Guy Carpenter Appoints Chris Klein to Lead Newly Established Knowledge Management/Research & Development Group

Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, the leading global risk and reinsurance specialist and a part of the Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC), today announced the appointment of Chris Klein as head of its newly formed Business Intelligence Group/Research & Development Group. Mr. Klein will be based in London, reporting to David Priebe, Head of Guy Carpenter’s Global Specialty Operations. "As leader of the Business Intelligence Group, Chris’ expertise will be instrumental developing our global knowledge management strategy and capabilities, as well as executing global distribution of our research and thought leadership,” said Mr. Priebe. In addition to directing Guy Carpenter’s overall Knowledge Management (KM) strategy, Mr. Klein will be responsible for overseeing the collection of data, information and secondary research, as well as packaging, distributing and sharing intellectual capital globally. He also will manage and further develop the firm’s Counter-party Credit Analysis and Rating Agency Advisory capabilities and work closely with the Specialty Practices, Capital Markets, Instrat®, Solutions Group, Business Development and Marketing Groups to develop and launch new products and services, and build new business opportunities. Mr. Klein joins Guy Carpenter from Benfield, where he was Head of Counterparty Risk and a member of the company’s Industry Analysis & Research Team, responsible for counterparty risk analysis and a wide range of research on reinsurance issues. Prior to joining Benfield in 1999, he was a founding director of the insurance division at IBCA (now Fitch), where he was responsible for credit risk analysis of Life and non-Life insurers and reinsurers. From 1994 to 1996 Mr. Klein was an executive equity partner at Quest Insurance Research, a UK rating agency later acquired by IBCA. He spent several years in the British Army after graduating from the University of York and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. About Guy Carpenter Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC is the world’s leading risk and reinsurance specialist and a part of the Marsh & McLennan Companies. Guy Carpenter creates and executes reinsurance solutions and makes available capital market solutions* for clients worldwide through 2,600 professionals across the globe. The firm’s full breadth of services includes 16 centers of excellence in Accident & Health, Agriculture, Alternative Risk Transfer, Environmental, General Casualty, Investment Banking*, Life & Annuity, Marine & Energy, Professional Liability, Program Manager Solutions, Property, Retrocessional, Structured Risk, Surety, Terror Risk, and Workers Compensation. In addition, Guy Carpenter’s Instrat® unit utilizes industry-leading quantitative skills and modeling tools that optimize the reinsurance decision-making process and help make the firm’s clients more successful. Guy Carpenter’s website address is www.guycarp.com. * Securities or investments, as applicable, are offered in the U.S. through GC Securities, a division of MMC Securities Corp., a U.S. registered broker-dealer and member FINRA/SIPC. Main Office: 1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036. Phone: (212) 345-5000. Advice on securities or investments in the European Union is provided through GC Securities Ltd., regulated by the Financial Services Authority for the conduct of investment business in the United Kingdom. Reinsurance products are placed through qualified affiliates of Guy Carpenter. MMC Securities Corp., GC Securities Ltd. and Guy Carpenter are affiliates owned by Marsh & McLennan Companies.