LONDON, 2 July 2009 – Aon Limited, the UK’s leading risk adviser and insurance broker, has announced the appointment of Rob Brown as CEO. The appointment is subject to board and FSA approval.

Rob will retain his role as CEO of Aon Corporate & Affinity, the Firm’s primary UK retail business units. He will also be joining the global Aon Risk Services Executive Committee to represent its UK retail business.

Rob joined Aon in 2001 and prior to taking over Aon Corporate in January last year, was head of risk transfer for Aon Global UK, responsible for programme design and placement for large UK corporate and multinational clients.

Aon Limited chairman, Paul Manduca, commented: “Rob has a deep knowledge of the marketplace Aon operates in, gained from 25 years in the industry. He is a highly regarded practitioner, passionate about his clients and with a reputation for working closely with them to protect and grow their wealth.

“Rob’s track record for building and leading high-performing teams and his reputation for integrity and courage make him the ideal choice for this role.”

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For more information contact:
Reuben Aitchison
020 7076 7201
reuben.aitchison@aon.co.uk
http://aon.mediaroom.com

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Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC) 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/.

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