Risk & Insurance and Human Resource Executive magazines Name Six from Aon Consulting

CHICAGO, June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Risk & Insurance and Human Resource Executive magazines today recognized six consultants from Aon Consulting, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC), as Employee Benefits Power Brokers™ in the publications' annual list of most influential employee benefits experts.

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Twenty people earned this honor in four industry categories, including health care, disability, retirement and voluntary benefits. Aon Consulting had the most Employee Benefits Power Brokers with winners in each of the four categories.

"We congratulate our consultants and thank them for their dedication to client service," said Kathryn Hayley, CEO of Aon Consulting. "This award recognizes Aon Consulting's commitment to unmatched talent and delivering distinctive client value. It has never been more important to serve clients in this manner, and this recognition exemplifies the type of client commitment our consultants provide on a daily basis."

Aon Consulting's 2009 Employee Benefits Power Brokers are:

• Paul Harris, Healthcare
• Alex H. Leblanc, Healthcare
• Heidi Mader, Disability
• Susan S. Alford, Retirement
• Arnie Stone, Retirement
• Garry Sullivan, Voluntary

   

This was the second year Risk & Insurance and Human Resource Executive magazines held this award opportunity, and the second year Aon Consulting had the most winners. Taking integrity, creativity, innovation, communication, relationship-building and negotiation skills into account, the 2009 Employee Benefits Power Brokers were selected based on the following criteria:

• Creative problem solving and innovation
• Client service, including cost-savings and quality improvements
• Insurance and benefits expertise

   

The Employee Benefits Power Brokers will be featured in the June issue of Risk & Insurance magazine and recognized in the June 16 issue of Human Resource Executive magazine.

About Aon Consulting

Aon Consulting Worldwide is among the top global human capital consulting firms, with 2008 revenues of $1.358 billion and more than 6,300 professionals in 117 offices worldwide. Aon Consulting works with organizations to improve business performance and shape the workplace of the future through employee benefits, talent management and rewards strategies and solutions. Aon Consulting was named the best employee benefit consulting firm by the readers of Business Insurance magazine in 2006, 2007 and 2008. For more information on Aon, please visit www.aon.mediaroom.com.

About Aon

Aon Corporation is the leading global provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human capital consulting. Through its more than 37,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon readily delivers distinctive client value via innovative and effective risk management and workforce productivity solutions. Aon's industry-leading global resources and technical expertise are delivered locally through more than 500 offices in more than 120 countries. Named the world's best broker by Euromoney magazine's 2008 and 2009 Insurance Survey, Aon also ranked highest on Business Insurance's listing of the world's largest insurance brokers based on commercial retail, wholesale, reinsurance and personal lines brokerage revenues in 2008. A.M. Best deemed Aon the number one insurance broker based on brokerage revenues in 2007 and 2008, and Aon was voted best insurance intermediary, best reinsurance intermediary and best employee benefits consulting firm in 2007 and 2008 by the readers of Business Insurance. For more information on Aon, log onto http://www.aon.com/.

    For more information, contact:
    Joe Micucci, 312-381-4786
    joe_micucci@aon.com

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