Segal Acquires U.S. Multiemployer Defined Benefit Plan Consulting Business from Aon Consulting, Inc.

CONTACT:
Mary L. Feldman
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs
212.251.5029
mfeldman@segalco.com

(NEW YORK 10/12/10)- Joseph A. LoCicero, President and CEO of The Segal Company, has announced that Segal has acquired Aon Consulting's multiemployer defined benefit plan and related  (SOP 92-6) consulting business in the United States. This acquisition covers about 60 defined benefit plans in a wide variety of industries located across the country. Mr. LoCicero said, "We welcome these new clients to our firm. We are confident that our deep knowledge and expertise with multiemployer plans and our extensive resources dedicated to multiemployer plans will enable us to provide them with the highest quality and most innovative services."

According to David Blumenstein, Senior Vice President and National Director of Multiemployer Consulting, "This transaction demonstrates our ongoing dedication to multiemployer plans, their labor and management sponsors and to the millions of people covered in these plans. We are proud of our continuing leadership, a commitment that has spanned more than 70 years."

John Gingell, Senior Vice President and Segal's Midwest Regional Manager, added, "The acquisition includes several plans in the Detroit and St. Louis areas. In fact, we have now opened an office in the Detroit area to assure continuity of service for clients. We have also welcomed two new employees (formerly of Aon) who are handling some of the acquired business. Both have many years of actuarial consulting experience."

Joining Segal are:

Samuel Stanley, FSA, MAAA, EA
Senior Vice President and Senior Consultant
T (248) 233-0891
sstanley@segalco.com

and

Paul Duling, FSA, MAAA, EA
Associate Actuary, Midwest Multiemployer Retirement Practice
T (248) 233-0892
pduling@segalco.com

The Segal Company's new office is located at:

2000 Town Center
Suite 1900
Southfield, MI 48075

About The Segal Company

The Segal Company (www.segalco.com) has been a leading, independent firm of benefit, compensation and human resources consultants since its founding in 1939. Segal is headquartered in New York and has more than 900 employees throughout the U.S. and in Canada. Clients include corporations, non-profit organizations, professional service firms, state and local governments and joint boards of trustees administering pension and health and welfare plans under the Taft-Hartley Act.

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