Milan, 25 October  2010 – Aon Italia S.p.A., the leading provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage in Italy, today announced that it has acquired Rasini Viganò S.p.A,, the seventh largest Italian insurance broker.

“It gives me great pleasure to announce that we have acquired the prestigious firm of Rasini Vigano,” said Carlo Clavarino, Country Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Aon Italia S.p.A. “Through this acquisition their clients will truly benefit from the enhanced value provided by Aon Italia through the strength of our combined talent and expertise in providing innovative solutions for their risk management needs.” 

Rasini Viganò S.p.A. was established in 1958 in Milan and has made a name for its eminent clients through its expertise in Public Entity, in particular in the sanitary field. With a strong focus on public entities and large privately-held companies in Milan, Rasini Viganò also has branch offices in Rome, Verona, Naples and Bari) along with offices in London and Lugano.

For Aon Italia S.p.A. this acquisition marks another successful step in its growth strategy. In the last few years Aon Italia S.p.A. has acquired several of the most important bank captive brokers (Unicredit Broker S.p.A. – Unicredit Group; Sanpaolo IMI Insurance Broker S.p.A. – Intesa Group; BNL Broker S.p.A. – BNP Paribas Group; Claris Broker – Veneto Banca Group). Through the successful execution of its growth strategy, Aon Italia S.p.A is the leading provider of risk management services in the financial sector. 

About Aon

Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON) is the leading global provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human capitalconsulting. Through its more than 59,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon delivers distinctive client value via innovative and effective risk management andworkforce 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. Visit http://www.aon.com for more information on Aon and http://www.aon.com/unitedin2010 to learn about Aon’s global partnership and shirt sponsorship with Manchester United.

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