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Aon Corporation Names Greg Besio as Chief Administrative Officer
PRNewswire-FirstCall
CHICAGO
(NYSE:AOC)

CHICAGO, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC), the leading global risk advisor and insurance broker, today announced that Gregory J. Besio, currently serving as Executive Vice President, Global Strategy, has taken on the additional role of Chief Administrative Officer. In this role, he takes responsibility for managing governance, human resources, and mergers and acquisitions, in addition to corporate strategy.

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"Greg's combination of operating experience and strategic skills make him ideally suited for this role," said Gregory C. Case, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aon. "Within each function, Greg will work with the business leaders to improve our firm's operational capability and responsiveness to our business needs and those of our clients."

Besio joined Aon in 2007 as Senior Vice President, Global Strategy. Previously, he worked for Motorola where from 2003 to 2007 he held a series of positions of increasing responsibility, including leading corporate strategy. Most recently, he was Corporate Vice President, Mobile Devices Software, where he led a 4,500 person global development group that launched a new software platform for cellular phones.

Besio is a graduate in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and earned a doctoral degree in the same discipline from Princeton University. He also holds a masters degree in business administration from the University of Chicago.

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 http://www.aon.com/

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SOURCE: Aon Corporation

CONTACT: David Prosperi of Aon Corporation, +1-312-381-2485,
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Web site: http://www.aon.com/

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