Server: Netscape-Enterprise/2.01 Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 10:19:42 GMT Accept-ranges: bytes Last-modified: Tue, 27 May 1997 13:48:58 GMT Content-length: 3546 Content-type: text/html Marsh & McLennan Companies - Performance Over Time


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Performance Over Time

Not in their wildest dreams could Henry W. Marsh and Donald R. McLennan have envisioned the organization Marsh & McLennan Companies has become today. What began in 1871 as a small fire insurance agency in Chicago has grown into a global professional services firm serving the complex needs of corporate, institutional and individual clients in more than 100 countries.

The early history of Marsh & McLennan Companies parallels the lives of its founders. Although they were men of vastly different temperaments, Henry Marsh, the bold trailblazer, and Donald McLennan, the consummate professional, were committed to building an enduring insurance broking organization and client relationships. When they joined forces, they began to change America's understanding of the role of the insurance broker and to crystallize the idea of risk management. Observed Henry Marsh, "The problem isn't insurance, it is risk."

Yet Mr. Marsh and Mr. McLennan are only the beginning of our Company's story. Other visionary founders of our businesses include Guy Carpenter, William M. Mercer and George Putnam, among many others. Building on an insurance services core, they developed an array of sophisticated professional services for clients. Their contributions, and those of our people around the world, have combined to form the vibrant organization Marsh & McLennan Companies is today.


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