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Aon clients to benefit from innovative and flexible benefits design SINGAPORE and CHICAGO, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Consulting Worldwide, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation (NYSE:AOC), today announced that it is acquiring Conrad & Sons Risk Specialists Pte Ltd, a leading specialist employee benefits and risk management consultancy in Singapore. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO) The acquisition of Conrad & Sons will add complementary skills and resources to Aon Consulting's existing business in Singapore and in the broader Asia Pacific region, particularly in the area of flexible benefit design and delivery. "Conrad & Sons' team of professionals are a welcome addition to our existing team at Aon Consulting in Singapore," said Edouard Merette, Singapore-based CEO of Aon Consulting Asia Pacific. "At a time when organizations aspire to provide innovative and flexible benefits design and ensure an effective and cost efficient delivery of benefit coverages, our professionals are now in an even better position to guide and assist clients in this journey. "This acquisition follows a number of recent senior leadership additions across Asia Pacific, as Aon Consulting increasingly becomes the destination of choice for top talent in the industry and the provider of choice to leading organizations in the region as they shape their workforce through innovative benefits, compensation and talent management strategies and solutions," Merette said. Collin Chiew, CEO of Conrad & Sons, added, "By being part of Aon Consulting and the broader Aon organization, we will now be able to respond to the regional needs of -- and increase the scope of services we can offer to -- our clients. This is exciting for my team and is good value for our clients." Chiew will become managing director of the combined operation of Aon Consulting in Singapore. The current managing director, Richard Tan, will become chairman. For more information, contact: Sara Carlson Mollie Wee Chicago Singapore +1.312.381.5045 +65.6239.76.79 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. About Aon Consulting Worldwide 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 shaping the workplace of the future through benefits, talent management and rewards strategies and solutions. In August 2006 and 2007, Aon Consulting Worldwide received the Reader's Choice Award by the readers of Business Insurance for "Best Employee Benefits Consulting Firm". 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. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Aon Corporation CONTACT: Chicago, Sara Carlson, +1-312-381-5045, , or Singapore, Mollie Wee, +65-6239-76-79, , both of Aon Corporation Web site: http://www.aon.com/

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