Mercer Enters into Alliance with Thomsons Online Benefits
March 30 2016 - 9:01AM
Business Wire
Move aims to increase support for
multinationals seeking global approach to benefits
management
Mercer and Thomsons Online Benefits, have entered into an
alliance to expand their respective offerings to multinationals
looking to manage their global benefits programs. Mercer will
provide global employee benefits brokerage and consulting to
multinationals while Thomsons will provide streamlined
administration, automation and enhanced communication of benefit
plans through its global, flexible employee benefits SaaS (Software
as a Service) platform Darwin™. Both Mercer and Thomsons remain
committed to offering their own local market solutions as
appropriate.
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According to Jacques Goulet, President, Retirement, Health &
Benefits from Mercer, “The HR environment is transforming at a
global level; it’s difficult for clients operating in many
geographies to consistently manage their global employee benefits
in line with local legislation and workforce expectations. Together
with Thomsons, we can meet those needs. Mercer has a long heritage
in and a deep understanding of global benefits and health
management and combined with Darwin, Thomsons’ cutting edge global
benefits technology; we’re now at the forefront of developments in
this market.”
Graham Pearce, Head of Mercer’s International Consulting Group,
noted that, “We’ve formed this alliance with Thomsons given its
strength in benefits technology innovation and their ability to
scale benefits delivery globally while taking account of local
market nuances. We expect the relationship to evolve over time with
new offerings announced in the future. Many of these will center on
robust and comprehensive data analytics – financial, vendor and
design data from Mercer coupled with engagement and workforce data
from Darwin. Our intention is to bring clients powerful and unique
insights to help them make the most of their benefits.”
Michael Whitfield, CEO of Thomsons Online Benefits, commented,
“Over the last ten years we have built up a strong relationship
with Mercer with a host of global enterprise clients. It’s a
natural next step to formalize our collaboration and offer
multinationals the best of both solutions. By implementing a
consistent global benefits approach, our shared clients have
already seen increases in employee engagement of benefits. We’ve
also significantly managed our clients’ benefits spend through
Mercer’s powerful global broking and consultancy, alongside
Darwin’s reduction of benefits administration time. This is freeing
up HR leaders to work on strategic initiatives delivering more
business impact to the wider organization.”
Mercer and Thomsons will collaborate to bring multinational
organizations the best of both worlds -- benefit program
coordination, management, monitoring, and reporting from Mercer and
automated and streamlined benefits administration and tailored
communications delivered by Darwin.
About Mercer
Mercer is a global consulting leader in talent, health,
retirement and investments. Mercer helps clients around the world
advance the health, wealth and careers of their most vital asset –
their people. Mercer’s more than 20,000 employees are based in 43
countries and the firm operates in over 140 countries. Mercer is a
wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies
(NYSE:MMC) a global professional services firm offering clients
advice and solutions in the areas of risk, strategy and people.
Marsh is a leader in insurance broking and risk management; Guy
Carpenter is a leader in providing risk and reinsurance
intermediary services; Mercer is a leader in talent, health,
retirement and investment consulting; and Oliver Wyman is a leader
in management consulting. With annual revenue of $13 billion and
approximately 60,000 colleagues worldwide, Marsh & McLennan
Companies provides analysis, advice and transactional capabilities
to clients in more than 130 countries. The Company is committed to
being a responsible corporate citizen and making a positive impact
in the communities in which it operates. Visit www.mmc.com for more
information and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @MMC_Global.
About Thomsons Online Benefits
Thomsons is the global benefits software business. Our
award-winning software, Darwin™, is the leading, global platform
delivering end-to-end, automated, employee benefits administration.
It connects employees with their benefits throughout their lives,
in over 70 countries and 19 languages, and is used by the world’s
leading employers including seven of the top ten technology
companies. By using the right combination of editions, Darwin™
provides a tailored solution to meet a variety of employee benefit
and reward needs including employee engagement, managing risk,
controlling costs and streamlining benefits administration.
Thomsons has received its 100th industry award, most recently
achieving the prestigious Brandon Hall Group gold award for Best
Advance in Rewards and Recognition Technology.
More information:
http://www.thomsons.com
http://twitter.com/thomsonsonline
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