Hamburg, 27 August 2008 – Effective 1 January 2009, Andreas Bruckner will assume the newly created position of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Germany’s leading insurance broker, Aon Jauch & Hübener. Bruckner will join the company from Zurich Financial Services, where he is the executive in charge of the Global Industry Clients Division. He has many years of management experience in international insurance companies, including the Gerling Group from 1989 until 2003.

Ralph P. Liebke, Country Chairman and CEO Aon Jauch & Hübener Holdings, comments on the appointment: “In the past Andreas Bruckner has repeatedly demonstrated that he cannot only manage large organizations in the insurance industry, but that he can also position them successfully with a persistent and customer-oriented strategy. In addition to his professional focus on global industry clients, this talent is an excellent match for our guiding principle of ‘Client first’.”

After studying economics, Andreas Bruckner started his career at the Gerling Group as an underwriter for the aviation and transport industry. After various positions at the upper management level within the Gerling Group he switched to Zurich as Chief Underwriting Officer in 2003. In charge of that company’s Global Industry Clients Division since 2004, he has acquired a number of major international clients during his tenure.

Andreas Bruckner is married and has one daughter.

For more information contact:
Aon Jauch & Hübener Holdings
Corporate Communications
Sandra M. Lahnstein
Tel.: +49 40 – 3605-3598
E-Mail: Sandra_Lahnstein@aon.de
www.aon.de/presse

About Aon Jauch & Hubener
Aon Jauch & Hübener is Germany's leading insurance and reinsurance broker. Another important business division is managed by Aon Jauch & Hübener Consulting, which operates in the market for company pensions. The company has a staff of about 1,700 in Germany. As a subsidiary of publicly listed Aon Corporation (USA), it has access to the expertise of a worldwide network spanning more than 120 countries and over 36,000 employees.

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. In 2008, Aon ranked highest on the Business Insurance ranking of the world's largest insurance brokers based on commercial retail, wholesale, reinsurance and personal lines brokerage revenues. Aon also was ranked by A.M. Best as the number one insurance broker based on brokerage revenues in 2007 and 2008, and was voted best insurance intermediary, best reinsurance intermediary, and best employee benefits consulting firm in 2007 and 2008 by the readers of Business Insurance.