Aon Wins More Readers Choice Awards From Business Insurance Than Any Other Firm

CHICAGO, Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- For the fourth consecutive year, Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON) received more Readers Choice awards from the readers of Business Insurance magazine than any other firm in the industry. The 2010 awards were announced on the evening of November 3, at a dinner hosted by Business Insurance in Chicago.

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For the third consecutive year, Aon Risk Solutions (ARS) was recognized as the best retail agent/broker with revenues in excess of $250 million. ARS also won the retail agent/broker award in 2007 when there was no revenue distinction. Aon Benfield was the recipient of the award for best reinsurance intermediary for the fifth straight year. Aon Global Insurance Managers was again named best captive manager after winning the inaugural award in 2009. Aon Consulting, which won the award for best employee benefit consultant firm for four straight years from 2006-2009, was named winner of the Silver Circle Award in this category.

"The Business Insurance Readers Choice awards truly demonstrate the power of a united Aon working to deliver distinctive value every day to our clients as well as the high levels of satisfaction created by the ongoing commitment and dedication of our global colleagues," said Greg Case, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aon. " We are very appreciative of the faith our clients put in us every day, and we will continue to bring the best of Aon to everything we do to help them grow and prosper."

This marks the sixth year of the Business Insurance Readers Choice program, which was created to allow its readers to vote for the companies they believe offer the best combination of service, value, quality and innovation in 18 categories. A complete list of the 2010 Business Insurance Readers Choice Award winners can be found by clicking on the following link: http://www.businessinsurance.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101103/NEWS/101109957.

About Aon

Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON) is the leading global provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human capital consulting and outsourcing. Through its more than 59,000 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 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 and best reinsurance intermediary from 2007 to 2010, best employee benefits consulting firm in 2007, 2008 and 2009, and best captive manager in 2009 and 2010 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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