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Valued at a market cap of $109.8 billion, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC) is a professional services company that provides risk and insurance, risk consulting, and employee benefits consulting services. The New York based company is expected to announce its fiscal Q3 earnings results before the market opens on Thursday, Oct. 17.
Ahead of this event, analysts expect the insurance company to report a profit of $1.61 per share, up 2.6% from $1.57 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has consistently surpassed Wall Street's bottom-line estimates in the last four quarters.