** Shares of insurance brokerage firm Marsh McLennan MMC.N
down 2.5% to $215.20 premarket
** MMC posts a near 6% rise in total Q2 revenue, but misses
analysts' estimates
** Total consulting revenue at $2.22 bln vs estimates of
$2.30 bln - LSEG data
** Posts total revenue of $6.22 bln vs analysts' estimates
of $6.31 bln
** On an adjusted basis, profit at $1.19 billion, or $2.41
per share, compared with $1.10 billion, or $2.20 per share, a
year earlier
** As of last close, MMC up ~16% YTD
(Reporting by Pritam Biswas in Bengaluru)
((Pritam.Biswas@thomsonreuters.com))