Marsh Names Mark McGivney Chief Financial Officer

Marsh Inc., the world's leading insurance broker and business risk
advisor, today announced the appointment of Mark C. McGivney as chief
financial officer. McGivney joins the firm from the Hanover Insurance
Group, where he was senior vice president of Finance, corporate
treasurer and chief financial officer for the company's
Property/Casualty business. As CFO of Marsh, McGivney assumes
responsibility for a worldwide staff of more than 1,000 professionals.

McGivney joined The Hanover in 1997 as vice president of Mergers &
Acquisitions. Prior to that, he worked in investment banking in the
financial institutions sector at Merrill Lynch and Salomon Brothers.
He was also a CPA with Price Waterhouse earlier in his career.

"Mark is a dynamic leader with tremendous integrity and a proven
track record," said Brian Storms, chairman and chief executive officer
of Marsh. "He brings us a broad array of experience in all areas of
finance, including treasury, mergers and acquisitions, rating agency
relationships, internal audit and Sarbanes-Oxley. We're thrilled to
have Mark join our global leadership team."

"We're delighted to add someone of Mark's caliber to our Finance
team," said Matthew Bartley, chief financial officer for Marsh's
parent company, MMC. "In addition to his strong financial background,
Mark brings both insurance market experience and a strategic skill set
that will enhance Finance support for Marsh's accelerating growth and
operational transformation."

McGivney holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago graduate
school of business. He is also a graduate of the University of Rhode
Island, where he obtained a B.S. in Business Administration with a
major in Accounting.

About Marsh

Marsh, the world's leading insurance broker and business risk
adviser, has 26,000 employees and provides advice and transactional
capabilities to clients in over 100 countries. Marsh is a unit of
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), a global professional services firm
with approximately 55,000 employees and approximately $12 billion of
annual revenues. MMC also is the parent company of Guy Carpenter,
Kroll, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Oliver Wyman and Putnam
Investments. MMC's stock (ticker symbol: MMC) is listed on the New
York, Chicago, Pacific, and London stock exchanges. MMC's Web site is
www.mmc.com. Marsh's Web site is www.marsh.com.