All the headlines from our Willis Towers Watson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 30 2009 // Willis Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: WSH) reported the company’s total second quarter revenues were up by 19 percent, an increase due primarily to the HRH acquisition.Total reported revenues for the quarter ended...
Jul 1 2009 // A report from Willis Re indicates that “despite predictions of dramatic rate increases to offset reinsurer losses over the preceding 12 months, July 1 reinsurance renewals saw sufficient capacity in virtually all...
Apr 28 2009 // Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of global broker Willis Group Holdings, and Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of the Willis Re Catastrophe Price Index™ on the Thomson Reuters Insurance Linked Securities...
Mar 17 2009 // Willis Group Holdings has launched Willis Facultative, which it described as a”new unit that combines the individual facultative units of Willis and Willis Re and consolidates the group’s specialist Facultative...
Jan 29 2009 // Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of global broker Willis Group Holdings, announced the appointment of 17 professionals “to extend the global growth of the unit’s specialty lines business.”Willis said the...
Jan 5 2009 // According to a just issued report from Willis Re, the reinsurance broking arm of Willis Group Holdings, “the global reinsurance industry has remained substantially unscathed by the unprecedented turmoil in the global...
Oct 16 2008 // Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of global broker Willis Group Holdings, announced from its London headquarters the election of Alice Underwood to the Board of Directors of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) for a three...
Oct 3 2008 // Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of global broker Willis Group Holdings, has announced the formation of a Protection & Indemnity (P&I) and Marine Mutual Reinsurance team, and appointed a managing director and three...
Sep 9 2008 // Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of global broker Willis Group Holdings announced that Rowan Douglas, managing director of analytics for Willis Re’s International and Specialty divisions, has been appointed to the...
Aug 6 2008 // Willis Group Holdings has announced three senior appointments at Willis Re, the company’s reinsurance arm. The bulletin said the “appointments are designed to accelerate the unit’s global progress against...
Jul 18 2008 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings has named Gary Schmalzriedt as chairman of Willis Re, the company’s reinsurance arm. Schmalzriedt brings 40 years of international insurance management experience to his...
Jul 2 2008 // Willis Group Holdings Limited has released its annual reinsurance renewals report for July 2008. Titled – “Whose Cycle is it Anyway?” – the report found that,”while softening in the...
Jun 9 2008 // Willis Group Holdings Ltd. announced that the company has agreed to buy Virginia-based rival Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co., according to a statement late on Sunday.Willis said the $2.1 billion deal would double its...
Apr 3 2008 // Willis Re, the reinsurance division of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, recently hosted a risk management seminar in Sofia, Bulgaria “to highlight the growing challenges facing Bulgarian insurance...
Apr 2 2008 // Willis Group Holdings has released its annual reinsurance renewals report for April 2008 – entitled “Plenty of Capacity, Plenty of Capital.” The report examines the first quarter of 2008.It found that...
Mar 10 2008 // Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker reports it has extended the employment agreement with Joseph J. Plumeri, its chairman and chief executive officer.The agreement, which was originally scheduled to expire...
Mar 10 2008 // Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, reports it has extended the employment agreement with Joseph J. Plumeri, its chairman and chief executive officer.The agreement, which was originally scheduled to expire...
Mar 6 2008 // Willis Group Holdings has appointed Nigel Brunning as senior vice president and regional partner for Willis of Louisiana Inc., the company announced.Brunning’s responsibilities include branch management of...
Feb 29 2008 // Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker reports it has extended the employment agreement with Joseph J. Plumeri, its chairman and chief executive officer.The agreement, which was originally scheduled to expire...
Feb 26 2008 // Willis Group Holdings, a global insurance broker, has appointed K.J. Wagner to regional partner, and president and CEO of Willis of Arizona, Inc., effective immediately. Wagner’s responsibilities will include leading...