BOSTON, May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Risk Services, the retail brokerage and risk management unit of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC), announced that Christopher Scontras has joined the firm's New England office as a senior vice president.

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In that role, Scontras is responsible for client development and fulfillment opportunities in risk management, insurance brokerage and consulting services, particularly supporting clients with enterprise risk management needs and those in the energy sector.

Scontras brings to Aon 27 years of experience in risk management and insurance consulting, sales and client service. He joins Aon from Bank of America in Boston, where as a senior vice president in the Banc of America Corporate Insurance Agency he developed an integrated insurance delivery model aligned within Northeast Middle Market bank channels.

Prior to his tenure at Bank of America, Scontras was New England Area president of Arthur J. Gallagher. He also held several roles with Marsh, leading regional power & utility and other industry-specific efforts.

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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