All the headlines from our Willis Towers Watson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 19 2018 // Willis Towers Watson, the global advisory, broking and solutions company, announced that its board of directors has extended the contract of its chief executive officer, John Haley, until Jan. 1, 2021.“We are pleased...
Jul 16 2018 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has appointed Mary Botkin, as health care industry lead in its Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) segment.Botkin will be responsible for delivering the company’s integrated risk...
Jul 13 2018 // Willis Towers Watson has launched tailored cyber insurance coverage for the construction industry.CyCon was developed in close cooperation with specialty cyber insurance provider NAS Insurance Services and is available...
Jul 11 2018 // Willis Towers Watson has launched an updated version of its Radar software, which harnesses the latest technology to improve commercial lines’ pricing and underwriting.The enhanced features of Radar 4.1 include:...
Jul 2 2018 // Momentum for rate increases on loss-free reinsurance accounts dissipated during the June/July property catastrophe renewals, and in some cases, pricing declined, according to a report published by Willis Re.For example,...
Jun 22 2018 // A majority of executives around the world feel their organizations can do better when it comes to learning from their past cyber mistakes, according to the results of a global survey conducted by The Economist Intelligence...
Jun 22 2018 // Willis Towers Watson has launched a new version of its loss-reserving software, ResQ. ResQ 4.1 provides property and casualty (P/C) insurers with new reporting capabilities to further advance the software’s technical...
Jun 18 2018 // Insurtech investment deals reached a new high in the 2018 first quarter, with older insurers and reinsurers increasingly committing financing right along with traditional venture capitalists, Willis Towers Watson...
Jun 4 2018 // Insurtech investment deals reached a new high in the 2018 first quarter, with older insurers and reinsurers increasingly committing financing right along with traditional venture capitalists, Willis Towers Watson...
May 24 2018 // Willis Towers Watson has added Fred Abbott as market leader for Northern California.Abbott will be responsible for the company’s business operations, client relationships and growth opportunities across the Northern...
May 9 2018 // Property/casualty insurers in the U.S. have big plans to boost their use of advanced analytics and data in their businesses in multiple ways, but there are potential roadblocks, according to a new Willis Towers Watson...
May 4 2018 // Willis Re announced the appointment of Andrew Vince as deputy head of its global engineering practice. Vince has 25 years of underwriting experience in the class, most recently as manager of engineering treaty and onshore...
May 4 2018 // Willis Towers Watson is making changes to its insurance linked securities (ILS) business. The ILS business, which was previously part of the its securities business unit, will be integrated into Willis Re. William Dubinsky...
Apr 25 2018 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced three senior appointments within its Corporate Risk and Broking segment to strengthen its broking platform.These appointments are part of the company’s ongoing...
Apr 16 2018 // Willis Towers Watson will begin integrating IBM Security’s suite of services – from security testing and technical assessments to incident response and cyber resiliency services – to help clients assess, protect...
Apr 12 2018 // Commercial property insurance rate increases are easing off initial spikes following 2017’s record natural catastrophe losses, but commercial insurance buyers still face upward pricing pressure on many lines of...
Apr 6 2018 // Willis Towers Watson announced the transfer of its UK Insurance Investment Solutions Group (IISG) to the company’s Insurance Consulting and Technology (ICT) UK Life business – a move that aims to help insurers...
Apr 4 2018 // Reinsurance buyers were able to renew loss-free programs at broadly flat pricing levels during the April 1 renewals – continuing the trend seen at the January renewals, according to a Willis Re report.Pricing was...
Apr 3 2018 // Reinsurance buyers were able to renew loss-free programs at broadly flat pricing levels during the April 1 renewals – continuing the trend seen at the January renewals, according to a Willis Re report.Pricing was...
Mar 21 2018 // Willis Towers Watson announced two senior appointments within its Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) segment to strengthen its health care platform.Sue Chmieleski has been appointed health care industry leader, North...