AOC Aon Corp.

CHICAGO, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Re Global, the world's leading provider of reinsurance brokerage and integrated capital solutions and services, today announced the appointment of Mike Reynolds to the position of chief financial officer. He replaces former CFO Jack Roby, who passed away in March. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO ) Reynolds joined Aon in 1996, serving in senior financial positions with Aon Captive Services Group and Aon Re Global -- U.K., and was instrumental in coordinating financial reporting, budgeting and financial compliance with Aon Re Global's Europe -- Middle East -- Africa and Asia-Pacific regions. "Recruiting and developing unmatched talent is critical as we work to deliver distinctive value and customized solutions to our clients each day," said Michael O'Halleran, chairman and chief executive officer of Aon Re Global. "Mike certainly embodies the best of Aon Re Global, and his background is well suited for this role." Reynolds has served as interim CFO for Aon Re Global since late 2006. He will continue to serve as chief financial officer of Aon Re Global -- U.K., based in London. About Aon Re Global Aon Re Global, the world's leading reinsurance intermediary, provides clients with a full range of services in the design, structure and implementation of risk-transfer programs through a network of offices in more than 40 countries. In addition to traditional treaty and facultative placement services, Aon Re Global offers clients a range of advisory and consulting services -- such as catastrophe information forecasting and financial analysis. Aon Re Global, a subsidiary of Aon Corporation (NYSE:AOC), was named best reinsurance broker in 2006 by readers of Business Insurance and Reinsurance and in 2007 by readers of US Insurer. 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. 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 contacts: Chicago: London: Rahsaan Johnson Reuben Aitchison 312.381.2684 44 (0) 20 7086 7201 http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Aon Corporation CONTACT: Media, Chicago, Rahsaan Johnson, +1-312-381-2684, , or London, Reuben Aitchison, 44 (0) 20 7086 7201, , both of Aon Corporation Web site: http://www.aon.com/

Copyright