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EXHIBIT 10.26    
    



	STATE OF MINNESOTA	 	DISTRICT COURT
	

COUNTY OF RAMSEY	
 	

SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
	

 	
 	

Case Type: Other Civil
	

 	
 	

Court File No. C4-05-2210
	

In the Matter of Willis Group Holdings, Ltd.,

Willis North America Inc.,

Willis of Minnesota, Inc., and

Stewart Smith Group	
 	
ASSURANCE

OF DISCONTINUANCE




INTRODUCTION  


        1.     This
Assurance of Discontinuance ("Assurance") is entered into under Minn. Stat. § 8.31, subdivision 2b (2004), between the State of Minnesota, through its
Attorney General, Mike Hatch, and Willis Group Holdings, Ltd., Willis North America Inc., Willis of Minnesota, Inc. and Stewart Smith Group (hereafter collectively referred to as
"Willis Group"). 


        2.     Mike
Hatch is the Attorney General of Minnesota and is authorized under Minn. Stat. § 8.31 (2004) and common law to enforce Minnesota's consumer protection
laws. 


        3.     Willis
Group Holdings, Ltd. ("Willis Holdings") is a holding company with its registered corporate headquarters in Bermuda. 


        4.     Willis
Holdings operates in the United States through its subsidiary, Willis North America Inc. ("Willis North America"). 



        5.     On
March 8, 2005 the Minnesota Attorney General filed a motion to compel Willis Group to comply with a Civil Investigation Demand ("CID") that the Minnesota
Attorney General had issued on behalf of the State of Minnesota on December 15, 2004. 


GENERAL PROVISIONS  


        6.     This
Assurance is not an admission of a violation of Minnesota law for any purpose. 


        7.     Willis
Group has read and understands this Assurance and enters into it voluntarily and with the benefit of legal counsel. 


        8.     The
Minnesota Attorney General, without further notice, may make ex parte application to the District Court for an Order
approving this Assurance. Service of the Order may be made upon Willis Group by mailing a copy of the Order to Mary Caiazzo, Assistant General Counsel to Willis Group Holdings. Ltd. 



        9.     William
P. Bowden, Jr. declares that he is the General Counsel of Willis Group Holdings, Ltd. and, as such, has been authorized to enter this Assurance on behalf
of Willis Group. 


        10.   This
Assurance constitutes a full and final resolution between the Minnesota Attorney General and Willis Group of all claims brought by the Minnesota Attorney General
for the alleged conduct described in the Motion to Compel, up to and including the date of the signing of this Assurance on behalf of the Minnesota Attorney General, as long as Willis Group is in
compliance with the terms of this Assurance. 


        11.   On
April 7, 2005, Willis Group entered into an Agreement with the Attorney General for the State of New York (hereafter "New York Agreement"), based on alleged
improprieties as set forth therein and in the earlier Motion to Compel brought by the Minnesota Attorney General. 







 


AGREEMENT  


        12.   Willis
Group agrees to adhere within the State of Minnesota to all provisions of the New York Agreement. Through such incorporation, all parties expressly agree and
intend that the Minnesota Attorney General has full enforcement authority over the terms of the New York Agreement, including but not limited to the business reforms, with respect to Minnesota Clients
as defined below. 


        13.   For
purposes of this Assurance, the term "Minnesota Client" means any entity, including but not limited to persons, corporations, partnerships, non-profit
organizations, and governmental entities, that are located, headquartered, or have a principle place of business in the State of Minnesota and that were clients of Willis Group at any time from
January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2004 regardless of which Willis Group office serviced the particular client. 


        14.   Minnesota
Clients shall be entitled to restitution pursuant to the terms and amounts of the New York Agreement. In addition to such payments, Willis North America hereby
agrees and covenants to pay an additional $1 million in restitution to Minnesota Clients (hereafter "Minnesota Restitution") in a manner directed by the Minnesota Attorney General. Willis Group
agrees to provide the Minnesota Attorney General with any information the Minnesota Attorney General deems necessary to make the decision as to how the additional Minnesota Restitution will be paid.
Willis North America agrees to mail the additional Minnesota Restitution payments to the Minnesota Clients within thirty (30) days of the Minnesota Attorney General informing Willis Group as to
how the additional Minnesota Restitution will be paid. 



	Dated:	  
	 	MIKE HATCH
	

 	

 	
 	

Attorney General

State of Minnesota
	

 	

 	
 	

  
 LORI R. SWANSON

Solicitor General

Minn. Atty. Reg. No. 254812
	

 	

 	
 	

ANN K. BLOODHART

Minn. Atty. Reg. No. 248393

Suite 1400, NCL Tower

445 Minnesota Street

St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2131

(651) 205-4786 (Voice)
	

 	

 	
 	

ATTORNEYS FOR STATE OF MINNESOTA
	

Dated:	

  
	
 	

  
 WILLIAM P. BOWDEN, JR.

General Counsel

Willis Group Holdings, Ltd.




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