All the headlines from our Willis Towers Watson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Mar 9 2018 // Willis Towers Watson, the London-based advisory, broking and solutions company, has developed the Global Ecosystem Resilience Facility (GERF), which it describes as the first global insurance facility to provide finance...
Mar 5 2018 // Global insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has appointed Alexis Faber as chief operating officer within its Corporate Risk and Broking segment. Faber will transition from her current role as global head of Financial...
Feb 28 2018 // Willis Towers Watson has launched Willis Towers Watson Aerospace Cyber Guard, a tailored cyber insurance product for the general aviation industry.Willis Towers Watson Aerospace Cyber Guard was developed in cooperation...
Feb 27 2018 // Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory, broking and solutions company, has appointed Eric Seaborg as a client advocate for its public entity practice within its education department. Seaborg will be based in the...
Feb 15 2018 // Commercial property insurers are seeking double-digit rate hikes on catastrophe-exposed insurance programs following 2017’s record catastrophes; however, abundant capacity in the form of traditional and alternative...
Feb 2 2018 // Re/insurance industry incumbents are fueling investments in insurtech startups, sending a clear message to potential disruptive outsiders, according to a report published by Willis Towers Watson, which detailed 2017 trends...
Feb 2 2018 // Willis Towers Watson has appointed Fred Zutel as Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) market leader for Florida, where he will focus on delivering the company’s property & casualty insurance broking services to...
Jan 29 2018 // The insurance linked securities (ILS) sector is set for another year of growth as the market recovers from 2017’s natural disasters, replaces lost capital and investors show mounting interest in ILS products.These...
Jan 18 2018 // Willis Re, the reinsurance business of Willis Towers Watson, the global advisory and broking company, has upgraded its cyber risk portfolio modeling tool PRISM-ReTM to include “silent cyber.”Willis Re defines...