Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint any one
of A. J. C. Smith, Frank J. Borelli and Gregory F. Van Gundy to be the
undersigned's agent and attorney-in-fact, each with the power to act fully
hereunder without the other and with full power of substitution to act in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned:
To sign or to transmit electronically in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned, as a Director of the Company, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Company an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock and related interests to be issued pursuant to the Company's
duly adopted employee benefit, compensation and stock plans, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock for issuance in connection with future acquisitions or for
resale by the holders thereof who acquired or will acquire such stock
in connection with past or future acquisitions, and any amendments or
supplements to such Annual Report on Form 10-K and such registration
statements; and
To execute and deliver, either through a paper filing or
electronically, any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
with the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, registration
statements and prospectuses and amendments or supplements thereto and
generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect
to such filings as fully as could the undersigned if then personally
present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney effective the 20th day of March, 1997.
/s/ Lewis W. Bernard
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Lewis W. Bernard
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint any one
of A. J. C. Smith, Frank J. Borelli and Gregory F. Van Gundy to be the
undersigned's agent and attorney-in-fact, each with the power to act fully
hereunder without the other and with full power of substitution to act in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned:
To sign or to transmit electronically in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned, as a Director of the Company, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Company an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock and related interests to be issued pursuant to the Company's
duly adopted employee benefit, compensation and stock plans, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock for issuance in connection with future acquisitions or for
resale by the holders thereof who acquired or will acquire such stock
in connection with past or future acquisitions, and any amendments or
supplements to such Annual Report on Form 10-K and such registration
statements; and
To execute and deliver, either through a paper filing or
electronically, any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
with the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, registration
statements and prospectuses and amendments or supplements thereto and
generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect
to such filings as fully as could the undersigned if then personally
present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney effective the 20th day of March, 1997.
/s/ Richard H. Blum
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Richard H. Blum
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint any one
of A. J. C. Smith, Frank J. Borelli and Gregory F. Van Gundy to be the
undersigned's agent and attorney-in-fact, each with the power to act fully
hereunder without the other and with full power of substitution to act in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned:
To sign or to transmit electronically in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned, as a Director of the Company, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Company an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock and related interests to be issued pursuant to the Company's
duly adopted employee benefit, compensation and stock plans, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock for issuance in connection with future acquisitions or for
resale by the holders thereof who acquired or will acquire such stock
in connection with past or future acquisitions, and any amendments or
supplements to such Annual Report on Form 10-K and such registration
statements; and
To execute and deliver, either through a paper filing or
electronically, any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
with the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, registration
statements and prospectuses and amendments or supplements thereto and
generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect
to such filings as fully as could the undersigned if then personally
present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney effective the 20th day of March, 1997.
/s/ Frank J. Borelli
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Frank J. Borelli
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint any one
of A. J. C. Smith, Frank J. Borelli and Gregory F. Van Gundy to be the
undersigned's agent and attorney-in-fact, each with the power to act fully
hereunder without the other and with full power of substitution to act in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned:
To sign or to transmit electronically in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned, as a Director of the Company, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Company an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock and related interests to be issued pursuant to the Company's
duly adopted employee benefit, compensation and stock plans, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock for issuance in connection with future acquisitions or for
resale by the holders thereof who acquired or will acquire such stock
in connection with past or future acquisitions, and any amendments or
supplements to such Annual Report on Form 10-K and such registration
statements; and
To execute and deliver, either through a paper filing or
electronically, any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
with the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, registration
statements and prospectuses and amendments or supplements thereto and
generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect
to such filings as fully as could the undersigned if then personally
present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney effective the 20th day of March, 1997.
/s/ Robert Clements
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Robert Clements
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint any one
of A. J. C. Smith, Frank J. Borelli and Gregory F. Van Gundy to be the
undersigned's agent and attorney-in-fact, each with the power to act fully
hereunder without the other and with full power of substitution to act in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned:
To sign or to transmit electronically in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned, as a Director of the Company, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Company an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock and related interests to be issued pursuant to the Company's
duly adopted employee benefit, compensation and stock plans, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock for issuance in connection with future acquisitions or for
resale by the holders thereof who acquired or will acquire such stock
in connection with past or future acquisitions, and any amendments or
supplements to such Annual Report on Form 10-K and such registration
statements; and
To execute and deliver, either through a paper filing or
electronically, any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
with the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, registration
statements and prospectuses and amendments or supplements thereto and
generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect
to such filings as fully as could the undersigned if then personally
present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney effective the 20th day of March, 1997.
/s/ Peter Coster
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Peter Coster
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint any one
of A. J. C. Smith, Frank J. Borelli and Gregory F. Van Gundy to be the
undersigned's agent and attorney-in-fact, each with the power to act fully
hereunder without the other and with full power of substitution to act in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned:
To sign or to transmit electronically in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned, as a Director of the Company, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Company an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock and related interests to be issued pursuant to the Company's
duly adopted employee benefit, compensation and stock plans, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock for issuance in connection with future acquisitions or for
resale by the holders thereof who acquired or will acquire such stock
in connection with past or future acquisitions, and any amendments or
supplements to such Annual Report on Form 10-K and such registration
statements; and
To execute and deliver, either through a paper filing or
electronically, any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
with the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, registration
statements and prospectuses and amendments or supplements thereto and
generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect
to such filings as fully as could the undersigned if then personally
present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney effective the 20th day of March, 1997.
/s/ Robert F. Erburu
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Robert F. Erburu
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint any one
of A. J. C. Smith, Frank J. Borelli and Gregory F. Van Gundy to be the
undersigned's agent and attorney-in-fact, each with the power to act fully
hereunder without the other and with full power of substitution to act in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned:
To sign or to transmit electronically in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned, as a Director of the Company, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Company an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock and related interests to be issued pursuant to the Company's
duly adopted employee benefit, compensation and stock plans, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock for issuance in connection with future acquisitions or for
resale by the holders thereof who acquired or will acquire such stock
in connection with past or future acquisitions, and any amendments or
supplements to such Annual Report on Form 10-K and such registration
statements; and
To execute and deliver, either through a paper filing or
electronically, any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
with the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, registration
statements and prospectuses and amendments or supplements thereto and
generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect
to such filings as fully as could the undersigned if then personally
present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney effective the 20th day of March, 1997.
/s/ Jeffrey W. Greenberg
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Jeffrey W. Greenberg
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint any one
of A. J. C. Smith, Frank J. Borelli and Gregory F. Van Gundy to be the
undersigned's agent and attorney-in-fact, each with the power to act fully
hereunder without the other and with full power of substitution to act in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned:
To sign or to transmit electronically in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned, as a Director of the Company, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Company an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock and related interests to be issued pursuant to the Company's
duly adopted employee benefit, compensation and stock plans, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock for issuance in connection with future acquisitions or for
resale by the holders thereof who acquired or will acquire such stock
in connection with past or future acquisitions, and any amendments or
supplements to such Annual Report on Form 10-K and such registration
statements; and
To execute and deliver, either through a paper filing or
electronically, any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
with the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, registration
statements and prospectuses and amendments or supplements thereto and
generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect
to such filings as fully as could the undersigned if then personally
present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney effective the 20th day of March, 1997.
/s/ R.J. Groves
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R. J. Groves
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint any one
of A. J. C. Smith, Frank J. Borelli and Gregory F. Van Gundy to be the
undersigned's agent and attorney-in-fact, each with the power to act fully
hereunder without the other and with full power of substitution to act in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned:
To sign or to transmit electronically in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned, as a Director of the Company, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Company an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock and related interests to be issued pursuant to the Company's
duly adopted employee benefit, compensation and stock plans, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock for issuance in connection with future acquisitions or for
resale by the holders thereof who acquired or will acquire such stock
in connection with past or future acquisitions, and any amendments or
supplements to such Annual Report on Form 10-K and such registration
statements; and
To execute and deliver, either through a paper filing or
electronically, any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
with the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, registration
statements and prospectuses and amendments or supplements thereto and
generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect
to such filings as fully as could the undersigned if then personally
present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney effective the 20th day of March, 1997.
/s/ Richard S. Hickok
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Richard S. Hickok
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint any one
of A. J. C. Smith, Frank J. Borelli and Gregory F. Van Gundy to be the
undersigned's agent and attorney-in-fact, each with the power to act fully
hereunder without the other and with full power of substitution to act in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned:
To sign or to transmit electronically in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned, as a Director of the Company, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Company an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock and related interests to be issued pursuant to the Company's
duly adopted employee benefit, compensation and stock plans, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock for issuance in connection with future acquisitions or for
resale by the holders thereof who acquired or will acquire such stock
in connection with past or future acquisitions, and any amendments or
supplements to such Annual Report on Form 10-K and such registration
statements; and
To execute and deliver, either through a paper filing or
electronically, any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
with the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, registration
statements and prospectuses and amendments or supplements thereto and
generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect
to such filings as fully as could the undersigned if then personally
present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney effective the 20th day of March, 1997.
/s/ David D. Holbrook
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David D. Holbrook
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint any one
of A. J. C. Smith, Frank J. Borelli and Gregory F. Van Gundy to be the
undersigned's agent and attorney-in-fact, each with the power to act fully
hereunder without the other and with full power of substitution to act in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned:
To sign or to transmit electronically in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned, as a Director of the Company, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Company an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock and related interests to be issued pursuant to the Company's
duly adopted employee benefit, compensation and stock plans, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock for issuance in connection with future acquisitions or for
resale by the holders thereof who acquired or will acquire such stock
in connection with past or future acquisitions, and any amendments or
supplements to such Annual Report on Form 10-K and such registration
statements; and
To execute and deliver, either through a paper filing or
electronically, any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
with the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, registration
statements and prospectuses and amendments or supplements thereto and
generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect
to such filings as fully as could the undersigned if then personally
present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney effective the 20th day of March, 1997.
/s/ Lawrence J. Lasser
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Lawrence J. Lasser
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint any one
of A. J. C. Smith, Frank J. Borelli and Gregory F. Van Gundy to be the
undersigned's agent and attorney-in-fact, each with the power to act fully
hereunder without the other and with full power of substitution to act in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned:
To sign or to transmit electronically in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned, as a Director of the Company, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Company an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock and related interests to be issued pursuant to the Company's
duly adopted employee benefit, compensation and stock plans, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock for issuance in connection with future acquisitions or for
resale by the holders thereof who acquired or will acquire such stock
in connection with past or future acquisitions, and any amendments or
supplements to such Annual Report on Form 10-K and such registration
statements; and
To execute and deliver, either through a paper filing or
electronically, any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
with the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, registration
statements and prospectuses and amendments or supplements thereto and
generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect
to such filings as fully as could the undersigned if then personally
present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney effective the 20th day of March, 1997.
/s/ Richard M. Morrow
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Richard M. Morrow
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint any one
of A. J. C. Smith, Frank J. Borelli and Gregory F. Van Gundy to be the
undersigned's agent and attorney-in-fact, each with the power to act fully
hereunder without the other and with full power of substitution to act in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned:
To sign or to transmit electronically in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned, as a Director of the Company, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Company an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock and related interests to be issued pursuant to the Company's
duly adopted employee benefit, compensation and stock plans, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock for issuance in connection with future acquisitions or for
resale by the holders thereof who acquired or will acquire such stock
in connection with past or future acquisitions, and any amendments or
supplements to such Annual Report on Form 10-K and such registration
statements; and
To execute and deliver, either through a paper filing or
electronically, any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
with the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, registration
statements and prospectuses and amendments or supplements thereto and
generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect
to such filings as fully as could the undersigned if then personally
present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney effective the 20th day of March, 1997.
/s/ George Putnam
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George Putnam
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint any one
of A. J. C. Smith, Frank J. Borelli and Gregory F. Van Gundy to be the
undersigned's agent and attorney-in-fact, each with the power to act fully
hereunder without the other and with full power of substitution to act in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned:
To sign or to transmit electronically in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned, as a Director of the Company, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Company an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock and related interests to be issued pursuant to the Company's
duly adopted employee benefit, compensation and stock plans, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock for issuance in connection with future acquisitions or for
resale by the holders thereof who acquired or will acquire such stock
in connection with past or future acquisitions, and any amendments or
supplements to such Annual Report on Form 10-K and such registration
statements; and
To execute and deliver, either through a paper filing or
electronically, any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
with the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, registration
statements and prospectuses and amendments or supplements thereto and
generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect
to such filings as fully as could the undersigned if then personally
present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney effective the 20th day of March, 1997.
/s/ Adele Smith Simmons
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Adele Smith Simmons
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint any one
of A. J. C. Smith, Frank J. Borelli and Gregory F. Van Gundy to be the
undersigned's agent and attorney-in-fact, each with the power to act fully
hereunder without the other and with full power of substitution to act in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned:
To sign or to transmit electronically in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned, as a Director of the Company, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Company an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock and related interests to be issued pursuant to the Company's
duly adopted employee benefit, compensation and stock plans, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock for issuance in connection with future acquisitions or for
resale by the holders thereof who acquired or will acquire such stock
in connection with past or future acquisitions, and any amendments or
supplements to such Annual Report on Form 10-K and such registration
statements; and
To execute and deliver, either through a paper filing or
electronically, any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
with the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, registration
statements and prospectuses and amendments or supplements thereto and
generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect
to such filings as fully as could the undersigned if then personally
present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney effective the 20th day of March, 1997.
/s/ John T. Sinnott
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John T. Sinnott
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint any one
of A. J. C. Smith, Frank J. Borelli and Gregory F. Van Gundy to be the
undersigned's agent and attorney-in-fact, each with the power to act fully
hereunder without the other and with full power of substitution to act in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned:
To sign or to transmit electronically in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned, as a Director of the Company, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Company an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock and related interests to be issued pursuant to the Company's
duly adopted employee benefit, compensation and stock plans, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock for issuance in connection with future acquisitions or for
resale by the holders thereof who acquired or will acquire such stock
in connection with past or future acquisitions, and any amendments or
supplements to such Annual Report on Form 10-K and such registration
statements; and
To execute and deliver, either through a paper filing or
electronically, any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
with the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, registration
statements and prospectuses and amendments or supplements thereto and
generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect
to such filings as fully as could the undersigned if then personally
present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney effective the 20th day of March, 1997.
/s/ A. J. C. Smith
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A. J. C. Smith
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint any one
of A. J. C. Smith, Frank J. Borelli and Gregory F. Van Gundy to be the
undersigned's agent and attorney-in-fact, each with the power to act fully
hereunder without the other and with full power of substitution to act in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned:
To sign or to transmit electronically in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned, as a Director of the Company, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Company an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock and related interests to be issued pursuant to the Company's
duly adopted employee benefit, compensation and stock plans, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock for issuance in connection with future acquisitions or for
resale by the holders thereof who acquired or will acquire such stock
in connection with past or future acquisitions, and any amendments or
supplements to such Annual Report on Form 10-K and such registration
statements; and
To execute and deliver, either through a paper filing or
electronically, any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
with the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, registration
statements and prospectuses and amendments or supplements thereto and
generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect
to such filings as fully as could the undersigned if then personally
present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney effective the 20th day of March, 1997.
/s/ Frank J. Tasco
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Frank J. Tasco
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint any one
of A. J. C. Smith, Frank J. Borelli and Gregory F. Van Gundy to be the
undersigned's agent and attorney-in-fact, each with the power to act fully
hereunder without the other and with full power of substitution to act in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned:
To sign or to transmit electronically in the name and on behalf of
the undersigned, as a Director of the Company, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Company an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock and related interests to be issued pursuant to the Company's
duly adopted employee benefit, compensation and stock plans, any
registration statements for the registration of the Company's common
stock for issuance in connection with future acquisitions or for
resale by the holders thereof who acquired or will acquire such stock
in connection with past or future acquisitions, and any amendments or
supplements to such Annual Report on Form 10-K and such registration
statements; and
To execute and deliver, either through a paper filing or
electronically, any agreements, instruments, certificates or other
documents which they shall deem necessary or proper in connection
with the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K, registration
statements and prospectuses and amendments or supplements thereto and
generally to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect
to such filings as fully as could the undersigned if then personally
present and acting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney effective the 20th day of March, 1997.
/s/ Romeo J. Ventres
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Romeo J. Ventres