AOC Aon Corp.

Former Guy Carpenter president, chairman joins world's #1 reinsurance broker CHICAGO, and LONDON, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Corporation (NYSE:AOC) today announced that Geoffrey (Geoff) Bromley will join the company as vice chairman of Aon Re Global, the world's largest reinsurance intermediary. In this role, Bromley will lead Aon Re's operations in the United Kingdom, Europe, Africa and Middle East (EMEA) and Asia Pacific (APAC). (LOGO: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO) "With Aon Re Global, we have the best reinsurance operation in the world," said Greg Case, president and chief executive officer of Aon Corporation. "We are delighted to add a successful senior executive with Geoff's proven track record in the U.K., EMEA and APAC to our leadership team. This builds on an area of strength within our organization and will allow us to deliver even greater distinctive value to our clients around the world." Bromley, who has nearly 30 years of experience in the reinsurance industry, most recently served as chairman of Guy Carpenter's European and Asia Pacific operations, which included responsibility for Africa and the Middle East. In addition to that role, he was a member of Guy Carpenter's executive committee and served on the board of Marsh Ltd in the U.K. "Geoff has extensive experience leading successful international operations," said Michael O'Halleran, Aon Re executive chairman. "Throughout my career I've had the opportunity to observe Geoff as a competitor, and have admired his client leadership and ability to build, recruit and develop unmatched talent. Now I look forward to working closely with him as we continue to strengthen ARG's global footprint." "Adding Geoff to our team of many of the best reinsurance leaders in the world will enable us to continue to create innovative new products and services for our clients," said Ted T. Devine, Aon Re chief executive officer. "With Geoff's leadership and our talented team we will continue to invest in growth opportunities and simplify our organization in these critical regions." Bromley is scheduled to join Aon in February 2008 after he fulfills his responsibilities with Guy Carpenter. He will be based in London and will report to Devine. 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, 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 successfully execute strategic options for our Combined Insurance subsidiary, the impact of current, pending and future regulatory and legislative actions that affect our ability to market and sell, and be reimbursed at current levels for, our Sterling subsidiary's Medicare Advantage health plans, 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 Corporation, +1-312-381-2684, Web site: http://www.aon.com/

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