MRSH — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of MRSH's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-10-15 vs the prior 10-Q · 2026-07-21
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +40 | −41 | ~75 | 51 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~4 | 8 |
| Controls & procedures | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Legal proceedings | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Risk factors | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Not shown (absent or not faithfully extractable): Other information
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-10-15
References in this report are to Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries (the "Company" or "Marsh"), unless the context otherwise requires. Effective January 14, 2026, the Company updated its brand name from Marsh McLennan to Marsh and the brand names of Marsh and Oliver W…
•In July 2026, the Company acquired the remaining 60% ownership shares in Deasterra Partners, S.L., a Spain-based insurance broker, and recorded a remeasurement gain of $126 million.
•The Company's results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 included restructuring costs of $79 million and $182 million, respectively, related primarily to severance, lease exit charges, and consulting and outside services.
•The Company completed 8 acquisitions in 2026 for a total purchase consideration of $550 million.
•The Company's effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 was 21.3% and 23.8%, respectively.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-07-21
References in this report are to Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries (the "Company" or "Marsh"), unless the context otherwise requires. Effective January 14, 2026, the Company updated its brand name from Marsh McLennan to Marsh and the brand names of Marsh and Oliver W…
•The Company's results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 included restructuring costs of $58 million and $103 million, respectively, related primarily to severance, lease exit charges, and consulting and outside services.
•The Company completed 5 acquisitions in 2026 for a total purchase consideration of $181 million.
•The Company's effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 was 24.2% and 24.6%, respectively.
•The Company repurchased approximately 4.5 million shares for $750 million in the second quarter of 2026. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company repurchased 8.7 million shares for $1.5 billion.
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice