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Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a professional services company, provides advice and solutions principally in the areas of risk, strategy, and human capital. The company provides analysis, advice and transactional capabilities to clients in approximately 100 countries. Segments The company conducts business through two segments, Risk and Insurance Services, and Consulting. RISK AND INSURANCE SERVICES The company conducts business in this segment through Marsh and Guy Carpenter. Marsh Marsh delivers risk and insurance services and solutions to its clients. The company provides risk management, risk consulting, insurance broking, alternative risk financing, and insurance program management services to a range of businesses, government entities, professional service organizations and individuals in approximately 100 countries. Insurance Broking and Risk Consulting The company’s product and service offerings include program design and placement, post-placement program support and administration, claims support and advocacy, alternative risk strategies, and an array of risk analysis and risk management consulting services. Within Marsh, there are significant specialties or businesses in addition to its main brokerage operations that serve as an important part of the overall capabilities it offers clients. These include Multinational Client Service; Risk, Specialty and Industry Practices; Marsh Global Analytics; Marsh Risk Solutions; Bowring Marsh; Marsh & McLennan Agency; Insurance Services Businesses; Global Consumer Operations; and Insurer Consulting. Multinational Client Service (MCS) MCS focuses on delivering insurance solutions to multinational clients, irrespective of their size. MCS provides risk management programs with a service platform that comprises a combination of proprietary tools and technology and specialized resources. Risk, Specialty and Industry Practices In further support of its clients' strategic, operational and risk management objectives, Marsh provides consultative advice, brokerage and claims advocacy services through global risk, specialty and industry practices. Marsh Global Analytics Marsh's Global Analytics group applies analytics to risk and business management to help foster an understanding of issues, substantiate decision making, support the implementation of innovative solutions and strategies, and reduce costs through risk financing optimization, catastrophic loss modeling and benchmarking information and tools. Marsh Risk Solutions Marsh Risk Consulting (MRC) and the Captive Solutions practice comprise the Marsh Risk Solutions (MRS) business unit. MRC is a global organization comprised of specialists providing clients with advice and solutions across a comprehensive range of insurable and non-insurable risk issues. MRC helps clients identify exposures, assess critical business functions and evaluate existing risk treatment practices and strategies. MRC provides client services in four main areas of exposure: Property Risk Consulting: Delivers a range of property risk engineering and loss control identification, assessment, and mitigation consulting solutions. Financial Advisory, Claims, Litigation Support: Provides a range of services, including forensic accounting, complex claim consulting and management, claim accounting preparation, mass tort consulting, and construction delay and dispute consulting. Workforce Strategies: Supports clients' activities to reduce workers' compensation loss costs, and develop and implement sustainable safety and health management systems. Strategic Risk Consulting: Provides a range of services, including supply and value chain management, crisis management, reputational risk, clinical health care risk management, and enterprise risk and resiliency services. Captive Solutions: Operating in 36 captive domiciles, along with consulting expertise residing in Marsh brokerage offices worldwide, the Captive Solutions practice serves approximately 1,200 captive facilities, including single-parent captives, reinsurance pools, risk retention groups and others. The practice includes the Captive Advisory g