Al Gore to Be Keynote Speaker at Marsh Client Breakfast During Annual RIMS Conference.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Marsh Inc., the world's leading risk and insurance services firm, today announced that former Vice President Al Gore Noun 1. Al Gore - Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948) Albert Gore Jr., Gore will be the keynote speaker at the firm's client breakfast, May 1, during the annual conference of the Risk & Insurance Management Society (RIMS) in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded . Mr. Gore, whose film, "An Inconvenient Truth," won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary, will discuss issues related to climate change and global risk during the breakfast, which is expected to be attended by more than 800 of the firm's clients and employees. "Climate change has emerged as a top concern of business and government leaders around the world," said Brian Storms, chairman and chief executive officer of Marsh. "We're honored that former Vice President Al Gore will join our breakfast gathering and share his perspective and insights on this and other global issues with our clients, who manage risks for a vast spectrum of business enterprises and public entities around the world." He added that it is particularly significant that Mr. Gore will address this gathering in New Orleans, which is continuing to recover from Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , the costliest and one of the most deadly
hurricanes in U.S. history. That event, together with the other
significant storms that hit the U.S. Southeast seaboard during 2005,
elevated the scientific debate around global climate change and
sharpened the focus of America's government and business leaders on
this issue.
Attendance at the breakfast is for Marsh clients and employees and is by invitation only. Marsh has 26,000 employees and annual revenues approaching $5 billion. The firm provides advice and transactional capabilities to clients in over 100 countries. Marsh is a unit of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC See MultiMediaCard and Microsoft Management Console. ), a global professional services firm with approximately 55,000 employees and approximately $12 billion of annual revenues. MMC also is the parent company of Guy Carpenter, Kroll, Mercer, and Putnam Investments. MMC's stock (ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors : MMC) is listed on the New York, Chicago, and London stock exchanges London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. . MMC's Web Site is www.mmc.com. Marsh's Web site is www.marsh.com. |
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