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Leading Threat Management Expert Joins New Business Unit CHICAGO, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Consulting, the human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation (NYSE:AOC), announced today the creation of its threat management and security services unit. The new unit is part of the corporate investigative services group, a division of Aon Consulting's Financial Advisory and Litigation Consulting Services practice. The company also announced that recognized threat management expert Gregory S. Boles has joined as a director and leader of the threat management arm of the new unit. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO ) Aon Consulting's threat management and security services unit assists organizations from virtually every industry in identifying and mitigating internal and external threats. The company's experts provide workplace violence response and prevention training, threat assessment, crisis management, executive protection, travel intelligence and risk management, and security consulting. Gregory Boles most recently led the global threat management practice at Kroll. A 25-year decorated veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, Boles served as the officer-in-charge of the department's threat management unit, the first specialized unit of its kind in the world. He also is responsible for developing a proactive threat assessment program for the identification of and protection against school violence, and he co-authored the "Workplace Violence Protocol" for the City of Los Angeles. Boles frequently provides consulting on state and federal legislation pertaining to threat issues and conducts training programs for companies and other entities, including national retailers, educational institutions, government agencies and medical facilities. "Greg adds experience and depth to our growing corporate investigative services group, and threat management and security services unit," said Robert W. Huff, global leader of the corporate investigative services group. "His knowledge and experience with many sophisticated threat management and security issues will be invaluable as the group expands its presence in this sector. We are pleased that he has decided to join us." "We have focused on adding highly skilled experts to our growing corporate investigative services group throughout the U.S., and Greg definitely fits that criterion," said Jerry F. Barbanel, executive vice president and co-global practice leader of the Financial Advisory and Litigation Consulting Services practice. "Greg's extensive expertise and focus on threat management and security services is well aligned with our strategic plan to continue to grow and strengthen this group internationally." Boles is based in Los Angeles. For more information, contact: Joe Micucci, Aon Consulting, 312-381-4786, . 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. 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. Aon Consulting Worldwide ( http://www.aon.com/hcc ) is among the top global human capital consulting firms, with 2005 revenues of $1.255 billion and 6,800 professionals in 117 offices worldwide. Aon Consulting is reshaping the workplace of the future through benefits, talent management and rewards strategies and solutions. In August 2006, Aon Consulting was named the best employee benefit consulting firm by the readers of Business Insurance magazine. About the Financial Advisory and Litigation Consulting Services Practice Aon Consulting's Financial Advisory and Litigation Consulting Services practice provides a full line of consulting services including: white-collar and financial statement investigations; securities litigation; financial due diligence; damage calculations; financial valuation services; expert testimony; computer forensics; and other related specialties. 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 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. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Aon Corporation CONTACT: Joe Micucci of Aon Consulting, +1-312-381-4786, or Web site: http://www.aon.com/ http://www.aon.com/hcc

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