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CHICAGO, June 29 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –

Dr. Gina Parekh also to lead Aon Consulting India

Aon Consulting, the human capital consulting organization of Aon
Corporation (NYSE: AOC), announced today the appointment of Dr. Rajeshree
"Gina" Parekh as the Health and Benefits Practice leader for Aon Consulting
Asia Pacific, and country leader for Aon Consulting India.

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Parekh comes to Aon Consulting from Mercer/Marsh, where she was vice
president and head of the Employee Benefits practice, based in India. She
started up the practice in 2004 and led a team of 20 consultants and brokers.
In this role, she was responsible for benefits consulting and broking,
strategic planning and new product development. Prior to Mercer/Marsh, Parekh
held the position of chief operating officer and medical director at United
Healthcare India for six years.

Parekh received bachelor’s degrees in medicine and in surgery, and a
master’s degree in surgery from the University of Mumbai. She was a practicing
ophthalmic surgeon for many years before leaving clinical medicine.

"Gina is a welcome addition to the Aon Consulting Asia Pacific team. With
an impressive medical background and a successful health and benefits
consulting career, Gina will be a valuable asset in the growth and development
of services for our clients in Asia Pacific and India," said Bernie Fung, chief
executive officer of Aon Asia Pacific.

"We are looking forward to having Gina head initiatives in two regions of
significant growth and economic opportunity. I am confident she will provide
innovative solutions and thought leadership to meet the needs of our clients in
these expanding markets," said Andrew Appel, chief executive officer of Aon
Consulting Worldwide. "Gina’s arrival is a testament to Aon’s commitment to
building a team of unmatched talent."

Parekh will be based in Mumbai and she will begin serving in her new role
on Sept. 1, 2007.

About Aon
Aon Corporation (http://www.aon.com) is a leading provider of risk
management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human capital and
management consulting, and specialty insurance underwriting. There are 43,000
employees working in Aon’s 500 offices in more than 120 countries. Backed by
broad resources, industry knowledge and technical expertise, Aon professionals
help a wide range of clients develop effective risk management and workforce
productivity solutions.

Aon Consulting Worldwide (http://www.aon.com/hcc) is among the top global
human capital consulting firms, with 2006 revenues of $1.282 billion and 6,500
professionals in 117 offices worldwide. Aon Consulting is reshaping the
workplace of the future through benefits, talent management and rewards
strategies and solutions. In August 2006, Aon Consulting was named the best
employee benefit consulting firm by the readers of Business Insurance magazine.

This press release contains certain statements related to future results,
or states our intentions, beliefs and expectations or predictions for the
future which are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from either historical or anticipated
results depending on a variety of factors. Potential factors that could impact
results include: general economic conditions in different countries in which we
do business around the world, changes in global equity and fixed income markets
that could affect the return on invested assets, fluctuations in exchange and
interest rates that could influence revenue and expense, rating agency actions
that could affect our ability to borrow funds, funding of our various pension
plans, changes in the competitive environment, our ability to implement
restructuring initiatives and other initiatives intended to yield cost savings,
our ability to execute the stock repurchase program, our ability to obtain
regulatory or legislative changes to permit continuous sales of our
supplemental Medicare health product, changes in commercial property and
casualty markets and commercial premium rates that could impact revenues,
changes in revenues and earnings due to the elimination of contingent
commissions, other uncertainties surrounding a new compensation model, the
impact of investigations brought by state attorneys general, state insurance
regulators, federal prosecutors, and federal regulators, the impact of class
actions and individual lawsuits including client class actions, securities
class actions, derivative actions, ERISA class actions, the impact of the
analysis of practices relating to stock options, the cost of resolution of
other contingent liabilities and loss contingencies, and the difference in
ultimate paid claims in our underwriting companies from actuarial estimates.
Further information concerning the Company and its business, including factors
that potentially could materially affect the Company’s financial results, is
contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

For more information, contact:

Sara Carlson
312.381.5045
sara_carlson@aon.com

SOURCE: Aon Corporation

CONTACT: Sara Carlson of Aon Corporation,
+1-312-381-5045,
sara_carlson@aon.com

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