All the headlines from our Willis Towers Watson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 4 2017 // Clyde Bernstein has been appointed as the head of Broking – Great Britain (GB), for Willis Towers Watson’s Corporate Risk and Broking division.He reports jointly to Philip Smaje, global head of Broking, and...
May 2 2017 // Willis Towers Watson has appointed John Puetz as corporate risk and broking (CRB) segment leader for the Missouri/Kansas market.Puetz will be responsible for driving the overall CRB growth strategy, value proposition and...
May 2 2017 // Total insurtech funding in the first quarter of 2017 was down, but the drop-off could be a result of the significant investments in 2016 now reaching the product launch phase, according to a report by Willis Towers Watson...
May 2 2017 // The insurance sector is at risk of being further marginalized by investors because performance reporting has become more complicated as a result of Solvency II, according to a report published jointly by Autonomous...
Apr 27 2017 // Willis Towers Watson has released an updated version of “Unify,” the systems integration and workflow platform.Unify 2.0 introduces new features in response to the tightening of reporting timescales under...
Apr 26 2017 // Non-life insurance-linked securities (ILS) capital grew again in Q1 2017, continuing the trend from 2016, according to the latest ILS Market Update from Willis Towers Watson Securities, the investment banking business of...
Apr 26 2017 // Fluid capital and ample capacity has kept the commercial insurance sector stable overall and also a buyers’ market. That reality holds despite potential regulatory and monetary policies pending in Washington, D.C....
Apr 25 2017 // Insurance broker and consultant Willis Towers Watson has made six senior appointments across its Global FINEX business, the company’s financial, executive and professional risk specialty group.Jeremy Wall has been...
Apr 23 2017 // Global insurance broker and consultant Willis Towers Watson has named Joe Peiser as head of Broking, North America. Peiser will be responsible for the company’s broking strategy in North America, working with the...
Apr 11 2017 // U.K. car insurance premiums rose 1.8 percent in the first quarter of 2017, with motorists now paying an average of £781 ($949), which is £110 ($134), or 16 percent, higher than average premiums paid in the same period...
Apr 10 2017 // Willis Towers Watson has introduced CyFly, an insurance solution specifically tailored to cover cyber exposure affecting the airline industry.The recent Willis Towers Watson Industry Risk Index identified failure of...
Apr 7 2017 // With abundant capacity, aggressive capital market competition and acceptable returns for global reinsurers, it’s no wonder that the elusive bottom of soft market pricing was not evident at the April 1 renewals.During...
Mar 22 2017 // Risk to U.S. property from thunderstorms is as high as from hurricanes, according to new research finding that for the past decade, severe convective storms have been the largest annual aggregated risk peril to the U.S....
Mar 13 2017 // Most commercial insurance prices in the U.S. were nearly flat during the fourth quarter of 2016, although prices continued to go up for commercial auto.The most recent Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS) from...
Mar 8 2017 // Willis Towers Watson has launched Radar 3.0, the latest edition of its pricing software, which includes machine learning approaches for greater pricing sophistication.Building on the last major release of Radar in 2016,...
Mar 1 2017 // While many organizations continue to focus on the technology aspect of cyber defense, which is crucial, they often do so at the expense of people risks, which represent the largest source of data breach claims.New claims...
Mar 1 2017 // Willis Towers Watson has concluded its negotiations with OAAGC, the French aviation brokerage, and has now completed the acquisition of its team and book of business.Willis Towers Watson said the deal makes it the leading...
Feb 28 2017 // Willis Towers Watson has appointed Imran Qureshi to head the company’s U.S. Midwest region. In his new role, Qureshi will be responsible for managing and growing the company’s business and client relationships...
Feb 22 2017 // Willis Towers Watson has entered into exclusive negotiations with OAAGC, the French aviation brokerage, to acquire its team and book of business.Paris-based OAAGC (Office d’Assurances Aériennes G. de Cugnac) was...
Feb 10 2017 // Insured loss estimates from major natural catastrophes totaled US$39.5 billion during 2016, which is the highest level since 2012 when market losses totaled US$60 billion, according to a report published by Willis Re, the...