All the headlines from our Willis Towers Watson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 21 2005 // Rodolfo Revuelta was elected senior vice president and chief investment officer of New Orleans-based Pan-American Life Insurance Company. In addition, Luis Inglés Jr., senior vice president for Investments, treasurer and...
Feb 9 2005 // Willis Group Holdings Ltd. reported results for the quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2004.“Despite a declining rate environment and extraordinary challenges facing the global insurance industry, we were able to...
Feb 3 2005 // Willis Re, the reinsurance unit of Willis Group Holdings, has announced the appointment of Peter C. Hearn to the position of CEO of Willis Re US.Hearn assumes the position previously held by George Reeth. Reeth has been...
Jan 26 2005 // Willis Group Holdings Ltd. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PRIMARY Worldwide Corporation, an insurance broker based in Los Gatos, California.With annual revenues of approximately $4 million, PRIMARY provides...
Jan 13 2005 // Willis Group Holdings announced the release of its annual review and forecast of insurance marketplace conditions, Marketplace Realities and Risk Management Solutions.Exploring the theme “A World of Risk”, the...
Dec 20 2004 // Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, announced that it has hired three former Marsh employees in its new Las Vegas office.Charles Halsey joined the company as senior vice president and office leader for the...
Nov 29 2004 // New York-based Willis Group Holdings has appointed Arlene Corsetti as executive vice president, regional executive officer to lead the Western Region encompassing Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and...
Sep 24 2004 // Flood Zone Correction Inc. (FZC), a flood zone correction company, has announced an alliance with Willis Group, one of three global insurance brokers. For a two-year term, Flood Zone Correction Inc. will provide flood zone...
Sep 9 2004 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Limited announced that the Board of Directors has approved an increase in the Company’s existing common share buyback authorization from $300 million to $500 million. The...
Jun 2 2004 // New York City-based Willis Re, the reinsurance unit of Willis Group Holdings, announced that Dennis Suchomel has joined its Los Angeles office as senior vice president. He will be responsible for producing and marketing...
Mar 23 2004 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings announced that two new executives have been named to its management team.Jeanette Scampas has joined Willis from AIG as Executive Vice President, responsible for Global...
Jan 14 2004 // London-based global brokerage Willis Group Holdings has issued the 2004 edition of Marketplace Realities and Risk Management Solutions (PDF), its annual compilation of articles on all lines of insurance. The report...
Jan 5 2004 // Willis Re, the reinsurance unit of Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, announced a senior appointment strengthening its Retrocession operations. Bob King, who most recently served as senior vice president...
Oct 30 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed the ‘AA-‘ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on property/casualty insurer Hannover Re (Bermuda) Ltd. (HRB), with a...
Sep 16 2003 // Brokerage giant Willis Group Holdings Ltd. announced the asset acquisition of River City Agency LLC, an agency located in St. Paul, Minn. River City is a specialized insurance broker dedicated to serving the needs of the...
Aug 19 2003 // Willis Group Holdings Limited announced that it has signed definitive agreements to acquire Cogdill Bonding and Insurance Services Inc. (“Cogdill Bonding”), the assets of the sole proprietorship of Scott J....
Jul 24 2003 // Willis Group Holdings Limited reported record results for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2003.Separately, the Board of Directors approved a 30 percent increase in the regular quarterly cash dividend on the...
May 20 2003 // Willis Re Inc. announced that Paul D. Herriott, has joined their San Francisco office as a vice president. Heriott will be responsible for producing new property/casualty business in the Western Region. Heriott brings...
Apr 24 2003 // International broker Willis Group Holdings Limited reported record results for the quarter ended March 31, 2003, with net income of $117 million, or $0.69 per diluted share compared to $68 million, or $0.43 per diluted...
Apr 23 2003 // Willis Group Holdings Ltd., announced two senior appointments strengthening its operations in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Chris Engstrom, formerly CEO of the Seattle office, has been promoted to...