All the headlines from our Marsh McLennan Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 22 2008 // Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. will pay Michael Cherkasky, the executive they brought in to broker a costly legal settlement in 2005, $7.15 million as part of a severance package reached after he was forced out earlier...
Feb 14 2008 // Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC) today announced that its board of directors has decided to eliminate its current three-class structure, subject to shareholder approval.As a result of the board’s...
Feb 12 2008 // Quarterly profits at Marsh & McLennan dropped 62 percent, as fourth quarter and annual revenues rose 8 percent.The giant insurance brokerage reported that fourth quarter net income dropped to $85 million, or 16 cents...
Feb 10 2008 // Susan Doyle has been named president and COO of Wisconsin-based Wausau Insurance, part of the commercial markets business unit of the Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group. Doyle replaces Mark Fiebrink, who retired.Doyle...
Feb 10 2008 // Former Ace Ltd. CEO and Chairman Brian Duperreault has stepped down from the Bermuda-based insurer to assume to role of president and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.Duperreault replaces Michael Cherkasky, who...
Feb 10 2008 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation hired Michael Page as director of safety and loss prevention.Page previously was director of loss prevention services for Workforce Safety and Insurance in North Dakota and...
Jan 31 2008 // ACE Limited announced that Brian Duperreault, the Company’s former chairman and CEO, has stepped down from the ACE Limited Board of Directors as a result of his appointment as CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies...
Jan 30 2008 // Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC) has appointed Brian Duperreault, who helped grow Bermuda-based ACE Limited, as president and chief executive officer of MMC, effective immediately.He replaces Michael Cherkasky,...
Jan 27 2008 // Taken as a group, the nation’s largest public insurance brokers did better in 2007 than 2006, although the continuing soft market will make it harder for them to improve a lot on the 2007 performance in 2008,...
Jan 25 2008 // Guy Carpenter & Company has named Nick Frankland, Andrew Marcell and Ryan Ogaard to its Executive Committee. The Committee is “responsible for developing the firm’s strategic plan, setting budgets,...
Jan 16 2008 // Taken as a group, the nation’s largest public insurance brokers did better in 2007 than 2006, although the continuing soft market will make it harder for them to improve a lot on the 2007 performance in 2008,...
Jan 15 2008 // Guy Carpenter & Company, announced that it will be opening an office in Prague on March 1, 2008, to further develop business and serve clients based or conducting business in the Czech and Slovak Republics.The new...
Jan 11 2008 // Guy Carpenter & Company has released its “2008 Reinsurance Market Review: Near Misses Call for Caution.” The report presents a comprehensive review of global market conditions as of the January 1, 2008...
Jan 3 2008 // Guy Carpenter greeted the new year with the publication of “Near Misses, Plentiful Reminders: Global Reinsurance Review January 2008,” which it describes as a “briefing on the major trends driving pricing...
Dec 31 2007 // The debate over climate change captured the world’s attention, including the insurance industry’s, in 2007, while major hurricanes spared the United States’ coastline. The soft market took hold of...
Dec 23 2007 // The debate over climate change captured the world’s attention, including the insurance industry’s, in 2007, while major hurricanes spared the United States’ coastline. The soft market took hold of...
Dec 14 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC has published “Wrong Type of Rain: Impact and Implications of 2007 UK Floods,” an in-depth analysis on the extensive flooding that caused severe damage in north-eastern England...
Dec 6 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit rating on Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC) to ‘BBB-‘ from ‘BBB’ as well as its short-term debt rating on MMC to...
Dec 5 2007 // Guy Carpenter & Company announced the appointment of Carlos Abrantes as Senior Vice President of Iberian operations. He will be based in Lisbon, and will be responsible for developing the firm’s Portuguese...
Dec 3 2007 // Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. has named Daniel S. Glaser, an AIG executive who began his career as a Marsh broker, as chairman and chief executive officer of its insurance broker, Marsh Inc.Glaser currently serves...