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Segment Information (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Segment Information |
Schedule of total revenue by business segments |
|  | Three months ended September 30, |  | Nine months ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Risk Solutions |  | $ | 1,617 |  | $ | 1,484 |  | $ | 4,994 |  | $ | 4,658 |
HR Solutions |  | 1,112 |  | 321 |  | 3,319 |  | 960 |
Intersegment elimination |  | (6 | ) | (4 | ) | (20 | ) | (15 | )
Total revenue |  | $ | 2,723 |  | $ | 1,801 |  | $ | 8,293 |  | $ | 5,603 |
Schedule of commissions, fees and other revenues by products |
|  | Three months ended September 30, |  | Nine months ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Retail brokerage |  | $ | 1,237 |  | $ | 1,108 |  | $ | 3,837 |  | $ | 3,508 |
Reinsurance brokerage |  | 365 |  | 361 |  | 1,119 |  | 1,108 |
Total Risk Solutions Segment |  | 1,602 |  | 1,469 |  | 4,956 |  | 4,616 |
Consulting services |  | 555 |  | 268 |  | 1,670 |  | 808 |
Outsourcing |  | 561 |  | 53 |  | 1,667 |  | 151 |
Intrasegment |  | (4 | ) | — |  | (18 | ) | — |
Total HR Solutions Segment |  | 1,112 |  | 321 |  | 3,319 |  | 959 |
Intersegment |  | (6 | ) | (4 | ) | (20 | ) | (15 | )
Total commissions, fees and other revenue |  | $ | 2,708 |  | $ | 1,786 |  | $ | 8,255 |  | $ | 5,560 |
Schedule of fiduciary investment income by business segments |
|  | Three months ended September 30, |  | Nine months ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Risk Solutions |  | $ | 15 |  | $ | 15 |  | $ | 38 |  | $ | 42 |
HR Solutions |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 1 |
Total fiduciary investment income |  | $ | 15 |  | $ | 15 |  | $ | 38 |  | $ | 43 |
Schedule of reconciliation of segment income before tax to income from continuing operations before income taxes |
|  | Three months ended September 30, |  | Nine months ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Risk Solutions |  | $ | 308 |  | $ | 258 |  | $ | 969 |  | $ | 820 |
HR Solutions |  | 77 |  | 54 |  | 315 |  | 148 |
Unallocated expenses |  | (44 | ) | (49 | ) | (113 | ) | (164 | )
Operating income from continuing operations before income taxes |  | 341 |  | 263 |  | 1,171 |  | 804 |
Interest income |  | 4 |  | 4 |  | 14 |  | 9 |
Interest expense |  | (60 | ) | (50 | ) | (186 | ) | (117 | )
Other (expense) income |  | 7 |  | (9 | ) | 1 |  | 3 |
Income from continuing operations before income taxes |  | $ | 292 |  | $ | 208 |  | $ | 1,000 |  | $ | 699 |

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