AOC Aon Corp.

Expansion Marked by Addition of Two Industry Professionals CHICAGO, March 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Consulting, the human capital and management consulting organization of Aon Corporation (NYSE:AOC), announced today the expansion of its IT Risk Consulting Services group, supporting clients in the southeastern United States and Latin America. The service line is part of Aon Consulting's Financial Advisory & Litigation Consulting Services practice. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO ) The company also announced that Guillermo Garcia and Joseph Mykytyn, Jr. have joined the IT Risk Consulting group. "The expansion of our IT risk consulting services through the addition of Guillermo in Miami and Joe in Atlanta broadens our reach in the areas of e- discovery, high-tech investigations and IT security, while providing regional clients with valuable insight and expertise," said Jerry F. Barbanel, executive vice president and co-global leader of the Financial Advisory and Litigation Consulting Services practice. Aon's IT risk consulting experts and consultants provide law firms and corporations with the full suite of consulting services, including electronic discovery, high-tech investigations and information security services. The practice is equipped to assist clients in a wide variety of cases ranging in size and scope, including highly complex multi-national matters. "We are thrilled that Guillermo and Joe have joined our team," said Lee Curtis, managing director and co-global leader of the IT Risk Consulting group. "Guillermo's and Joe's deep understanding of e-discovery, high-tech investigations and IT security issues will further enhance Aon's position as an authority on IT risk consulting issues and expand our already considerable expertise." Guillermo Garcia, who joins Aon Consulting as a manager, has more than 15 years of experience in law enforcement, corporate security and high-tech investigations. Prior to joining Aon, Garcia was senior manager of corporate security for the Caribbean and Latin America at Lucent Technologies Corporate Security. He also served as a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Garcia has extensive experience conducting investigations involving computer forensics, internal corporate matters and risk assessments. Joseph Mykytyn, Jr., a director in Aon Consulting's IT Risk Consulting group, has more than 30 years of diverse technology, law enforcement and consulting experience. Most recently, Mykytyn has served in consulting and advisory roles with Fortune 50 corporations and with technology companies. He is a 20-year veteran of the Cobb County, Ga., Police Department, where he was responsible for high-tech investigations and assisted in creating the Cobb County High Tech Crime Unit. He was also assigned to the U.S. Secret Service's Electronic Crime Task Force. While in this capacity, he was recognized for his work in "Operation Cyberstrike." Mykytyn played an instrumental role in the creation of Metro Tech, a regional consortium of private- and public-sector organizations that integrates technology, information, communication and other resources to interdict organized criminal activity. He received the Atlanta Ivan Allen award from former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno for his role in establishing Metro Tech. Garcia is based in Miami and Mykytyn is based in Atlanta. 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 43,000 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. Aon Consulting Worldwide ( http://www.aon.com/hcc ) is among the top global human capital consulting firms, with 2006 revenues of $1.282 billion and 6,500 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, ERISA class actions, the impact of the analysis of practices relating to stock options, 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. Media contact: Rahsaan Johnson, 312-381-2684, . http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Aon Corporation CONTACT: Rahsaan Johnson of Aon, +1-312-381-2684, Web site: http://www.aon.com/ http://www.aon.com/hcc

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