Mark McGivney

Part of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc., Allmerica Property & Casualty Companies, Inc. writes property and casualty insurance. The private company is based in Worcester, MA. Allmerica Property & Casualty Companies was acquired by The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. on July 16, 1997 for $814 million.

Mercer Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of corporate strategy and human resource consulting services. The company is headquartered in Hoboken, NJ.

Marsh LLC provides insurance brokerage and risk management services. It offers risk management, risk consulting, insurance broking, alternative risk financing, and insurance program management services to businesses, government entities, organizations, and individuals. The company was founded by Henry W. Marsh and Donald R. McLennan in 1871 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded by Dennis Hammond in 1985, Hammond Associates Institutional Fund Consultants, Inc. is an institutional fund consulting research firm located in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm is also known as Hammond Associates Institutional Fund Consultants, Inc. Their clients include universities, foundations, healthcare organizations, corporate and public retirement plans and private high net-worth individual investors. Hammond Associates combines academic theory and thorough proprietary research to develop sound, practical investment strategies for their clients. The firm's asset allocation model divides the investment universe into three distinct groups: (1) growth assets (2) risk reduction assets and (3) inflation-protection assets. Growth assets include the underlying managers of domestic and foreign equity securities. Risk reduction assets include the underlying managers of domestic and foreign fixed-income securities and other diversified strategies. Inflation-protection assets include the underlying managers of liquid real asset strategies such as real estate, commodities or energy. Hammond Associates' capital markets research team focuses exclusively on building and enhancing their best asset allocation strategies. The firm's traditional, hedge fund and private market research groups then source investments to implement those asset allocation orientations. For the selection of traditional investments, the firm's primary objective is to deliver the core exposures of their preferred asset classes. Hammond Associates uses hedge fund investments using them to complement traditional strategies in equities, bonds and real assets. With hedge fund allocations, the firm's first priority is capital preservation. Their services include manager sourcing, initial due diligence, hedge fund portfolio construction and post-investment monitoring including customized risk reports at the manager and portfolio level. Hammond Associates' private markets research team conducts rigorous due diligence evaluations of direct private equity and real assets fund managers. They seek to help optimize private market programs with disciplined and customized approaches for a variety of client situations. The firm models portfolio cash flows related to existing and projected commitments to help clients implement private market investment programs. Their proprietary monitoring and reporting system provides monthly portfolio visibility.

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. provided wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch was a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a range of asset classes and serve as a strategic advisor to governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC.