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Company Achieves Score of 95 Out of 100 CHICAGO, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Corporation (NYSE:AOC) is a leader among its peers in benefits and protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees and consumers, according to the Human Rights Campaign. In the organization's fifth annual Corporate Equality Index, Aon scored a 95 ranking out of a possible 100. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO ) The index measures companies on factors including whether they have a written non-discrimination policy covering sexual orientation, offer health insurance and family leave policies to employees' same-sex partners, offer diversity training, or have affinity groups representing gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees. "Diversity in all its many forms is valued at Aon," said Aon President and Chief Executive Officer Gregory C. Case. "We understand that leveraging a diverse workforce is the bridge between our workplace and the marketplace and what helps us to deliver distinctive value to our clients." Among companies in the insurance, insurance and reinsurance brokerage and human capital consulting industries, Aon was recognized for including sexual orientation in the company's equal employment opportunity policy, providing diversity training on sexual orientation and providing domestic partner health insurance. Aon bested the consulting industry average by six points and the insurance industry average by 16 points. "Aon Corporation is committed to offering opportunity to members of diverse cultures, lifestyles, backgrounds, and thought," said Aon Corp. Global Chief Diversity Officer Corbette Doyle. "Recognition by the Human Rights Campaign is gratifying as we continue to bolster Aon's reputation as the employer of choice in our industries." The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against GLBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all. About Aon Aon Corporation ( 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 46,000 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: Rahsaan Johnson, Aon Corporation 312.381.2684 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, our ability to consummate the pending sale of the Aon Warranty Group, 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: Rahsaan Johnson of Aon Corporation, +1-312-381-2684, or Web site: http://www.aon.com/

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