Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (NYSE: MMC), an elite global professional services firm providing advice in the areas of risk, strategy and human capital, announced today that Brian Duperreault, President and CEO, was named ‘Insurance Broking CEO of the Year’ in Reactions magazine’s 2011 Global Market Awards. Wholly-owned subsidiaries, Marsh and Guy Carpenter, were also named ‘Best Global Insurance Broker’ and ‘Best Global Reinsurance Broking Firm for Analytics’ respectively at the awards gala held in New York last night.

Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Duperreault said: “These awards are testament to the dedication of our colleagues around the world who work so hard to bring the best of our company to their clients. Over the past year, the risk and insurance industry has faced great challenges, for which we have been at the forefront in developing market-leading, innovative solutions. I am proud that this work on our clients’ behalf has been honored by these prestigious industry awards.”

The Reactions awards program honors industry leaders for outstanding achievement, especially for performance and innovation. The peer-nominated program polls nearly 5,000 risk managers, brokers, reinsurance/insurance managers, directors and CEOs across the risk, insurance and reinsurance industries.