60 Acts of Service for 60 Years Doing Business in NZ

60 Acts of Service for 60 Years Doing Business in NZ

Auckland, 3 July, 2018 – To help celebrate 60 years of doing business in New Zealand today Marsh, a global leader in insurance broking and innovative risk management solutions, is conducting 60 acts of community service throughout the year.

To date, Marsh colleagues across the country have conducted activities such as donating blood, doing street collections for St Johns and Red Cross, helping sort donations for hospices in Auckland and Taranaki and run Pink Ribbon fundraising morning teas for breast cancer in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin.

“After 60 years of doing business in New Zealand, we wanted to do something that helped to give back to the communities that have supported Marsh over the years”, says Marcus Pearson, Country Head for Marsh New Zealand. “Our 60 acts of service is designed to expand on our annual programme of corporate and social responsibility activities, which is a hugely important part of our company’s ethos.”

Mr Pearson himself led the charge in March when he spent five days on a 1960 Los Angeles Fire Dept articulated fire truck, travelling across various parts of New Zealand, raising and distributing funds for Kiwi Kids in need. This was part of The Trillian Trek (formerly the Variety Bash), which visits schools and communities as part of a seven-day car rally held every year.

Other planned initiatives for the rest of the year include volunteering at the World Press Photo Exhibition in Auckland, helping run a children’s market in Christchurch and tree planting in Wellington.

Incorporated as Price Forbes Ltd on 3 July 1958, the company underwent name changes and takeovers before being formally acquired by Marsh & McLennan Companies in 1998. The company now has over 250 staff in ten offices around New Zealand.

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