All the headlines from our Willis Towers Watson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Feb 21 2008 // Willis Re, the reinsurance operations of Willis Group Holdings, has released new research analyzing the risk to the underwriting portfolios of professional liability re/insurance Underwriters stemming from the sub-prime...
Feb 20 2008 // Willis Group Holdings promoted Dee Anderson to executive vice president, and Terry Burkhalter to vice president, risk control consulting services, Knoxville office of Willis of Tennessee Inc., effective immediately. After...
Jan 3 2008 // Willis Group Holdings has released its annual reinsurance renewals report for January 2008 with the rather ominous subtitle “Settling or Sinking?” The report highlights “one of the major trends witnessed...
Jul 18 2007 // Willis Re, the reinsurance operations of global broker Willis Group Holdings (NYSE: WSH), issued new research on at-work motor vehicle accidents; a significant and common concern among carriers insuring the workers’...
Jul 5 2007 // Willis Group Holdings announced from its London office that it has released its reinsurance review of the marketplace for the July 1, 2007 renewals entitled “Willis Re – 1st View.” Willis said the report...
Apr 3 2007 // Willis Group Holdings has released its reinsurance review of the marketplace for the April 1, 2007 renewal entitled “Few Surprises.” The report reaches the same conclusions as those contained in Aon Global...
Mar 26 2007 // Mercury General commemorates 10th anniversary at NYSEMercury General Corp. rang The Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, March 9, 2007, to commemorate its 10th anniversary of being listed on the NYSE....
Mar 19 2007 // Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings has opened a branch office in Seattle. The Seattle office will be managed by Doug May, who has been appointed executive vice president. Prior...
Jul 27 2006 // Willis Group Holdings has released its reinsurance review of the marketplace for the July 1, 2006 renewals. The report includes commentary from Willis Re experts on key global markets, examining recent trends and an...
Jun 28 2006 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings has released a new political risk pricing paper, which is aimed at encouraging the injection of capacity into the political risk reinsurance market. The study, entitled...
Jun 9 2006 // At its first-ever investor conference in New York City, global broker Willis Group Holdings outlined plans to drive the next phase of the company’s growth.Willis reiterated that for the full year 2006, the company...
Jun 2 2006 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings announced that it has concluded “an exclusive reinsurance intermediary relationship with Accurate Environmental Forecasting, a provider of numerical weather prediction...