Marsh & McLennan Companies, a global professional services firm, has named Robert Easton as chief compliance officer of the firm's Risk and Insurance Services segment. He reports to Jim McNasby, general counsel for MMC’s Risk and Insurance Services segment.

Most recently, Easton was chief compliance officer of McGraw Hill Financial. From 2011 to 2015, he served as executive deputy superintendent at the New York State Department of Financial Services. In that role as the state’s highest ranking official dedicated to insurance regulation, he provided oversight to more than 1,700 property and casualty, life, and health insurance companies operating in the State.