Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2005 | 9:21 a.m.
NEW YORK -- Marsh & McLennan Cos., the largest insurance broker in the world, agreed Monday to pay $850 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of cheating customers by rigging prices and steering business to insurers in exchange for incentive payments.
Although the company did not formally acknowledge any wrongdoing, Michael G. Cherkasky, the chief executive of Marsh, apologized for what he called the "shameful" and "unlawful" behavior of "a few people" at the company. But he said, "We don't believe that our corporate entity has ever been involved in a pattern of covering up or a pattern of criminal behavior."
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