Insurance broker Aon Bolivia SA, a subsidiary of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON), and Quantum LLC, a local broker with a successful track record of more than 14 years in the Bolivian market, have signed a definitive agreement by which Quantum’s human and intellectual capital, along with its knowledge and experience, will merge with Aon Bolivia.

With this transaction closed on August 1st, Aon Bolivia SA confirms its leadership in the local insurance brokerage market, and Aon Corporation reinforces its commitment to continue investing and growing in Bolivia, strengthening its local structure in order to provide a wider range of added value products and services, which will generate a positive impact on customers and in the insurance market.

Aon Bolivia SA expresses its commitment to maintaining the highest level of service and ensures the continuity of its successful business model, while potentiating the strengths of the new team of insurance professionals to capitalize on the significant growth opportunities offered by the Bolivian market.

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Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON) is the leading global provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human capital consulting. Through its more than 36,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon 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, 2009 and 2010 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 and 2009. A.M. Best deemed Aon the number one insurance broker based on brokerage revenues in 2007, 2008 and 2009 and Aon was voted best insurance intermediary, best reinsurance intermediary and best employee benefits consulting firm in 2007, 2008 and 2009 by the readers of Business Insurance. For more information on Aon, log onto aon.com.