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Mercer

Mercer history

Started in the United States in 1937 as the employee benefits department of Marsh & McLennan, Inc., our company took the name of “William M. Mercer” in 1959, when Marsh & McLennan acquired William M. Mercer Limited, a Canadian firm founded by William Manson Mercer in 1945. In 1975, Mercer became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. In 2002, we changed our corporate name to Mercer Human Resource Consulting. The company became Mercer in 2007.

  

Mercer has grown significantly in size and service capabilities through careful recruiting efforts and a series of mergers with other top-quality firms. Today, we are the world's largest consulting firm in our business.

 

How We've Grown

Some of the firms that have contributed to the making of Mercer since the company's creation in Canada and its US incorporation in 1975

 

 2004

Synhrgy HR Technologies (US)

 2003

KPMG Benefit Consulting (Switzerland)
Benefit Network ASA and Benefit Network Consulting AS (Norway and Sweden)
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Actuarial Opinions Practice (Germany)
KPMG Retirement Practice (Germany)

 2002

Delphi Insurance Brokers KB (Sweden)
Schnitker en Voortman (Netherlands) 

 2001

SCA Consulting
Constantia Neuberger Bednar & Partner GesmbH

 2000

Consultoria ESC Easy Survey Corporation

 1998

Sedgwick Noble Lowndes
Corporate Resources Group
Eager & Associates
KPMG Peat Marwick
Compensation Consulting Practice (USA)

 1997

A. Foster Higgins & Co. (USA)

 1995

C & B Consultores (Mexico)

 1994

Rietmulder & Partners (Netherlands)
Dr. W.G.J. Ten Pas (Netherlands

 1993

Service Technical Investments (Portugal)
deMontigny & Woerner (Brazil)

 1992

Faugere & Jutheau (France)
Pension and Investment Consultants Limited (Ireland)
Roach Retirement & Financial Planning (Australia) 

 1990

Gradmann & Holler (Germany)

 1989

Campbell Cook & King (Australia) 

 1988

Business Compensation Australia (Australia)

 1987

A.S. Hansen (USA)

 1986

Duncan C. Fraser & Co. (UK)
National Medical Audit (USA) 

 1985

E.S. Knight & Co. (Australia)

 1984

Hickling Johnston (Canada)
Bowring & Layborn (UK)
Meidinger (USA)
Campbell & Cook (Australia)
MPA (UK)

 1982

John Erikson & Partners (New Zealand) 

 1978

Carlin-Black (USA)

 1977

S.M. Hyman Co. (USA)

 1976

McKee, Carter & Stewart (USA) 

 1975

H.W. Black (USA)