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Vincent Redier to continue to serve as Executive Chairman of Aon France CHICAGO, July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Corporation (NYSE:AOC), the world's leading provider of global risk management and consulting services, today announced the appointment of Damien Guermonprez as chief executive officer of Aon France. He replaces Vincent Redier, who will continue to serve as Executive Chairman of Aon France, member of the executive board of Aon Risk Services (ARS), and Chairman of Aon Re Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA). Damien Guermonprez joins Aon on September 1st and will be a member of the ARS executive board. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO) Damien Guermonprez, 45, joins Aon from Banque Accord, where he has served since 1999 as chief executive officer of the consumer credit card and e-banking subsidiary of Auchan Group, one of the world's largest retailers. Under his leadership, Banque Accord launched operations in 10 additional countries including Russia and China, and increased its size five times. From 1995 to 1999 Guermonprez was Director-Financial Services, Case Europe and Managing Director and founder of Case Credit Europe, a European sales financing group. He also has held senior positions with Renault Credit International and with 3 Suisses International in Belgium. "I am extremely pleased that Damien is joining our firm," said Gregory C. Case, president and chief executive officer of Aon Corporation. "He will work closely with our senior management team and with his colleagues in France to further grow our business in EMEA by building upon the strong business client relationships established by Vincent and his team. "I am also incredibly thankful that Vincent will stay on as Executive Chairman of Aon France and as Chairman of Aon Re EMEA. His market knowledge and his strong relationship with our clients will continue to benefit our firm, and I look forward to his participation as we build upon the capabilities of our supervisory board." "Damien, as is attested by his past professional experience, is someone who has already demonstrated outstanding management skills," added Vincent Redier. "He is a specialist in financial services and marketing issues, and I am confident that his integration with Aon France will prove very complementary to all the teams and that he will provide the vision necessary to meet the challenges that our profession is coping with. I am extremely pleased to welcome Damien and, in my capacity as Executive Chairman, to lend him full support in his new office. It has not taken much time for Damien and I to develop a relationship based on confidence and friendship." Steve McGill, chairman and chief executive officer of Aon Risk Services, added, "Damien will play a strong leadership role with Aon Risk Services in EMEA, and he and Vincent, along with our Aon colleagues in France, will make a formidable team capable of delivering personalized and innovative solutions via a client-focused approach that leverages our firm's global network of resources and world-class technology. Ted Devine and I really look forward to having Damien on our team." "Damien represents the high level of client-focused experience we are bringing to Aon and ARS across continental Europe," noted Ted Devine, president of ARS. "This experience is delivering value to our clients, building higher levels of customer satisfaction, and providing Aon with increased growth and market share." A native of France, Damien Guermonprez has a post graduate diploma in International Finance and Taxation from the University of Lille II, a master of finance from the Essec Business School in Paris, and a master in business administration from the Harvard Business School. 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 Chicago Paris / Levallois-Perret David Prosperi Anne de Fleurieu 312.381.2485 01 58 75 60 71 http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Aon Corporation CONTACT: Chicago, David Prosperi, +1-312-381-2485, , or Paris - Levallois-Perret, Anne de Fleurieu, +01 58 75 60 71, , both of Aon Corporation Web site: http://www.aon.com/

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