ANNUAL DIRECTORY OF REINSURANCE INTERMEDIARIES

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Guy Carpenter & Co. Inc.

2 World Trade Center, New York, 10048; 212-323-1000; fax: 212-313-4971

1996* 1995

Premium volume $5,500,000,000 $4,900,000,000

Gross revenues $373,000,000 $320,900,000

Total employees 1,652 1,389

*Figures are pro forma estimates and include Willcox Inc. Reinsurance Intermediaries and G.J. Sullivan Inc.

Reinsurance brokering began: 1923.

Parent: Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.

Branch offices: Los Angeles; San Francisco; Hartford, Conn.; Coral Gables, Fla.; Atlanta; Chicago; Indianapolis; Minneapolis; Dallas.

Subsidiaries**: Balis & Co. Inc., Philadelphia; Carpenter Bowring Ltd., London; Carpenter Bowring (UK), London; Gradmann & Holler-Guy Carpenter GmbH, Munich, Germany; Guy Carpenter Advisors, New York; Guy Carpenter & Co. Inc.-Liaison Office, Seoul, Korea; Guy Carpenter & Co. Inc.-Representative Offices, Tokyo, Zurich, Switzerland; Guy Carpenter & Co. (Asia) Ltd., Hong Kong; Guy Carpenter & Co. (Canada) Ltd., Toronto; Guy Carpenter & Cia. S.A., Madrid, Spain; Guy Carpenter & Co. S.A., Brussels, Belgium; Guy Carpenter & Co. (Stockholm) AB, Stockholm, Sweden; Paul Napolitan Inc., New York; Sellon Associates Inc., New York; Union Francaise de Reassurances, Paris.

Acquisitions: G.J. Sullivan Co. Inc., August 1997; Tretis Group Inc., October 1996; Willcox Inc. Reinsurance Intermediaries, August 1997.

Conducts business: Worldwide.

Membership: Brokers & Reinsurance Markets Assn.

Officers: Brandon W. Sweitzer, CEO/president; G.H.C. Wakefield, chairman; Stanley C. Allain, Willis T. King Jr., Gabriele J. Troiano, vice chairmen; Geoffrey I.K. Bromley, Richard C. Kane, Edmund R. Megna Jr., executive vps; Paul Berges, Michael H.P. Handler, directors.

Contact: Nathan Sambul, marketing, 212-323-1333.

**Includes affiliated companies.

John B. Collins Associates Inc.

8300 Norman Center Drive, Suite 1275, Minneapolis, Minn. 55437-1033; 612-820-0012; fax: 612-820-2710

1996 1995

Premium volume $415,000,000 $327,000,000

% Treaty 100% 100%

Gross revenues $10,490,000 $7,240,000

Total employees 53 38

Treaty 53 38

Reinsurance brokering began: 1987.

Branch offices: Hartford, Conn.; Columbia, S.C.; Dallas.

Specialties: Property, casualty, surety, life, accident and health.

Conducts business: Canada, United States.

Officers: John B. Collins, president/CEO; James A. Brost, vice chairman; Daniel J. Burke, executive vp/CFO; Gregory L. Brettingen, executive vp/COO; Patrick J. Denzer, Timothy J. Pawlik, executive vps.

Contact: Gregory L. Brettingen.

Cooper Gay (Holdings) Ltd.

International House, 26 Creechurch Lane, London EC3A 5EH, England; 44-171-480-7322; fax: 44-171-481-4695

1996* 1995*

Premium volume** $166,752,000 $192,269,000

% Treaty 12.5% 10%

% Facultative 87.5% 90%

Gross revenues** $11,580,000 $13,188,700

Total employeesÅ 179 188

*Fiscal years ending 9/30/96 and 9/30/95. **Converted at applicable exchange rates. Å*Reflects all group employees.

Reinsurance brokering began: 1965.

Subsidiaries: Cooper Gay & Co. Ltd., London; Cooper Gay S.A., Spain; Cooper Gay (Asia) Pte. Ltd., Singapore; Cooper Gay Martinez del Rio, Mexico City; Cooper Gay Steele & Co. Ltd, New York; Creechurch International Underwriters, Toronto.

Acquisitions: Cooper Gay (Asia) Pte. Ltd.; Cooper Gay Martinez del Rio, Mexico City.

Specialties: Property, including technical lines; liability; marine and energy, including port packages; professional indemnity, including D&O, E&O, financial institutions.

Conducts business: Worldwide.

Officers: Michael Jones, chairman; Patrick Steele, president-Cooper Gay Steele; Toby Esser, managing director-Cooper Gay & Co.; Nigel Hooper, CFO/secretary/treasurer.

Contact: Patrick Steele, 212-248-1150.