{"id":58673,"date":"2025-12-12T02:29:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T02:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/58673\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T02:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T02:29:18","slug":"why-ken-scaggs-left-miamis-sunny-skies-to-lead-aons-local-office-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/58673\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Ken Scaggs left Miami\u2019s sunny skies to lead Aon\u2019s local office \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">For the past year, Ken Scaggs has led the Pittsburgh office of commercial insurance broker Aon. The agency, with its office here based downtown, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/subscriber-only\/2025\/11\/07\/the-list-commercial-insurance-brokers.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">employs around 60 locally<\/a>, and it focuses on insurance and risk management offerings in a wide range of areas, including cyber risk, employee health and benefits, retirements and pensions. Scaggs was called to Pittsburgh from Miami in November 2024 following the departure of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2025\/12\/01\/oswald-relocates-pittsburgh-office.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">former Pittsburgh office leader Sherri Grasak<\/a>, and he brings with him several decades of experience in the insurance industry, with a particular focus in the area of cyber insurance. His most recent role prior was as senior vice president and leader for Aon\u2019s Cyber Solutions team in the Southeast region.<\/p>\n<p>Tell me a bit about your background \u2014 where are you from originally?<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">I was born and raised in New York, Manhattan, and then moved to New Jersey. I went to college in Connecticut. I met my wife back in New Jersey in 2012, and we met during the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy that came through the Northeast. We were both at a donation center volunteering, and we met there. And then in 2019, we moved to Miami, which was where we were going to stay. 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