LONDON, 23 April 2013 – Aon Hewitt, the global talent, retirement and health solutions business of Aon plc (NYSE:AON), has been appointed by the trustees of the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) Retirement Benefits Scheme to provide actuarial, investment, pension administration and broking services.

Royal National Institute of Blind People, which was established in 1868, provides services for blind and partially sighted people.  Its pension scheme has assets of around £150 million and it has over 3000 members. The scheme had previously used Aon Hewitt for actuarial and investment advice but has now expanded the remit to include pensions administration and broking services.

Keith Hickey, Director of Resources at RNIB said:
"We were aware of the need to streamline further the advice and services used by the scheme, as well as finding a way of coordinating them more efficiently. When we reviewed our suppliers, Aon Hewitt, who had advised us on actuarial and investment matters, offered us the ability to bring those services together with pensions administration and broking.  This gives us the chance both to raise the quality of what we do and to control the costs more tightly."

Russell Agius, partner at Aon Hewitt and RNIB scheme actuary, said:
"This is another example of where we have been able to offer a medium-sized scheme a multi-service option which is designed to suit their needs and empower results. This is a market which is understandably expanding; in today's economy, schemes such as RNIB's need the expertise which has previously been purely the domain of much larger pension schemes.  We have the capability to offer that kind of approach to the mid-market and our multi-service teams are seeing increased demand for the options we offer."

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Colin Mayes                                             Giles Abbott
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About Aon Hewitt

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Aon plc (NYSE:AON) is the leading global provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human resources solutions and outsourcing services. Through its more than 65,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon unites to empower results for clients in over 120 countries via innovative and effective risk and people solutions and through industry-leading global resources and technical expertise. Aon has been named repeatedly as the world’s best broker, best insurance intermediary, reinsurance intermediary, captives manager and best employee benefits consulting firm by multiple industry sources. Visit www.aon.com for more information on Aon and www.aon.com/manchesterunited to learn about Aon’s global partnership and shirt sponsorship with Manchester United.