Aon Appointed Exclusive Broker and Consultant of Unilever Business Worldwide
29 Aprile 2008 - 4:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
CHICAGO and LONDON, April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon
Corporation (NYSE:AOC), the leading provider of global risk
management and consulting services, today announced that it has
formed a global partnership with Unilever to serve the needs of its
business lines worldwide. The agreement enables Unilever to
approach its buying through the services of Aon's core strengths --
risk management consulting, insurance brokerage and human capital
benefits consulting. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO) "This
collaboration and integrated approach clearly demonstrates the
significant depth and breadth of resources that Aon can bring to a
major organization such as Unilever," said Steve McGill, chairman
and chief executive officer of Aon Risk Services. The three-year
contract empowers Unilever to leverage Aon's relationships with the
marketplace by pooling all local insurance and employee benefits
together with core global programs, thereby allowing Unilever to
reduce dependency on its own capital as well as benefit from
bulk-buying opportunities and service efficiencies around the
world. "It's obviously prudent to have a practical and
well-organized approach to risk management," said Pascal Visee,
group treasurer for Unilever. "An arrangement like this helps
enable us to keep our business simple, whilst leaving experts like
Aon to deliver our insurance and benefits needs worldwide and
ensure compliance with all corporate governance standards." Andrew
Appel, chairman of Aon Consulting, added: "By combining the
expertise of Aon's risk and human capital consulting units,
Unilever will receive a complete risk management solution on a
global scale." About Unilever Unilever's mission is to add vitality
to life. We meet everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal
care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more
out of life. Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of
fast moving consumer goods with strong local roots in more than 100
countries across the globe. Its portfolio includes some of the
world's best known and most loved brands including twelve euro 1
billion brands and global leadership in many categories in which
the company operates. The portfolio features brand icons such as:
Hellmann's, Lipton, Breyer's, Dove, Axe and Wisk. Unilever has
around 174,000 employees in approaching 100 countries and generated
annual sales of over euro 40 billion in 2007. For more information
about Unilever and its brands, please visit
http://www.unilever.com/. About Aon Aon Corporation (NYSE:AOC) is
the leading global provider of risk management services, insurance
and reinsurance brokerage, human capital and management consulting.
Through its 36,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon readily delivers
distinctive client value via innovative and effective risk
management and workforce productivity solutions. Our
industry-leading global resources, technical expertise and industry
knowledge are delivered locally through more than 500 offices in
more than 120 countries. Aon was named the world's "best broker" by
Euromoney magazine's 2008 Insurance Survey. Aon also was ranked by
A.M. Best as the number one global insurance brokerage in 2007
based on brokerage revenues, and voted best insurance intermediary,
best reinsurance intermediary, and best employee benefits
consulting firm in 2007 by the readers of Business Insurance. For
more information on Aon, log onto http://www.aon.com/ Media Contact
Investor Contact David Prosperi Scott Malchow 312.576.5042
312.381.3983
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Media, David Prosperi, +1-312-576-5042, , or Investors, Scott
Malchow, +1-312-381-3983, , both of Aon Corporation Web site:
http://www.aon.com/ http://www.unilever.com/
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