AOC Aon Corp.

Aon Surveys Participants at 9th Latin American Energy Insurance Conference, Gains Insight on Key Industry Topics CANCUN, Mexico, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- According to an Aon survey, 61 percent of voters believe that energy companies from Latin America should expect their programs to benefit from increased appetite for international business later in 2006. The finding is derived from a survey taken by nearly 240 audience members at Aon's 9th Latin American Energy Insurance Conference hosted in Cancun, Mexico. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO ) The audience, consisting of brokers, energy insurance buyers, and insurers from Latin America and other regions, has congregated in Cancun to exchange ideas and discuss market implications of the 2005 hurricane season. Said Magne Seljeflot, chairman, Aon Natural Resources Global Practice Group: "We've been doing this for nine years, and every year it gets better. Risk management is more than policy buying. It's our job as risk consultants to educate clients. This year, after the 2005 hurricanes, the intricacies of energy risk are greater than ever. We're working with clients to help them better understand the risks they face, and to mitigate that risk through multiple methods." Other survey findings include: -- Despite controversy over contingent business interruption that has come to light since the 2005 hurricane season, only 42 percent of insurers believe that contingent business interruption insurance for energy risks can never be underwritten successfully in the long term, and should be excluded from the cover provided; -- Sixty-seven percent of voters indicated they believe that the energy insurance market will respond to today's underwriting challenges and price its cover for U.S. windstorm effectively in the future; and -- Only 40 percent of voters believe that all insurers and reinsurers will be able to rely on accurate catastrophe models -- whatever of the weather. The audience was asked to choose between six options: strongly agree; agree; somewhat agree; somewhat disagree; disagree; and strongly disagree. The percentages above reflect all affirmative votes -- any degree of agree -- to each question. About Aon Aon Corporation (NYSE:AOC) ( http://www.aon.com/ ) is a leading provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human capital and management consulting, and specialty insurance underwriting. There are 47,000 employees working in Aon's 500 offices in more than 120 countries. Backed by broad resources, industry knowledge and technical expertise, Aon professionals help a wide range of clients develop effective risk management and workforce productivity solutions. For more information, contact: Thaddeus Woosley, Aon Corporation, +1.312.925.5587, Kelly Drinkwine, KemperLesnik Communications, +1.312.755.3537, This press release contains certain statements related to future results, or states our intentions, beliefs and expectations or predictions for the future which are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from either historical or anticipated results depending on a variety of factors. Potential factors that could impact results include: general economic conditions in different countries in which we do business around the world, changes in global equity and fixed income markets that could affect the return on invested assets, fluctuations in exchange and interest rates that could influence revenue and expense, rating agency actions that could affect our ability to borrow funds, funding of our various pension plans, changes in the competitive environment, our ability to implement restructuring initiatives and other initiatives intended to yield cost savings, our ability to execute the stock repurchase program, changes in commercial property and casualty markets and commercial premium rates that could impact revenues, changes in revenues and earnings due to the elimination of contingent commissions, other uncertainties surrounding a new compensation model, the impact of investigations brought by state attorneys general, state insurance regulators, federal prosecutors, and federal regulators, the impact of class actions and individual lawsuits including client class actions, securities class actions, derivative actions, and ERISA class actions, the cost of resolution of other contingent liabilities and loss contingencies, and the difference in ultimate paid claims in our underwriting companies from actuarial estimates. Further information concerning the Company and its business, including factors that potentially could materially affect the Company's financial results, is contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Aon Corporation CONTACT: Thaddeus Woosley, Aon Corporation, +1.312.925.5587, ; or Kelly Drinkwine, KemperLesnik Communications, +1-312-755-3537, or Web site: http://www.aon.com/

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