Company Receives Perfect Rating on HRC’s Corporate Equality Index

NEW YORK, October 13, 2008- Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC) today announced that it has received a 100 percent rating in the 2009 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), an annual survey administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

The Corporate Equality Index is the Foundation's annual report card, rating employers on their treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees, consumers and investors, using a scale from 0 to 100 percent. The top-rated businesses are recognized on HRC’s Best Places to Work list.
“We are honored to receive a perfect rating in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index,” said Kathryn Komsa, Vice President of MMC Global Human Resources. “This recognition underscores MMC’s commitment to being a diverse and inclusive organization.”

Contact
Christine Walton
MMC
212 345 0675
christine.walton@mmc.com

Investor Contact:
Mike Bischoff
MMC
212 345 5470
jmichael.bischoff@mmc.com

About Marsh
Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor, has 26,000 employees and provides advice and transactional capabilities to clients in over 100 countries. Marsh is a unit of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), a global professional services firm with more than 55,000 employees and exceeding $11 billion of annual revenues. MMC also is the parent company of Guy Carpenter, the risk and reinsurance specialist; Kroll, the risk consulting firm; Mercer, the provider of HR and related financial advice and services; and Oliver Wyman, the management consultancy. 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.  Marsh’s Web site is www.marsh.com.

About the Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Through research, educational efforts and outreach, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation encourages gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans to live their lives openly and seeks to change the hearts and minds of Americans to the side of equality. The HRC Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(3) organization. For more information on the 2009 Corporate Equality Index, or to download a free copy of the report, visit www.hrc.org/cei.