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Chad Karasaki joins Honolulu office as managing director

HONOLULU, March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC), the leading provider of global risk management services, today announced that Chad Karasaki has joined Aon Construction Services Group as managing director. Karasaki, who will also serve as chairman and CEO of the Aon Honolulu office, is the latest in a series of strategic hires by Aon Construction Services Group to strengthen its growing presence in Hawaii and deliver distinctive value to clients.

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Karasaki joins Aon from Marsh, where he had worked for 22 years. He was most recently head of Marsh's Hawaii office and was responsible for managing many of the company's largest construction, development, hospitality and retail clients.

"The addition of a practitioner with Chad's outstanding level of knowledge and experience in the construction industry will immediately enhance our profile within Hawaii," said Peter Arkley, president and chief executive officer of Aon Construction Services Group. "His understanding of the challenges facing contractor, owner and developer clients in the state will strengthen our ability to provide our clients with the best coverage and advice available today."

Karasaki, 45, holds over 20 years of construction risk management experience and has worked in the Hawaii market for almost his entire career. As managing director, Karasaki will utilize his access to this market and his keen understanding of owner and contractor controlled programs, hurricane and typhoon-related claims and construction defect cases to the benefit of the Aon Honolulu construction practice.

Karasaki holds a bachelor's degree with a double major in marketing and management from the University of Portland and a master of arts in organization
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