MMC reached a settlement with New York Attorney Eliot Spitzer at the beginning of this year over allegations that executives at Marsh engaged in bid-rigging and steering insurance policy placements in return for kickbacks in the form of profitable contingent fee arrangements based on volume placements.

There are more than 60 civil actions detailed in the filing against MMC and Marsh involving policyholders, states, or shareholders.

Complaints with the law suits range from charges the company violated the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, to violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, to derivative actions and securities frauds, and other actions. There are two actions pending in Canada.

Putnam reached a finalized settlement this year over SEC charges that executives engaged in excessive short-term trading of mutual funds.

The investment arm is still involved in a number of investigations by the SEC, federal, and state authorities, into other aspects of its investing actions, according to the filing. MMC and Putnam have been named in a number of class action civil suits brought in the name of all investors and separate actions by shareholders. The company said it has been informed that more actions are pending.

State and federal authorities have also asked Mercer for information on services it provided.

MMC said these actions do not include other legal claims and lawsuits in "the ordinary course of business" that would involve primarily errors and omissions in connection with the placement of insurance.