Guy Carpenter Names Chris McKeown CEO of Global Analytical and Specialty Practices

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, the leading global risk and reinsurance
specialist, today announced that it has named Chris McKeown as Chief Executive
Officer of Global Analytical and Specialty Practices.

Mr. McKeown will be responsible for Guy Carpenter`s Instrat modeling and
actuarial group, the company`s Line of Business Specialties and the Rating
Agency, ERM Advisory and Business Intelligence units. He will also be
responsible for managing Guy Carpenter`s relationships with several key
reinsurance markets.

Mr. McKeown will report to Peter Zaffino, President and CEO of Guy Carpenter &
Company, LLC and will join the company`s Executive Committee.

"With a track record of building successful, profitable businesses in the
insurance industry which spans more than 20 years, Chris is an excellent
addition to our executive team" said President and CEO Peter Zaffino. "His
experience and expertise will further strengthen our ability and commitment to
developing new and innovative products and services that deliver value to our
clients."

Prior to joining Guy Carpenter, Mr. McKeown served as President and Chief
Executive Officer of CIG Reinsurance Limited, which he founded in 2004, and New
Castle Reinsurance Company, which he established a year later. Before joining
CIG in 2004, he held several executive positions with ACE Tempest Reinsurance
Limited from 1998 to 2002, lastly as President and CEO.

About Guy Carpenter

Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC is the world`s leading risk and reinsurance
specialist and a part of the Marsh & McLennan Companies. With over 50 offices
worldwide, Guy Carpenter creates and executes reinsurance solutions and delivers
capital market solutions* for clients across the globe. The firm`s full breadth
of services includes line of business expertise in Agriculture; Aviation;
Casualty Clash; Construction and Engineering; Excess and Umbrella; Life,
Accident and Health; Marine; Medical Professional Liability; Political Risk and
Trade Credit; Professional Liability; Property; Retrocessional Reinsurance;
Surety; Terrorism and Workers Compensation. GCFac is Guy Carpenter`s dedicated
global facultative reinsurance unit that provides placement strategies, timely
market access and centralized management of facultative reinsurance solutions.
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.

Guy Carpenter`s new intellectual capital website, www.GCCapitalIdeas.com,
leverages blog technology, including Real Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds and
searchable category tags, to deliver Guy Carpenter`s latest research as soon as
it is posted. In addition, articles can be delivered directly to BlackBerrys and
other handheld devices.

* Securities or investments, as applicable, are offered in the United States
through GC Securities, a division of MMC Securities Corp., a US registered
broker-dealer and member FINRA/SIPC. Main Office: 1166 Avenue of the Americas,
New York, NY 10036. Phone: (212) 345-5000. Securities or investments, as
applicable, are offered in the European Union by GC Securities, a division of
MMC Securities (Europe) Ltd., which is authorized and regulated by the Financial
Services Authority. Reinsurance products are placed through qualified affiliates
of Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC. MMC Securities Corp., MMC Securities (Europe)
Ltd. and Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC are affiliates owned by Marsh & McLennan
Companies. This communication is not intended as an offer to sell or a
solicitation of any offer to buy any security, financial instrument, reinsurance
or insurance product.

Guy Carpenter
Alexis Levenson, 917-937-3264
alexis.levenson@guycarp.com
or
DeMartine Group
Matt Conroy, 203-221-2790
mconroy@demartinegroup.com

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