Guy Carpenter Reorganizes UK Casualty Practice; Unit Strengthened by Several Key Staff Additions

The group is comprised of four distinct specialty areas, includingU.S. Wholesale, led by Managing Director Nick Beagley and Senior VicePresident Chris Rich; UK Retail (including London Market business),led by Managing Directors Carolyn Morley and Jonathan Fahie;International, led by Managing Director David Lewin; and Accident &Health, led by Senior Vice President Dean Kidd.

David Priebe, President & CEO of Guy Carpenter & Company Ltd,said, "By aligning our resources into a single, multidisciplinaryPractice, we are aiming to meet a wider variety of client needs acrossthe full spectrum of casualty lines."

Bolstering its already extensive resources, the group has beenstrengthened with the addition of several recent hires, includingSenior Vice Presidents George Carrington, who was previously with theSedgwick Oakwood and SVB Agencies at Lloyd's, Carol Parfitt and JamesMoss, both formerly with R.K. Carvill, and Grange Turner, joining GuyCarpenter from Willis. They bring additional experience in all linesand territories. Senior Vice President Andrew Perkins has also joinedthe Accident & Health group from APEX.

The UK Casualty Practice will also be supported by Senior VicePresident Neville Weston, who joined the firm from Converium Bermudaearlier this year and is based in Guy Carpenter's Bermuda office. Inaddition, Vice President Brian Cole transferred from Guy Carpenter'sNew York office to join the International group last year.

Nick Frankland, the newly appointed head of the UK CasualtyPractice, said, "We're very pleased to welcome these experiencedpractitioners to our team. The wealth of talent that they bring willhelp round out our capabilities in key areas, expand the breadth anddepth of service that we currently offer our clients and enhance theworld-class solutions for which Guy Carpenter is known."

Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc. is the world's leading risk andreinsurance specialist and a part of the Marsh & McLennan Companies,Inc. Guy Carpenter creates and executes reinsurance and riskmanagement solutions for clients worldwide through 2,600 professionalsacross the globe. The firm's full breadth of services includes 16centers of excellence in Accident & Health, Agriculture, AlternativeRisk Transfer, Environmental, General Casualty, Investment Banking*,Life & Annuity, Marine and Energy, Professional Liability, ProgramManager Solutions, Property, Retrocessional, Structured Risk, Surety,Terror Risk, and Workers Compensation. In addition, Guy Carpenter'sInstrat(R) unit utilizes industry-leading quantitative skills andmodeling tools that optimize the reinsurance decision-making processand help make the firm's clients more successful. Guy Carpenter'swebsite address is www.guycarp.com.

*Securities are offered in the United States through MMCSecurities Corp., Member NASD/SIPC. MMC Securities Corp. is anaffiliate of Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc.