Megan Hart

Hart is the global head of analytics and collaborations within climate risk advisory at Aon, based in Southfield, MI. Hart works on development and deployment of analytics capabilities to help Aon’s clients understand and appropriately manage their climate risk. This includes development of data and tools in-house as well as engagement with academic research institutions and private companies via partnerships worldwide.

Hart joined Aon in 2014 as part of the catastrophe management group in Aon Reinsurance Solutions, helping insurance companies to develop custom, well-informed views of risk across key peril regions. She leveraged detailed model evaluations, claims data, lessons learned from recent events, and insight into non-modeled risk and climate change impacts to develop client-specific and holistic views of natural catastrophe risk to be used throughout the organization for underwriting and accumulation management, growth strategy consideration, and risk transfer. 

Hart’s expertise is in understanding the potential frequency and severity of natural catastrophe events both now and into the future leveraging historical data and scientific research. This can then be used on a company specific basis to understand implications on the built environment and business operations.

Hart has been a board member for the International Society of Catastrophe Managers (ISCM) since 2020 and has been serving as the chair of the education committee since 2022. 

Hart also serves as a member of the board of governors for the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), which promotes research and application of scientific and mathematical principles to address existing and emerging engineering and societal issues.

Hart graduated with a bachelor’s and PhD in civil engineering, both from the University of Notre Dame. Her graduate research focused on natural catastrophes and impacts on the built environment, data-driven models, and wind engineering.

Hart also holds the Certified Catastrophe Risk Management Professional (CCRMP) credential, a collaboration between the International Society of Catastrophe Managers (ISCM) and The CAS Institute (iCAS), as well as the Verisk Certified Extreme Event Modeler (CEEM) designation.