| AT A GLANCE
| AT A GLANCE
INTRODUCTION
With roots dating back to 1871, Marsh & McLennan Companies is today a unique
group of businesses with many enduring competitive advantages. Among them are
the quality of our colleagues, deep client relationships, vast global footprint, depth
of intellectual capital, and cohesive and collaborative culture.
Our 60,000 colleagues around the world are united in purpose and action for
the benefit of clients, shareholders, and society. Each day, we work to deliver
exceptional value, helping businesses thrive and address the challenges and
opportunities of our time. It’s a powerful story.
Our businesses are growth businesses. Our culture is founded on integrity, respect,
teamwork, and excellence; and this core set of values and beliefs guides us in
everything we do.
DAN GLASER, PRESIDENT AND CEO
MARSH & McLENNAN COMPANIES
What began as a small insurance agency in Chicago in 1871 has grown into a
global professional services firm serving clients in more than 130 countries.
145 YEARS
Clients in more than
130 countries
60,000
colleagues globally
Annual revenue of
$13 billion
145-year history
of leadership and innovation
One of the
Fortune 250 companies
| AT A GLANCE
MARSH & McLENNAN COMPANIES
Our Scale and Scope
We are four companies — Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer, and Oliver Wyman — with one
purpose: helping our clients meet the challenges of our time.
WE ARE GLOBAL LEADERS IN
RISK | STRATEGY | PEOPLE
| AT A GLANCE
WHO WE ARE
Marsh & McLennan Companies is a global professional services firm with two operating
segments, Risk and Insurance Services and Consulting, comprising four major
companies, each a global leader in its field.
Risk & Insurance Services
Insurance broking and
risk management
Reinsurance and intermediary
advisory services
Consulting
Management, economic, and
brand strategy consulting
Talent, health, retirement,
and investment consulting
ALEXANDER S. MOCZARSKI
Chairman
Marsh & McLennan Companies International
JULIO A. PORTALATIN
President and CEO
Mercer
PETER ZAFFINO
Chairman
Risk and Insurance Services
CEO
Marsh
OUR
EXECUTIVE
LEADERSHIP
TEAM
Our leaders are accountable for
meeting our strategic priorities.
They act in the best interests
of our clients, colleagues, and
shareholders. Their decisions and
interactions reflect the strong
collaborative, cohesive culture of
our firm.
DANIEL S. GLASER
President and CEO
Marsh & McLennan Companies
PETER J. BESHAR
EVP and General Counsel
Marsh & McLennan Companies
JOHN Q. DOYLE
President
Marsh
E. SCOTT GILBERT
SVP and Chief Information Officer
Marsh & McLennan Companies
LAURIE LEDFORD
SVP and Chief Human Resources Officer
Marsh & McLennan Companies
SCOTT McDONALD
Chief Executive Officer
Oliver Wyman Group
MARK McGIVNEY
Chief Financial Officer
Marsh & McLennan Companies
| AT A GLANCE
There’s a greater purpose
to our work.
Individually, and as an enterprise,
we are here to make a difference.
Our purpose is to make a meaningful
difference for the benefit of our
clients, colleagues, shareholders,
and society by helping to address the
greatest challenges of our day.
OUR PEOPLE BRING THE BEST IDEAS FORWARD
ENABLING CLIENT SUCCESS
We anticipate the needs of our clients and act as their trusted advisors.
FINDING THE SMARTER WAY
We never stop searching for a better solution.
WORKING SIDE-BY-SIDE
We collaborate to harness our collective intelligence.
LIVING THE GREATER GOOD
We act with integrity and strive to improve our communities around the world.
Our actions are grounded in foundational commitments,
shared across our enterprise:
AS A COMPANY, WE...
• Are committed to being a responsible 	
corporate citizen.
• Encourage our colleagues to volunteer 	
their time and talents in support of 	
communities and people at risk in the 	
places where we live and work.
• Are dedicated to fostering a vibrant, 	
inclusive, and diverse culture at work,
in which every voice is heard.
• Are expanding our initiatives to
conduct business in a way that protects
the environment and creates an
environmentally conscious workplace
for our colleagues.
Operating at the intersection of risk, strategy, and people, we
partner with our clients to address their complex challenges.
Our approach is unique in the industry.
That’s THE MMC ADVANTAGE.
RISK STRATEGY
PEOPLE
THE MMC
ADVANTAGE
| AT A GLANCE
WHAT OUR CLIENTS ARE SAYING
“Marsh & McLennan Companies is a key professional
services partner for Dell, providing best-in-class
solutions for risk, human capital, and strategy.”
— Michael Dell
Chairman and CEO, Dell Inc.
“US Steel has worked closely with Marsh & McLennan on risk,
strategy, and human capital issues throughout the tenure of
our relationship, which has existed for more than 100 years.
Over that period, Marsh & McLennan has provided critical
advice and insight that helps manage risks, costs, and growth
in increasingly complex business environments.”
— US Steel
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LEARN ABOUT OUR COMPANIES,
EACH ONE A GLOBAL LEADER
30,000+
colleagues
2,300+
colleagues
1,600+
clients
50
offices globally
500
offices globally
Clients in
130+ countries
| AT A GLANCE
Guy Carpenter serves clients around the world through reinsurance
broking, strategic advisory, and industry-leading analytics.
The firm has been at the vanguard of the reinsurance broking industry
for more than 90 years. Strong line-of-business insights and deep
market knowledge make Guy Carpenter a reinsurance industry leader.
Marsh is a global leader in insurance broking and risk management.
It enables clients to grow, innovate and create value by helping
them understand and better manage the risks they face, advising on
emerging risks and ensuring they have the resiliency to withstand
the unexpected. Marsh partners with clients to turn uncertainty into
opportunity.
Marsh works on behalf of clients of all sizes and in every industry,
including businesses, government entities, multinational organizations
and individuals around the world. Services span risk management, risk
consulting, insurance broking, alternative risk financing and insurance
program management services.
21,000+
colleagues
110 Million Lives
touched by Mercer
solutions every day
92% of Fortune 500
companies are clients
4,000+
colleagues
1,500+
clients
Mercer is a global consulting leader helping clients advance the health,
wealth and careers of their most vital asset – their people.
Mercer provides advice and solutions in the areas of talent, health and
benefits, retirement and investments.
Mercer tailors solutions to specific employer and employee needs,
helping clients answer questions across Mercer’s lines of business:
for Health — how to offer increasingly personalized benefits while
reducing costs for employer and employee alike; for Retirement —
how to manage pension risks and assure employees can maximize
their wealth creation opportunities; for Talent — assuring clients have
the most dynamic solutions for managing a workforce that is rapidly
changing; and for Investments — using the power of our expertise,
data, and analytics to provide market-leading investment strategies.
Oliver Wyman is a leading global management
consulting firm that combines deep industry knowledge
with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk
management, and organization transformation. The
firm helps clients optimize their businesses, improve
their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their
organizational performance to seize the most attractive
opportunities.
Oliver Wyman’s thought leadership is evident in its
agenda-setting books, white papers, research reports,
and articles in the business press. The firm’s capabilities
and intellectual capital are enhanced by its deep industry
expertise, geographic range, analytical rigor, and hands-
on, collaborative approach.
For 145 years, Marsh & McLennan Companies has enabled enterprise, helping our
clients realize new possibilities in changing times.
| AT A GLANCE
COMPANY TIMELINE
After the Great Chicago Fire,
with few properties insured and
most insurers unable to meet their
obligations, an agency that stresses
financial responsibility is clearly
needed. Within weeks, the Dan H.
Bomar Company opens its doors.
Henry Wheelwright Marsh drops out of Harvard, moves to
Chicago, and joins Bomar’s successor firm, the Robert A. Waller
Company. Marsh pioneers the concept of the broker as buyer —
rather than seller — of insurance.
In Duluth, Minnesota, Donald Roderick
McLennan joins the real estate and insurance
office of Stryker, Manley & Buck as an assistant in
the railroad insurance department.
1900s
Henry Marsh introduces the period’s industrial
titans to the concept of “risk management,” the
idea that one should not simply insure against
risk but proactively seek to reduce it. Marsh
solicits and wins the business of some of the
world’s largest companies, including US Steel.
Donald McLennan
embarks on a journey
to better understand
railroad risks, spending
30 consecutive nights on a sleeper as he
crisscrosses the US. He wins the business of the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads.
In Chicago, Marsh, McLennan, and Daniel
M. Burrows meet and form a partnership. On
December 22, 1904, with annual premiums of $3
million, Burrows, Marsh & McLennan becomes
the world’s largest insurance broker. In 1906,
Burrows retires, the firm is renamed Marsh &
McLennan, and a legendary partnership begins.
In Atlanta, Guy Carpenter pioneers a new rating method that relies on a ratio of losses
to premiums over a period of time. His Carpenter Plan impresses both Marsh and
McLennan. In 1923, just one year after the formation of Guy Carpenter & Company, the
organization is merged into Marsh & McLennan.
1920s
During the Great Depression, the Company
stands by its employees, refusing to put
anybody out of work. When conditions
improve, national and international expansion
of the firm continues. Following the passage
of the Social Security Act of 1935, the pension
and benefits business begins to grow in
importance. In 1938, Marsh &
McLennan hires its first
two actuaries.
1930s
As the US gears up for World War II, the Company fields inquiries from brokers about
government defense programs and serves as a resource for clients involved in large
defense projects. Marsh passes away in April 1943 at the age of 82. McLennan dies
little more than a year later, in October 1944, at the age of 72.
In the post-war years, increasing consumer credit and the blossoming auto
industry are boons, as the Company secures business with America’s “Big Three”
automakers and develops insurance products for home appliances, cars, and the
banks that are helping to fund Americans’ new purchases.
In Canada, 26-year-old William M. Mercer successfully
launches a new kind of pension plan for his employer and
then strikes out on his own to form a pension and group
insurance consulting business. In 1959, Mercer joins Marsh
& McLennan, his business greatly augmenting the existing
benefits and pension practice.
1940s – 1950s
| AT A GLANCE
COMPANY TIMELINE (CONTINUED)
Seeking to position itself for further acquisitions
and growth abroad, the Company begins to
explore public ownership. In March 1962,
Marsh & McLennan Companies goes public
with revenue of $52 million and net income of
$5 million.
The same year, it begins to form
relationships with leading European brokers.
Within a decade, relationships are established
in more than 50 countries, setting the stage
for global
growth.
In 1970, financial services firm Putnam Investments is acquired.
Significant changes to legislation around employee benefits,
including the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
in 1974, present business opportunities. To take advantage of the
changes, the employee benefits and pension consulting practices at Marsh & McLennan
Companies are reorganized into a distinct entity, William M. Mercer, Inc.
1970s
In 1980, Marsh & McLennan Companies merges with London insurance broking partner
C.T. Bowring & Co. Ltd. This paves the way for a market-leading presence in nearly every
industrialized country in the world.
In 1983, Marsh & McLennan Companies makes its first nonbroking acquisition in a decade:
National Economic Research Associates (NERA) is added; in 1986, Lippincott, the brand
strategy and design consultancy, follows.
In the mid-1980s, Marsh & McLennan Companies’ revenue exceeds $1 billion for the first
time. The Company follows this milestone with greater innovation and more acquisitions.
In addition, Marsh & McLennan Companies helps to create new capacity in the excess liability
market, participating in the formation of ACE Insurance Company and XL Insurance Company.
1980s
Marsh & McLennan Companies continues
to expand its reach, both organically
and through acquisition. Several major
international acquisitions in Europe,
South America, and the Middle East
contribute to this growth.
1990s
On September 11, 2001, the darkest day in
Company history, 295 colleagues and 63 business
associates perish in the terrorist attacks at the World
Trade Center. The profound loss of our colleagues will
always be part of the Company’s story.
The 2003 acquisition of Oliver Wyman &
Company, a leading international management
consulting firm, rounds out professional services
offerings. Synergies between this business and
portions of Mercer’s consulting business lead to their
integration with Mercer Management and Mercer
Delta, acquired in 2001.
2001-2003
In early 2004, Marsh & McLennan acquires Kroll, the risk consulting and mitigation firm.
In the wake of a complaint filed by the New York State Attorney General in 2004, the
Company is faced with litigation matters and regulatory investigations that divert management
resources and ultimately result in changes to the Company’s business model. In late 2007,
the Board of Directors determines that a change in leadership would best enable Marsh &
McLennan Companies to move forward and enhance shareholder value. Additionally, in 2007,
the firm sells Putnam Investments.
2004 –2007
With a new leadership team in place under then-CEO Brian Duperreault, the
Company begins a turnaround. Navigating the toughest economic climate since
the Great Depression, margins improve, the insurance broking segment returns to
profitability, and operations stabilize.
Kroll is divested in 2010, further streamlining the corporate portfolio.
In 2011, the Company introduces a comprehensive, non-negotiable Code of
Conduct for its more than 50,000 colleagues called The Greater Good.
In January 2013, Dan Glaser becomes President and CEO of Marsh
& McLennan Companies, with a leadership philosophy focused on growth,
accountability, and creating value for clients, colleagues, and shareholders.
In 2016 — our 145th
year — we continue to strive for excellence and
innovation in all of our endeavors, in the spirit of our founders, Henry Marsh
and Donald McLennan.
2008 – Today
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  • 1. | AT A GLANCE
  • 2. | AT A GLANCE INTRODUCTION With roots dating back to 1871, Marsh & McLennan Companies is today a unique group of businesses with many enduring competitive advantages. Among them are the quality of our colleagues, deep client relationships, vast global footprint, depth of intellectual capital, and cohesive and collaborative culture. Our 60,000 colleagues around the world are united in purpose and action for the benefit of clients, shareholders, and society. Each day, we work to deliver exceptional value, helping businesses thrive and address the challenges and opportunities of our time. It’s a powerful story. Our businesses are growth businesses. Our culture is founded on integrity, respect, teamwork, and excellence; and this core set of values and beliefs guides us in everything we do. DAN GLASER, PRESIDENT AND CEO MARSH & McLENNAN COMPANIES
  • 3. What began as a small insurance agency in Chicago in 1871 has grown into a global professional services firm serving clients in more than 130 countries. 145 YEARS
  • 4. Clients in more than 130 countries 60,000 colleagues globally Annual revenue of $13 billion 145-year history of leadership and innovation One of the Fortune 250 companies | AT A GLANCE MARSH & McLENNAN COMPANIES Our Scale and Scope We are four companies — Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer, and Oliver Wyman — with one purpose: helping our clients meet the challenges of our time.
  • 5. WE ARE GLOBAL LEADERS IN RISK | STRATEGY | PEOPLE
  • 6. | AT A GLANCE WHO WE ARE Marsh & McLennan Companies is a global professional services firm with two operating segments, Risk and Insurance Services and Consulting, comprising four major companies, each a global leader in its field. Risk & Insurance Services Insurance broking and risk management Reinsurance and intermediary advisory services Consulting Management, economic, and brand strategy consulting Talent, health, retirement, and investment consulting
  • 7. ALEXANDER S. MOCZARSKI Chairman Marsh & McLennan Companies International JULIO A. PORTALATIN President and CEO Mercer PETER ZAFFINO Chairman Risk and Insurance Services CEO Marsh OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM Our leaders are accountable for meeting our strategic priorities. They act in the best interests of our clients, colleagues, and shareholders. Their decisions and interactions reflect the strong collaborative, cohesive culture of our firm. DANIEL S. GLASER President and CEO Marsh & McLennan Companies PETER J. BESHAR EVP and General Counsel Marsh & McLennan Companies JOHN Q. DOYLE President Marsh E. SCOTT GILBERT SVP and Chief Information Officer Marsh & McLennan Companies LAURIE LEDFORD SVP and Chief Human Resources Officer Marsh & McLennan Companies SCOTT McDONALD Chief Executive Officer Oliver Wyman Group MARK McGIVNEY Chief Financial Officer Marsh & McLennan Companies
  • 8. | AT A GLANCE There’s a greater purpose to our work. Individually, and as an enterprise, we are here to make a difference. Our purpose is to make a meaningful difference for the benefit of our clients, colleagues, shareholders, and society by helping to address the greatest challenges of our day. OUR PEOPLE BRING THE BEST IDEAS FORWARD ENABLING CLIENT SUCCESS We anticipate the needs of our clients and act as their trusted advisors. FINDING THE SMARTER WAY We never stop searching for a better solution. WORKING SIDE-BY-SIDE We collaborate to harness our collective intelligence. LIVING THE GREATER GOOD We act with integrity and strive to improve our communities around the world. Our actions are grounded in foundational commitments, shared across our enterprise:
  • 9. AS A COMPANY, WE... • Are committed to being a responsible corporate citizen. • Encourage our colleagues to volunteer their time and talents in support of communities and people at risk in the places where we live and work. • Are dedicated to fostering a vibrant, inclusive, and diverse culture at work, in which every voice is heard. • Are expanding our initiatives to conduct business in a way that protects the environment and creates an environmentally conscious workplace for our colleagues. Operating at the intersection of risk, strategy, and people, we partner with our clients to address their complex challenges. Our approach is unique in the industry. That’s THE MMC ADVANTAGE. RISK STRATEGY PEOPLE THE MMC ADVANTAGE
  • 10. | AT A GLANCE WHAT OUR CLIENTS ARE SAYING “Marsh & McLennan Companies is a key professional services partner for Dell, providing best-in-class solutions for risk, human capital, and strategy.” — Michael Dell Chairman and CEO, Dell Inc.
  • 11. “US Steel has worked closely with Marsh & McLennan on risk, strategy, and human capital issues throughout the tenure of our relationship, which has existed for more than 100 years. Over that period, Marsh & McLennan has provided critical advice and insight that helps manage risks, costs, and growth in increasingly complex business environments.” — US Steel
  • 13. LEARN ABOUT OUR COMPANIES, EACH ONE A GLOBAL LEADER
  • 14. 30,000+ colleagues 2,300+ colleagues 1,600+ clients 50 offices globally 500 offices globally Clients in 130+ countries | AT A GLANCE Guy Carpenter serves clients around the world through reinsurance broking, strategic advisory, and industry-leading analytics. The firm has been at the vanguard of the reinsurance broking industry for more than 90 years. Strong line-of-business insights and deep market knowledge make Guy Carpenter a reinsurance industry leader. Marsh is a global leader in insurance broking and risk management. It enables clients to grow, innovate and create value by helping them understand and better manage the risks they face, advising on emerging risks and ensuring they have the resiliency to withstand the unexpected. Marsh partners with clients to turn uncertainty into opportunity. Marsh works on behalf of clients of all sizes and in every industry, including businesses, government entities, multinational organizations and individuals around the world. Services span risk management, risk consulting, insurance broking, alternative risk financing and insurance program management services.
  • 15. 21,000+ colleagues 110 Million Lives touched by Mercer solutions every day 92% of Fortune 500 companies are clients 4,000+ colleagues 1,500+ clients Mercer is a global consulting leader helping clients advance the health, wealth and careers of their most vital asset – their people. Mercer provides advice and solutions in the areas of talent, health and benefits, retirement and investments. Mercer tailors solutions to specific employer and employee needs, helping clients answer questions across Mercer’s lines of business: for Health — how to offer increasingly personalized benefits while reducing costs for employer and employee alike; for Retirement — how to manage pension risks and assure employees can maximize their wealth creation opportunities; for Talent — assuring clients have the most dynamic solutions for managing a workforce that is rapidly changing; and for Investments — using the power of our expertise, data, and analytics to provide market-leading investment strategies. Oliver Wyman is a leading global management consulting firm that combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm helps clients optimize their businesses, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman’s thought leadership is evident in its agenda-setting books, white papers, research reports, and articles in the business press. The firm’s capabilities and intellectual capital are enhanced by its deep industry expertise, geographic range, analytical rigor, and hands- on, collaborative approach.
  • 16. For 145 years, Marsh & McLennan Companies has enabled enterprise, helping our clients realize new possibilities in changing times. | AT A GLANCE COMPANY TIMELINE After the Great Chicago Fire, with few properties insured and most insurers unable to meet their obligations, an agency that stresses financial responsibility is clearly needed. Within weeks, the Dan H. Bomar Company opens its doors. Henry Wheelwright Marsh drops out of Harvard, moves to Chicago, and joins Bomar’s successor firm, the Robert A. Waller Company. Marsh pioneers the concept of the broker as buyer — rather than seller — of insurance. In Duluth, Minnesota, Donald Roderick McLennan joins the real estate and insurance office of Stryker, Manley & Buck as an assistant in the railroad insurance department. 1900s Henry Marsh introduces the period’s industrial titans to the concept of “risk management,” the idea that one should not simply insure against risk but proactively seek to reduce it. Marsh solicits and wins the business of some of the world’s largest companies, including US Steel. Donald McLennan embarks on a journey to better understand railroad risks, spending 30 consecutive nights on a sleeper as he crisscrosses the US. He wins the business of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads. In Chicago, Marsh, McLennan, and Daniel M. Burrows meet and form a partnership. On December 22, 1904, with annual premiums of $3 million, Burrows, Marsh & McLennan becomes the world’s largest insurance broker. In 1906, Burrows retires, the firm is renamed Marsh & McLennan, and a legendary partnership begins.
  • 17. In Atlanta, Guy Carpenter pioneers a new rating method that relies on a ratio of losses to premiums over a period of time. His Carpenter Plan impresses both Marsh and McLennan. In 1923, just one year after the formation of Guy Carpenter & Company, the organization is merged into Marsh & McLennan. 1920s During the Great Depression, the Company stands by its employees, refusing to put anybody out of work. When conditions improve, national and international expansion of the firm continues. Following the passage of the Social Security Act of 1935, the pension and benefits business begins to grow in importance. In 1938, Marsh & McLennan hires its first two actuaries. 1930s As the US gears up for World War II, the Company fields inquiries from brokers about government defense programs and serves as a resource for clients involved in large defense projects. Marsh passes away in April 1943 at the age of 82. McLennan dies little more than a year later, in October 1944, at the age of 72. In the post-war years, increasing consumer credit and the blossoming auto industry are boons, as the Company secures business with America’s “Big Three” automakers and develops insurance products for home appliances, cars, and the banks that are helping to fund Americans’ new purchases. In Canada, 26-year-old William M. Mercer successfully launches a new kind of pension plan for his employer and then strikes out on his own to form a pension and group insurance consulting business. In 1959, Mercer joins Marsh & McLennan, his business greatly augmenting the existing benefits and pension practice. 1940s – 1950s
  • 18. | AT A GLANCE COMPANY TIMELINE (CONTINUED) Seeking to position itself for further acquisitions and growth abroad, the Company begins to explore public ownership. In March 1962, Marsh & McLennan Companies goes public with revenue of $52 million and net income of $5 million. The same year, it begins to form relationships with leading European brokers. Within a decade, relationships are established in more than 50 countries, setting the stage for global growth. In 1970, financial services firm Putnam Investments is acquired. Significant changes to legislation around employee benefits, including the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) in 1974, present business opportunities. To take advantage of the changes, the employee benefits and pension consulting practices at Marsh & McLennan Companies are reorganized into a distinct entity, William M. Mercer, Inc. 1970s In 1980, Marsh & McLennan Companies merges with London insurance broking partner C.T. Bowring & Co. Ltd. This paves the way for a market-leading presence in nearly every industrialized country in the world. In 1983, Marsh & McLennan Companies makes its first nonbroking acquisition in a decade: National Economic Research Associates (NERA) is added; in 1986, Lippincott, the brand strategy and design consultancy, follows. In the mid-1980s, Marsh & McLennan Companies’ revenue exceeds $1 billion for the first time. The Company follows this milestone with greater innovation and more acquisitions. In addition, Marsh & McLennan Companies helps to create new capacity in the excess liability market, participating in the formation of ACE Insurance Company and XL Insurance Company. 1980s
  • 19. Marsh & McLennan Companies continues to expand its reach, both organically and through acquisition. Several major international acquisitions in Europe, South America, and the Middle East contribute to this growth. 1990s On September 11, 2001, the darkest day in Company history, 295 colleagues and 63 business associates perish in the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center. The profound loss of our colleagues will always be part of the Company’s story. The 2003 acquisition of Oliver Wyman & Company, a leading international management consulting firm, rounds out professional services offerings. Synergies between this business and portions of Mercer’s consulting business lead to their integration with Mercer Management and Mercer Delta, acquired in 2001. 2001-2003 In early 2004, Marsh & McLennan acquires Kroll, the risk consulting and mitigation firm. In the wake of a complaint filed by the New York State Attorney General in 2004, the Company is faced with litigation matters and regulatory investigations that divert management resources and ultimately result in changes to the Company’s business model. In late 2007, the Board of Directors determines that a change in leadership would best enable Marsh & McLennan Companies to move forward and enhance shareholder value. Additionally, in 2007, the firm sells Putnam Investments. 2004 –2007 With a new leadership team in place under then-CEO Brian Duperreault, the Company begins a turnaround. Navigating the toughest economic climate since the Great Depression, margins improve, the insurance broking segment returns to profitability, and operations stabilize. Kroll is divested in 2010, further streamlining the corporate portfolio. In 2011, the Company introduces a comprehensive, non-negotiable Code of Conduct for its more than 50,000 colleagues called The Greater Good. In January 2013, Dan Glaser becomes President and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies, with a leadership philosophy focused on growth, accountability, and creating value for clients, colleagues, and shareholders. In 2016 — our 145th year — we continue to strive for excellence and innovation in all of our endeavors, in the spirit of our founders, Henry Marsh and Donald McLennan. 2008 – Today