Martin Papillon to lead Aon Consulting's Health & Benefits Practice in
Canada's Eastern Region

Arrival of industry savvy senior consultant brings wealth of experience and leadership alignment that complement regional strategy

MONTREAL , Jan. 27 /CNW/ - Aon Consulting, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON), welcomes the arrival of Martin Papillon in his new role as Health & Benefits practice lead for Canada's Eastern region.

"We are pleased to have Martin join the team. His longstanding tenure as senior advisor along with his prolific experience in the industry aligns very well with the firm's Health & Benefits practice," says Eric Laberge , executive vice president with Aon Consulting.

A former partner with another Canadian consulting firm, Mr. Papillon holds more than 20 years of experience in the employee benefits and actuarial consulting field. Prior to this, he worked for several employee benefits consulting firms at various senior levels. He brings expertise in a number of areas, including actuarial services, team leadership and business management, is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and has earned an MBA from HEC Montréal.

Aon Consulting's Health & Benefits practice offers exclusive, world-class insurance placement services including insurance bidding, negotiation, and dedicated teams of specialists. The practice operates within a global and national strategic framework to assist employers in managing employee health and associated costs, all of which are supported by a new-and-improved benchmarking platform and analytics system.

About Aon Consulting Canada

Aon Consulting is one of Canada's leading integrated human capital consulting and outsourcing firms. Fueled by the ideas and best practices of 36,000 colleagues in 120 countries, our 800+ Canadian professionals in 12 offices coast-to-coast offer benefits, talent management and rewards strategies and solutions to help clients attract, retain and develop world-class talent. Driven by inspired and independent thinking, Aon Consulting is committed to delivering innovative and personalized business solutions with tangible value to help clients shape their organization into the workplace of the future.

About Aon Consulting

Aon Consulting is among the top global human capital consulting firms, with 2008 revenues of $1.358 billion and more than 6,300 professionals in 229 offices worldwide. Aon Consulting works with organizations to improve business performance and shape the workplace of the future through employee benefits, talent management and rewards strategies and solutions. Aon Consulting was named the best employee benefit consulting firm by the readers of Business Insurance magazine in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. For more information on Aon, please visit www.aon.mediaroom.com.

About Aon

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 37,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon readily 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 and 2009 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. A.M. Best deemed Aon the number one insurance broker based on brokerage revenues in 2007 and 2008, 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 http://www.aon.com.

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