HONOLULU, April 17, 2008 — Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC), the world’s leading risk advisor and insurance broker, today announced that Marcus Kim, Janet Ng, Jeff Case and Frank Wirt have joined Aon’s Honolulu office.
“Marcus Kim, Janet Ng, Jeff Case and Frank Wirt have proven brokerage experience and will enhance Aon’s level of risk management expertise in Hawaii,” said Chad Karasaki, chief executive officer and resident managing director of the Aon Honolulu office. “All clients, from contractors to health care providers to utility suppliers, will benefit from our increased ability to deliver unprecedented and innovative solutions.”
Kim, 55, has 23 years of risk management and consulting services experience, with a strong background in the health care and property arenas. In his role as senior vice president, he will focus on health care systems, long term care, physician groups and large property portfolios. Prior to joining Aon, Kim spent 13 years at Marsh where he served as senior vice president of its Healthcare and Property practices. He has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Chaminade University of Honolulu and holds the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter and Associate in Risk Management designations.
Ng returns to Aon as a senior vice president after nearly four years at Marsh, bringing with her 25 years of experience in the construction and transportation insurance industries. In this role, she will be responsible for the sales and servicing of controlled insurance programs and will provide account services/casualty coverages for Aon’s general and specialty contractor clients. Ng was previously a senior vice president at Marsh where she led its Hawaii Construction Practice. She studied pre-law at the University of California – Berkeley.
Case, 46, also returns to Aon as a senior vice president, after spending the last four years at Marsh under the same title. With over 23 years of insurance industry experience in client service and program negotiation, Case will help Aon clients to best manage their property, casualty and executive liability risks. He has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Denison University and holds an Associate in Risk Management designation.
In his role as vice president, Wirt, 35, comes to Aon with eight years of experience in the construction and surety insurance industry. At Aon, he will focus on surety issues related to its contractor and developer clients. He was previously a vice president at Marsh and has held a number of positions within the industry, including past president of the Construction Financial Management Association and former treasurer of the Hawaii Surety Association. Wirt holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Hawaii Manoa.
About Aon Corporation
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 www.aon.com