Marsh & McLennan Companies Partners with Stanford Center on Longevity to Foster Lifetime Financial Security Preparedness
31 8월 2012 - 12:15AM
Business Wire
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (NYSE: MMC), a global
professional services firm providing advice and solutions in risk,
strategy and human capital, and the Stanford Center on Longevity, a
research center at Stanford University, today announced that the
two organizations will collaborate to raise awareness and
preparedness around lifetime financial security. As part of its
previously announced commitment to fund retirement policy
exploration, Marsh & McLennan Companies will contribute $1.5
million through 2013 to support the Stanford Center on Longevity’s
studies and activities related to financial security.
“Marsh & McLennan Companies is eager to advance awareness
and education around issues related to retirement and aging
populations. Two aspects of those issues—increased longevity and
financial security—are top of mind for governments, businesses and
individuals,” said Brian Duperreault, President and CEO of Marsh
& McLennan Companies. “Through our Company’s support of the
Stanford Center on Longevity, we will take part in forward-looking
dialogue on these issues and work to be a catalyst for new ideas
and perspectives that benefit the greater good of the aging
population and of future generations,” Mr. Duperreault
concluded.
“It is a privilege for the Stanford Center on Longevity to
receive this support for our programs from Marsh & McLennan
Companies,” said Laura Carstensen, Founding Director of the
Stanford Center on Longevity. “Our Center aims to connect with the
best thinkers, business leaders and policy makers, and we look
forward to the insights Marsh & McLennan Companies will provide
based on its deep expertise in risk, strategy and human
capital.”
Michele Burns, who previously served as Chairman and CEO of
Mercer, a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, and was
named to lead Marsh & McLennan Companies’ retirement policy
center exploration last year, will serve as Center Fellow and
Strategic Advisor to the Stanford Center on Longevity. She will
join Founding Director Laura Carstensen, PhD and Deputy Director
Thomas Rando, MD, PhD in providing strategic guidance for the
overall efforts of the Center and development of the Financial
Security Division of the Center.
“In exploring how Marsh & McLennan Companies could have the
greatest impact in the retirement policy arena, the Stanford Center
on Longevity emerged as an excellent partner,” said Michele Burns.
“The Center brings a unique perspective to issues facing our
society by rethinking the perceived problems around an aging
population—challenges such as retirement planning and the need to
work longer—and finding value in the opportunities these challenges
present.
“The Center’s Financial Security Division, in collaboration with
Marsh & McLennan Companies, will examine these issues from
multiple perspectives, ranging from individual financial
capability, the changing nature and role of work, common financial
pitfalls such as fraud, and the resulting key policy issues. The
goal is to help drive the dialogue forward in order to facilitate a
healthier state of long-term financial security—both for the
individual and society. I am very proud to work with the Stanford
Center on Longevity on these issues and to contribute to solutions
that can make a difference for us all,” Ms. Burns concluded.
The two organizations recently collaborated on a conference that
brought together contributors from business, academia and
government to address retirement planning in the age of longevity.
The insights discussed at the conference are being used to inform
the Stanford Center on Longevity’s financial security agenda as
well as recommendations for future policy and research. The
Center’s Financial Security Division will also launch an expanded
web presence this fall that will highlight the Division’s work and
will also serve as an information resource for key
stakeholders.
- To learn more about the Center’s
Financial Security Division, visit
http://longevity.stanford.edu/blog/2012/06/a-collaboration-on-financial-security/.
About Marsh & McLennan Companies
MARSH & McLENNAN COMPANIES (NYSE: MMC) is a global team of
professional services companies offering clients advice and
solutions in the areas of risk, strategy and human capital. Marsh
is a global leader in insurance broking and risk management;
Guy Carpenter is a global leader in providing risk and reinsurance
intermediary services; Mercer is a global leader in human resource
consulting and related services; and Oliver Wyman is a global
leader in management consulting. Marsh & McLennan Companies’
53,000 colleagues worldwide provide analysis, advice and
transactional capabilities to clients in more than 100 countries.
The Company prides itself on being a responsible corporate citizen
and making a positive impact in the communities in which it
operates. Visit www.mmc.com for more information.
About the Stanford Center on Longevity
The mission of the Stanford Center on Longevity
(http://longevity.stanford.edu/) is to redesign long life. The
Center studies the nature and development of the human life span,
looking for innovative ways to use science and technology to solve
the problems of people over 50 and improve the well-being of people
of all ages. Meeting these challenges includes changing public
policies as well as personal behavior. Redesigning long life means
appreciating the unique challenges of aging, as well as the great
value older people contribute to a society.
The Center brings together experts from academia, business and
government to target important challenges and opportunities for
older people. It works to make sure that research findings are not
shared only in scholarly journals, but reach policymakers, business
leaders, and others who will use them to improve our society.
Nearly 140 Stanford faculty members are Center affiliates. Their
research ranges from developing healthy nutritional habits and
building assistive robots, to pursuing stem cell research and
improving health care delivery. The Center’s research projects are
designed to provide information to policymakers and business
leaders, and bring them together with the research community. By
fostering dialogue among these typically disconnected worlds, the
Center aims to develop workable solutions to urgent issues
confronting America as our population ages.
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