Mercer (consulting firm)

Mercer LLC is a consulting company in the field of personnel management. The company is one of the Marsh & McLennan Companies and has worldwide about 180 branches, five in Germany, four in Switzerland and one in Austria.

History

In 1945, William M. Mercer founded an eponymous consulting company social benefits ( employee benefits ) in Canada. This was bought in 1959 by Marsh & McLennan and merged with the in-house, founded in 1939, Department of Occupational social allowances. Only in 1975, the division was spun off as an independent company with the firm William M. Mercer, Inc., they remained wholly owned subsidiary of the newly formed holding company, in 1969 Marsh & McLennan Companies. In the following years the company grew, both through organic growth and through acquisitions, it developed into one of the largest consultations in their division. Some of the more popular purchases are Duncan C. Fraser & Co ( 1986), AS Hansen (1987) and KPMG Peat Marwick Compensation Consulting ( 1998).

In 2002, the company name (company) was changed to Mercer Human Resource Consulting, in 2007, finally in Mercer.

In Germany Mercer acquired Höfer end of 2007, pension -Management GmbH & Co. KG and expanded its market position in Germany further.

Studies

Quality of life

Mercer annually compares the quality of life of cities around the world. The living conditions are based on 39 factors divided into the following categories, where:

The top 10 cities by Mercer in terms of life quality are shown in the table at right.

Personal Safety

In addition to the study of quality of life Mercer published a list of cities where personal safety is guaranteed. These include internal stability, crime rates and law enforcement effectiveness.