LONDON, Aug 31 (Reuters) - American insurance broker Marsh & Mclennan Cos
Inc may gatecrash its rival Aon Corp's agreed 844 million pounds ($1.6 billion)
takeover deal for UK-listed broker Benfield Group Ltd, reported the Sunday
Telegraph.
It said Marsh & McLennan, which is being advised by Citi, had made a
fully-funded offer for the London-listed company before Aon made its approach.
The report said Marsh & McLennan is assessing whether it is able to make a
counterbid to create one of the world's biggest reinsurance brokers by merging
Benfield with Guy Carpenter, its own reinsurance broking division.
No-one at Benfield could immediately be reached for comment.
(Editing by David Holmes) ($1=.5461 Pound) Keywords: BENFIELD/MARSH
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