Despite being trapped in a stubborn soft market and an economy with fewer insurable exposures, the country's biggest commercial insurance brokers reported some positive results for the second quarter.
Acquisition activity is expected to heat up for the second half of the year among the major insurance brokers, despite the strong headwinds they face to revenues, according to a financial analyst's report.
Standard & Poor's revised its outlook to negative on Marsh & McLennan Companies after MMC announced a $500 million settlement with the Alaska Retirement Management Board.
Standard & Poor's revised its outlook to negative on Marsh & McLennan Companies after MMC announced a $500 million settlement with the Alaska Retirement Management Board...
Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the ratings of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. following the announcement that MMC has agreed to sell Kroll Inc. to Altegrity, Inc. for $1.13 billion in cash.
Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. is selling its risk consulting subsidiary, Kroll, to Mike Cherkasky, the former chief executive of both Kroll and MMC, in an all-cash deal valued at $1.13 billion.
The three biggest insurance brokerages reported mixed results for the first quarter, with Aon seeing a big drop in net income, Marsh & McLennan reporting a substantial gain, and Willis a more modest jump.