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Aon appoints EMEA Managing Director for Broking Excellence
London
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LONDON, 17 June 2008 - Aon Risk Services, the leading global risk and insurance firm, has appointed Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen as managing director, head of broking excellence for Aon Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), with immediate effect.

Broking excellence forms a core area of focus for the recently created single, global business, Aon Risk Services. As part of the global broking excellence initiative, Marguerite will be responsible for ongoing development of broking operation processes across EMEA to align them more closely to the needs of Aon's clients.

As the largest broker of commercial insurance in the world, the Aon Risk Services broking excellence initiative is a global effort to improve Aon's broking function for the benefit Aon's clients, including improving the way Aon shares best practice and market knowledge, driving product innovation, and delivering a more coordinated, data-driven approach.

Marguerite, previously managing director of Aon Capital Markets for EMEA, is a licensed broker and associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute in London and has participated in executive programmes at INSEAD and the Kellogg School of Management, as well as an English law programme at the London School of Economics. She also has a master's degree in law from Erasmus University in Rotterdam and is an honorary chairperson of the Dutch Reinsurance Association where she was elected the first-ever female chairperson in 1996.

Commenting on the appointment, Michael Moran, global head of broking excellence said, "Marguerite has 18 years of expertise in insurance and reinsurance and has worked closely with clients and carriers in various positions within Aon Re Global and Aon Risk Services. Her demonstrated success and leadership skills, along with the strength of her already existing relationships with insurers, positions us well to drive a better client result via broking excellence across EMEA."

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Note: a photograph of Marguerite is available on request.

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 www.aon.com.

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