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Industry Veteran Returns to Aon After Three Years at Marsh CHICAGO, April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon today announced the appointment of Kathy Burns as chief executive officer, Aon Risk Services Americas (ARS-A) eSolutions Group. With this appointment, Burns returns to Aon where she served from 1987 to 2002, after having spent the past three and a half years at Marsh as a senior executive in the company's CS STARS business unit. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO ) Said Greg Case, president and chief executive officer, Aon Corporation: "Without question, Kathy is one of the most talented individuals in the industry; her track record speaks for itself. I am confident that under her leadership the eSolutions Group will continue to provide distinct client value through innovative risk management solutions." Said Michael D. Rice, chairman, Aon Risk Services Americas: "I am pleased to welcome Kathy back to Aon. She is a talented industry veteran; her decision to return to Aon is further proof that this is the destination of choice for the industry's best and brightest." In this role, Burns will drive the eSolutions business in the U.S., and focus on our three premier technology platforms: AonLine, Aon's award-winning client portal, that gives risk managers immediate and secure access to their portfolio data as well as valuable analytic tools; Aon RiskConsole, the company's Risk Management Information System (RMIS) that integrates, refines and analyzes claims, exposure, fleet policy and litigation data from multiple sources to generate risk information and intelligence; and Aon Safetylogic, Aon's online solution designed to communicate, educate, enforce, and evaluate safety programs. Kathy will also have global operational authority for these platforms. Said Ted Devine, head of corporate strategy and chief operating officer, Aon Risk Services Americas: "AonLine, Aon RiskConsole and Aon Safetylogic are innovative, globally available solutions that provide distinct value to our clients. Kathy's appointment underscores Aon's commitment to providing clients with the technological tools they need to do their jobs successfully." Burns will report directly to Devine. Her appointment is effective immediately. 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 Corp., 312.381.2446, 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 of Aon Corp., +1-312-381-2446, Web site: http://www.aon.com/

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