and tax opinions, due diligence reports, and transaction structure charts.
What Has Been Your Proudest Accomplishment Post-CWP?
Raising my family. I got married in June 2010 and my daughter was born September 2014.
CWP Career Impact
In one sentence, what has CWP meant to you?
CWP was a great experience to learn what it means to be an entrepreneur.
How did your CWP experience impact your career? Immediately after graduation? Now?
CWP was great because it really showed me what it is like to be thrown into the fire with opportunities. You can only get out of something what you put in and that means sweat equity pays dividends.
What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CWP experience?
As quickly as possible, figure out the most efficient way to do things.
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CWP participants? Current CWP participants?
Don't just sell to sell. Make sure that you can efficiently and profitably complete jobs.
What's your best advice for someone interested in entering your career field?
Network. Do well in school. Try to get internships while in school.
What's your favorite memory from CWP?
Completing my first sale.
Last words of wisdom
Some people are so poor all they have is their money. Remember that there are many ways to measure success in ones life.