LONDON & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New health, benefits, and pensions administrator Aptia today announced the appointment of Jeff Williams as U.S. President and CEO. Based out of Aptia’s U.S. headquarters in Boston, Jeff will be responsible for Aptia’s benefits administration services book of business and will report directly to Bala Viswanathan, Aptia Founder & Group CEO. “We are excited to welcome Jeff to Aptia as he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge in the North American benefits administrat ...

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.’s (MMC) Marsh McLennan Agency (“MMA”), a division of MMC’s Marsh business, recently closed buyouts of two middle-market agencies of Louisiana, Querbes & Nelson (“Q&N”) and Louisiana Companies. The terms of the deal have been kept under wraps.The twin buyouts are expected to strengthen the capabilities of MMA as well as solidify its presence significantly across Louisiana. The acquired companies seem to be prudent picks for buyouts by MMA owing to their longstanding history o ...

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.’s (MMC) sub-unit from the Consulting segment, Mercer, recently introduced Mercer SelectRx in a bid to generate higher savings on specialty drug expenses for employers and their employees.The new product leverages the proprietary and cloud-based technology platform of Free Market Health and is also built with the power to offer transparency on specialty pharmacy pricing. Specialty prescriptions are directed to the platform consequent to which a comparison is made among an org ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA), a subsidiary of Marsh, today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisitions of two Louisiana-based middle-market agencies, Querbes & Nelson (Q&N) and Louisiana Companies. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed. With the closing of these acquisitions, MMA has doubled its presence in Louisiana. Kevin Briggs is now CEO of Louisiana Companies and Q&N, Mike Belanger is now President and Chief Sales Officer of Q&N, and ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, together with the Ukrainian government and Lloyd’s, today announced a major expansion of its Unity insurance facility. Unity now provides affordable war risk insurance for ships carrying all non-military cargo – such as iron ore, steel, and containerised shipping – and underpins Ukraine’s wider maritime export ecosystem. Launched in November 2023 to provide afford ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mercer, a global leader in unlocking real health and well-being and a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), today launched Mercer SelectRx, an exclusive product offering that leverages Free Market Health’s proprietary, cloud-based technology platform to drive competition among specialty pharmacies for high-cost specialty medications and savings for employers and their employees. Prescription medications have been the fastest-growing component of employee health benefit costs ...

Chicago, Feb. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Insights revealed today from FMI – The Food Industry Association, Oliver Wyman and Circana demonstrate new opportunities for food industry trading partners to cater to shoppers' expanding definitions of value. The research, Finding Growth for Food & Beverage at Retail: Winning Eating Occasions throughout the Day, supports go-to-market strategies and ways in which grocers can attract more shopper relevance regarding needs, experiences, tastes, rewards, health – and ...

NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The commercial aviation fleet is projected to grow 28% over the next 10 years, expanding from today's 28,400 aircraft to 36,400 by 2034, according to a new report from consulting firm Oliver Wyman, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE:MMC). The data come from the 24th edition of the Global Fleet and MRO Market Forecast 2024-2034. "Having clawed its way back from COVID, the industry is finally out of recovery mode and on a growth trajectory," said Anthony DiNota, Vice Pr ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA), a subsidiary of Marsh, today announced that it signed agreements to acquire two Louisiana-based middle-market agencies, Querbes & Nelson (Q&N) and Louisiana Companies, doubling the firm’s presence in the state. Based in Shreveport, Q&N was founded in 1914 and offers business insurance, employee benefits, and alternative risk financing consulting to a variety of businesses with specific expertise in energy services, commercial contractors, ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) (the “Company”) announced today that it has priced $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.150% Senior Notes due 2034 (the “2034 Notes”) and $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.450% Senior Notes due 2054 (the “2054 Notes” and, together with the 2034 Notes, the “Notes”). The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Notes offering for general corporate purposes. The closing of the Notes offering is expected to occur on Februar ...