Aon Corp. will pay a quarterly cash dividend of 15-cents per share on outstanding common stock payable on Feb. 16 to shareholders of record as of Feb.2.
The Chicago-based insurance broker has not reported its fourth quarter results, but for the third quarter last year, its net income fell by $87 million, going from $204 million, or 69 cents a share in 2007, to $117 million, or 43 cents a share. Revenues increased 6 percent, or $98 million, to $1.85 billion.
For the nine months, net income rose 123 percent, or $811 million, to $1.47 billion, or $5.07 a share, compared to $657 million, or $2.22, in 2007. Revenues for the nine months rose 7 percent, or $350 million, to $5.7 billion.
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