Mercer to adopt new name

NEW YORK--William M. Mercer Inc., the world's largest employee benefit consultant, has a new name.

Effective Monday, the New York-based consultant will be known as Mercer Human Resource Consulting. The new name better reflects the full range of services Mercer can offer clients, said Dan McCaw, Mercer's U.S. chairman and chief executive officer.

As part of the name change, Mercer is launching a new Web site, www.mercerhr.com, which replaces www.wmmercer.com. Mercer is a unit of New York-based Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.