Aon's Radford Surveys + Consulting Introduces Radford Advisory Services, Bridging Deep Survey Databases with Consulting Expertise

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Radford Surveys + Consulting, a unit of Aon Consulting Worldwide, announced today the launch of Radford Advisory Services, a new product and service line that will offer customized compensation services and analyses that enable clients to efficiently assess, align and improve their global compensation programs.

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This new practice links Radford's core competencies -- market-leading survey databases and expert consulting guidance -- to provide clients with customized services and tools that simplify and improve global market analysis, as well as reduce the need for internal and external resources to complete market assessments and survey participation.

"Our team of seasoned Radford Advisers understands the specific challenges facing high-tech and life sciences companies in today's compensation environment," said Brett Harsen, vice president, Radford Surveys + Consulting. "Our objective with Advisory Services is to directly address our clients' global compensation needs by leveraging our databases and consulting expertise to help clients make better informed compensation decisions."

Global Survey and Analytical Support

Radford Advisory Services offers clients customized market analysis and personalized one-on-one services to meet global and local needs. Services include:

-- Outsourced assistance for Radford survey input, from job matching to completing the survey submission -- Guidance on how to interpret and apply survey results within a specific client context to meet compensation objectives -- Delivery of Advisory Services market analysis directly to the client to facilitate a discussion of results and implications Value-Added Market Analysis

Radford Advisory Services produces reports that provide market insight to meet clients' compensation needs. Multiple levels of reporting are offered, enabling clients to customize the analysis. Reports include:

-- Equity Trends: Essential for accurately designing equity programs to meet shareholder and equity pool constraints; provides detailed information on burn rates and overhang, mix of equity vehicles, and equity allocation strategies -- Board of Directors: Helps clients ensure competitive Board pay with detailed compensation data; facilitates compliance with stringent SEC requirements via customized peer group data option -- "You vs. the Market": Compare company data to the market to assess program competitiveness with a variety of "you vs. the market" reports -- coming in 2008

For more information on Radford Advisory Services, please visit http://www.radford.com/.

For more information, contact: Fabiola Price, 408-321-2653, fprice@radford.com About Radford Surveys + Consulting

For more than 30 years, Radford Surveys + Consulting has provided compensation market intelligence to the technology and life sciences industries. Global survey databases, which include more than two million incumbents, offer current, reliable data to 2,000+ clients. Leveraging Radford survey data, our thought-leading compensation consulting team creates tailored solutions for the toughest business and compensation challenges facing companies at all stages of development. Radford's suite of global surveys includes the Benchmark, Executive, Sales, Benefits, Global Life Sciences and International Surveys. Clients access survey data, tools and resources via the Radford Network, an exclusive client-only extranet with 8,000 registered users. For more information on our products and services, visit http://www.radford.com/.

About Aon

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 2006 and 2007, Aon Consulting was named the best employee benefit consulting firm by the readers of Business Insurance magazine.

Aon Corporation 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.

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