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Willis Towers Watson, Tech Firm Roost to Form Home Telematics Testing Consortium

May 31 2017 // Global insurance consultant Willis Towers Watson is partnering with technology firm Roost to establish a claims data sharing consortium to help insurers test the effectiveness of water and fire smart home technologies.The...

Hub Northeast Hires Willis Towers Watson’s Collins in New York

May 19 2017 // Hub International Northeast (Hub Northeast), a subsidiary of Hub International Limited (Hub), has hired Paul Collins as president and CEO.Based in Manhattan, Collins will be responsible for overseeing all retail and...

Zacharopoulos to Lead Willis Towers Watson’s Midwest Financial Institutions Unit

May 8 2017 // Willis Towers Watson has appointed Thomas Zacharopoulos as Midwest leader for its Financial Institutions Industry group.Zacharopoulos will be responsible for business development and delivering the full scope of the...

Willis Towers Watson Names Bernstein as Head of Broking, Great Britain

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...

Puetz to Lead Willis Towers Watson’s Corporate Risk Business in Missouri, Kansas

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...

Study Finds Insurtech Funding Dips as Startups Launch; Predicts Small Business Disruption Ahead

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...

Complex Solvency II Reporting Puts Off Insurer Investors: 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...

Willis Updates ‘Unify’ Platform in Response to New Solvency II Challenges

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...

ILS Market Continues Growth Trend in Q1 2017: Willis Towers Watson

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...

Realities of Today’s Commercial Insurance Market: Willis Towers Watson

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....

Willis Towers Watson Names 6 to Global FINEX Senior Leadership Team

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...

Willis Towers Watson Names Peiser Head of Broking North America

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...

UK Car Premiums Rise by 16% to $949 with More Pain Ahead: Willis Towers Watson, Confused.com

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...

Willis Towers Watson Launches Cyber Aviation Cover with AIG Collaboration

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...

April 1 Renewals Saw ‘Disciplined Softening’ with Ample Capacity: Aon & Willis Re

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...

Thunderstorms Just as Costly to Insurers as Hurricanes: Study

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....

What’s Been Happening with Commercial Insurance Prices: Willis Towers Watson

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...

Willis Towers Watson Launches New Edition of Pricing Software, Radar 3.0

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,...

Effective Cybersecurity Strategy Rests on People, Not Just Technology

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...

Willis Towers Watson Completes Purchase of French Aviation Broker, OAAGC

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...