Tax charge causes profits to tumble at Marsh & McLennan in 2017

tax-burden

Broker posts increase in revenue.

Marsh & McLennan has revealed a 16% fall in profit for 2017 to $1.49bn (£1.05bn).

In the final quarter of the year profits were close to zero at $29m compared to $436m in the same period of 2016.

The firm flagged that it had been hit for $460m due to US tax reforms as well as a pension charge.

Revenue across the broking giant grew by 6% to $14.02bn for the full year.

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The breakdown by areas of business showed that within the risk and insurance services division, Marsh achieved revenue

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