AOC Aon Corp.

CHICAGO, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Re Global, Inc. ranks largest in the world among reinsurance brokers, according to data compiled by industry publication Business Insurance. The Aon Corp. unit, which has 2,860 employees in offices around the world, posted $920 million in 2005 reinsurance brokerage revenues. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO ) "While ranking highest among reinsurance brokers is a source of pride for Aon Re Global, the ranking is the result of my colleagues' dedication to operating as a global team focused on offering value to our clients," said Michael D. O'Halleran, chairman and chief executive officer of Aon Re Global. "Going forward, our strategy remains the same -- to be the best at listening and delivering more to our clients." Underscoring its size and capabilities, Aon Re Global leads the industry in facilitating traditional capital solutions, as well as in placing reinsurance sidecars and catastrophe bonds. The company's Aon Capital Markets unit announced in August it had facilitated a $300 million catastrophe bond placement, the largest this year. In addition, the company's Aon Re Services unit provides clients analytical and modeling tools that have improved insurance companies' ability to assess their reinsurance needs. Furthering its growth, the company announced in September it is increasing its facultative reinsurance brokerage capabilities, and is pursuing additional business in the Asia-Pacific region. Aon Re Global also has been aggressive in developing technology that improves placement efficiency for clients in the London and Bermuda marketplaces. Aon Re Global was voted best reinsurance intermediary by readers of Business Insurance in 2006, and outperformed its peers in a London's Best Brokers survey by Reactions magazine. About Aon Aon Re Global, a subsidiary of Aon Corporation, is the world's largest provider of reinsurance brokerage and integrated capital solutions and services, providing services to insurance companies and captives through its network of offices throughout the world. Aon Corporation (NYSE:AOC)( http://www.aon.com/ ) provides more insurance brokerage, reinsurance brokerage and risk management services than any other company in the world, and is a leader in human capital and management consulting and specialty insurance underwriting. Aon has 45,000 employees in 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. 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, our ability to obtain regulatory or legislative changes to permit continuous sales of our supplemental Medicare health product, 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. For more information, contact: Rahsaan Johnson Aon Corporation 312.391.7506 http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Aon Corporation CONTACT: Rahsaan Johnson of Aon Corporation, +1-312-391-7506, Web site: http://www.aon.com/

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