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Yannick Gagne to lead Retirement Practice in western region of U.S. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Consulting Worldwide, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC), today announced that Yannick Gagne has joined the firm as senior vice president and leader of the Retirement Practice for offices in Southern California, San Francisco, Hawaii, Denver and the Pacific Northwest. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO) Based in Irvine, Calif., Gagne will focus on business development and the delivery of strategic consulting advice. In addition, he will consult on the financial and human resources aspects of retirement programs, including financial risk management. With more than a decade of experience, Gagne most recently served as principal at Mercer where he was responsible for financial management, design and administration of retirement programs. Prior to Mercer, Gagne served as a consultant at Hewitt Associates in California and at Normandin Beaudry Consulting Actuaries in Canada. Gagne also lectured at the University of Montreal in Canada. "I am confident Yannick will serve our clients with distinction and successfully lead our colleagues to deliver a broad spectrum of retirement solutions to meet our clients' needs," said Cecil Hemingway, U.S. Retirement Practice Director for Aon Consulting. Gagne holds a Bachelor of Science degree with a focus in actuarial science from Laval University in Canada. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and Canadian Institute of Actuaries, a member of the Academy of Actuaries and an Enrolled Actuary. Sign up for News Alerts: http://aon.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=58 About Aon Consulting Aon Consulting is among the top global human capital consulting firms, with 2008 revenues of $1.358 billion and more than 6,300 professionals in 229 offices worldwide. Aon Consulting works with organizations to improve business performance and shape the workplace of the future through employee benefits, talent management and rewards strategies and solutions. Aon Consulting was named the best employee benefit consulting firm by the readers of Business Insurance magazine in 2006, 2007 and 2008. For more information on Aon, please visit http://www.aon.mediaroom.com/. About Aon Aon Corporation (NYSE:AOC) is the leading global provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human capital consulting. Through its more than 37,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon readily delivers distinctive client value via innovative and effective risk management and workforce productivity solutions. Aon's industry-leading global resources and technical expertise are delivered locally through more than 500 offices in more than 120 countries. Named the world's best broker by Euromoney magazine's 2008 and 2009 Insurance Survey, Aon also ranked highest on Business Insurance's listing of the world's largest insurance brokers based on commercial retail, wholesale, reinsurance and personal lines brokerage revenues in 2008. A.M. Best deemed Aon the number one insurance broker based on brokerage revenues in 2007 and 2008, and Aon was voted best insurance intermediary, best reinsurance intermediary and best employee benefits consulting firm in 2007 and 2008 by the readers of Business Insurance. For more information on Aon, log onto http://www.aon.com/. Media Contact: Cybil Rose 312.755.3537 http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041215/CGW049LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Aon Corporation CONTACT: Cybil Rose, +1-312-755-3537, , for Aon Corporation Web Site: http://www.aon.com/

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