Aon Hewitt Wins the Most Top Employee Benefit Consultant Awards

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For the fourth consecutive year, consultants with Aon Hewitt, the global human resource consulting and outsourcing solutions business of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON), were recognized with more Top Employee Benefit Consultant™ awards than any other firm. Thirteen executives and five finalists were honored in Human Resource Executive and Risk & Insurance magazines' annual list of most influential employee benefits experts.

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Winners were awarded in four industry categories, including private sector health care, public sector health care, retirement and voluntary/disability. Richard Klima received the distinguished honor of being named Responsibility Leader®; a designation presented to six Top Employee Benefit Consultant winners whose achievements not only benefited their clients and company, but also positively impacted their communities.

"This recognition reaffirms our standing in the marketplace, and demonstrates our commitment to innovation and industry-leading client service," said Kathryn Hayley CEO of Americas Consulting for Aon Hewitt. "We are proud of our consultants and congratulate them on this achievement."

Aon Hewitt's 2011 Top Employee Benefit Consultant winners are:

Private Sector Heath Care:

• Anne Crumlish
• Paul Harris
• J.D. Piro
• Kirk Rosin
• Finalist: Bruce M. Shanefield
• Finalist: Ed Vargas

Public Sector Health Care:

• Richard Klima (Responsibility Leader)
• Marie C. Kobos
• Michael Morfe
• Kenneth C. Vieira
• Finalist: Joseph Marlowe

Retirement:

• Jeanna M. Cullins
• Yvonne Gatcheff Ornt
• Derek Rylicki
• Finalist: Roselyn Feinsod
• Finalist: Eric Wittenmyer

Voluntary/Disability:

• Julie Norville
• JR Shamley

This is the fourth year Human Resource Executive and Risk & Insurance magazines held this award opportunity, and the fourth year Aon Hewitt earned the most awards. Taking into account integrity, creativity, innovation, communication, relationship-building and negotiation skills, the 2011 Top Employee Benefit Consultant awardees were selected based on the following criteria:

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

Top Employee Benefit Consultant winners are featured in the June issue of Risk & Insurance magazine and recognized in the June 10 issue of Human Resource Executive magazine. A full list of winners are available at www.hreonline.com and www.riskandinsurance.com.

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About Aon Hewitt

Aon Hewitt is the global leader in human resource consulting and outsourcing solutions.  The company partners with organizations to solve their most complex benefits, talent and related financial challenges, and improve business performance.  Aon Hewitt designs, implements, communicates and administers a wide range of human capital, retirement, investment management, health care, compensation and talent management strategies.  With more than 29,000 professionals in 90 countries, Aon Hewitt makes the world a better place to work for clients and their employees.  For more information on Aon Hewitt, please visit www.aonhewitt.com.

About Aon

Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON) is the leading global provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human resources solutions and outsourcing. Through its more than 59,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon unites to deliver 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 in over 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 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 revenues in 2007, 2008 and 2009, and Aon was voted best insurance intermediary 2007-2010, best reinsurance intermediary 2006-2010, best captives manager 2009-2010, and best employee benefits consulting firm 2007-2009 by the readers of Business Insurance. Visit http://www.aon.com for more information on Aon and http://www.aon.com/manchesterunited to learn about Aon's global partnership and shirt sponsorship with Manchester United.

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