NU Online News Service, March 25, 3:05 p.m. EST

A federal judge has rejected a former Aon executive's claim that he was entitled to pension benefits that the firm denied him for violating a non-compete agreement.

U.S. District Court Judge Ronald A. Guzman, in Chicago, in a Friday decision found that Wayne Wignes, a former executive with Aon Corp., was not entitled to pension benefits because he violated the company's non-compete agreement, soliciting at least one client for his new employer, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, PLC.

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