Latest Marsh McLennan Headlines
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Marsh & McLennan Agency Buys New Jersey’s NIA Group
Dec 22 2009 // Marsh & McLennan Agency has acquired The NIA Group, one of the largest independent insurance agencies in the Northeast. Terms of the deal were not released. Paramus, New Jersey-based NIA, founded in 1926, has annual...
2009 P/C Insurance Mergers, Acquisitions Large and Small
Dec 20 2009 // Large insurers AIG, Farmers and The Hartford made moves in 2009, as did large brokers Marsh, Aon, Willis, Gallagher, Brown & Brown, Hub and Wells Fargo. So, too, did, many regional insurers and Main Street agencies....
Marsh & McLennan Settles Pension Plans’ Suit for $400 Million
Nov 16 2009 // Insurance broker Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. will pay $400 million as part of a class action settlement filed five years ago by state pension plan administrators in New Jersey and Ohio in connection with a probe of the...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Insurance Alliance of Texas
Nov 12 2009 // New York-based Marsh & McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of insurance mega-broker Marsh Inc., has acquired Insurance Alliance, one of the largest independent insurance agencies in Texas. Terms of the deal were not...
Marsh Q3 Revenue Down But Profit Up
Nov 4 2009 // Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC) reported that for the third quarter of 2009, its consolidated revenue was $2.5 billion, a decline of 11 percent from the third quarter of 2008. Insurance revenue was down 5...
Guy Carpenter Finds Merger Interest with MGAs, Program Managers
Oct 26 2009 // Program administrators and managing general agents (PAs & MGAs) remain interested in growth through acquisition in order to accelerate top-line growth and capture market share, according to findings from new Guy...
People
Oct 19 2009 // Brian Duperreault, president and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc., has extended his employment with MMC through January 2014. Duperreault has held this position since January 2008. Prior to joining MMC, Duperreault...
Cat Bond Market Set for Active Fourth Quarter, Reports Guy Carpenter
Oct 13 2009 // The catastrophe bond market is poised for an active fourth quarter in 2009, according to a new report. The report by Guy Carpenter & Co., LLC, and GC Securities, a division of MMC Securities Corp. concludes that a...
Guy Carpenter Report Updates European Legal, Legislative Changes
Sep 10 2009 // Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC has published its annual update on legislative and legal developments affecting insurers and reinsurers in Continental Europe. The report – available at: www.GCCapitalIdeas.com...
Guy Carpenter Expands Latin America, Caribbean Operations
Aug 12 2009 // Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC has hired two new executives in its Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. Aidan Pope has been named CEO of Latin America and Caribbean Operations and will be based in Miami. He will work...
Insurance Broker Marsh Revenues Fell 7% in Q2 But Profit Rose
Aug 5 2009 // Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. posted a second quarter net loss of $193 million, attributable to the declining value of its security consulting business and private equity investments. Last year for the same quarter...
Improved Profitability Forecast for Marsh, Guy Carpenter
Aug 5 2009 // Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. , the No. 2 global insurance broker, posted quarterly results in line with expectations on Wednesday and forecast improved profitability for its brokerage business, sending its shares up 4.3...
Guy Carp Names McKeown CEO – Global Analytical and Specialty
Jul 13 2009 // Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC announced that it has named Chris McKeown as Chief Executive Officer of Global Analytical and Specialty Practices. He will be responsible for Guy Carpenter’s Instrat® modeling...
Keeling Named Guy Carp President, CEO – International Operations
Jul 2 2009 // Guy Carpenter & Company announced that it has named Henry Keeling as President & Chief Executive Officer of International Operations, effective August 1, 2009. He will also chair Guy Carpenter’s...
Reinsurance Market Remains Stable; Rates Steady, Reports Guy Carpenter
Jul 1 2009 // Upward pressure on property/catastrophe reinsurance rates in the U.S. eased at the July 1, 2009 renewal, as capacity in the market remained sufficient without being abundant, according to a briefing published today by Guy...
Ratings Roundup: Plymouth Rock, American Sterling, Mercer, Iron Horse, Agrinational, Intrepid
Jun 25 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a-” of Plymouth Rock Assurance Group...
Florida Reinsurance Rate Hike of 15% Tracks with Global Rates
Jun 1 2009 // Florida property/catastrophe reinsurance rates increased by 15 percent at the June 1, 2009, renewal, compared to a decline of 15 percent a year ago, according to reinsurance specialist Guy Carpenter & Co. In a new...
Marsh & McLennan Settles Connecticut Price-Fixing Claims
May 18 2009 // Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. has agreed to pay $2.4 million to the state of Connecticut to settle claims of bid-rigging, price-fixing and receiving kickbacks. State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says the deal...
Marsh & McLennan Settles Connecticut Price-Fixing Claims
May 8 2009 // Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc., the New York-based insurance broker and consulting firm, has agreed to pay $2.4 million to the state of Connecticut to settle claims of bid rigging, price fixing and receiving...
Business Moves
May 4 2009 // Farmers, American International Group (AIG), 21st Century Insurance Co. Los Angeles-based the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced it will acquire American International Group’s (AIG’s) Personal Auto...
