MARSH WEBCAST APRIL 15 FOCUSES ON MANAGING RISKS OF NATURAL DISASTERS

NEW YORK, April 13, 2009 — Marsh, the world's leading insurance broker and risk advisor, will hold a one-hour Webcast, Wednesday, April 15 at 11 a.m. (EDT), on strategies for managing risks associated with natural disasters, including hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes.

During the Webcast – "Natural Disaster Risk Management: Current Issues for Hurricane, Flood and Earthquake Perils" – Dr. Phil Klotzbach, research scientist for the Colorado State University Tropical Meteorology Project, will review the latest forecasts for the 2009 hurricane season. Other experts will discuss the state of the natural catastrophe insurance marketplace, recent changes in the National Flood Insurance Program, earthquake modeling risk modeling, and valuation considerations in the current economy. They include: Dr. Paolo Bazzurro, director of engineering analysis, AIR Worldwide, and Marsh executives Duncan Ellis, leader of the firm’s Property Practice; Fletcher MacGregor, Natural Hazards Practice leader, and Kevin McCarthy, a managing director of Marsh’s Forensic Accounting and Claims Services.

Register for the Webcast on or before April 15 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT). The Webcast and its replay are free of charge.

About Marsh

Marsh has 24,000 employees and provides advice and transactional capabilities to clients in over 100 countries. Marsh is a unit of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC), a global professional services firm with more than 54,000 employees and annual revenue exceeding $11 billion. MMC also is the parent company of Guy Carpenter, the risk and reinsurance specialist; Mercer, the provider of HR and related financial advice and services; Oliver Wyman, the management consultancy; and Kroll, the risk consulting firm. MMC's stock (ticker symbol: MMC) is listed on the New York, Chicago and London stock exchanges. MMC's Web Site is www.mmc.com.

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