All the headlines from our Willis Towers Watson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 22 2021 // Britain’s competition watchdog said on Monday it will not refer insurance broker Arthur J Gallagher & Co’s planned $3.25 billion purchase of Willis Towers Watson’s treaty reinsurance brokerage...
Nov 17 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Leaderim, an insurance broking and risk consultancy business in Israel.Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed....
Nov 16 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Willis Towers Watson; Ryan Specialty’s MGU, EmergIn Risk; and Gallagher Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. WTW Names Aon’s Wegbrans...
Nov 4 2021 // Willis Towers Watson appointed Chuck Shay head of risk & broking for the Western region of North America.Shay has more than 25 years of experience. Shay previously led the Willis Towers Watson FINEX practice in both...
Nov 3 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced the signing of an agreement to acquire the remaining 51% shares from Anemone Holdings Private Ltd and Rohit Jain in Willis Towers Watson (WTW) India.WTW currently owns 49% of...
Nov 2 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments in at insurer Chaucer (in the UK), the broker NFP (in Quebec) and the insurtech BOXX (in Switzerland).A summary of these new hires follows here Chaucer...
Oct 27 2021 // While global investment in insurtechs continues to rise, not all insurtechs are benefitting. Rather, much of the funding is focused on a relatively few startups.For example, in the second quarter, more than two-thirds of...
Oct 15 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at broker Aon, insurtech Marshmallow, and loss adjuster Sedgwick.A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Appoints WTW’s Forsgård as CEO for...
Oct 14 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at broker Willis Towers Watson, specialty insurer Fusion and insurer Beazley.A summary of these new hires follows here. Willis Towers Watson Hires ERS’...
Oct 5 2021 // The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said today that it is investigating the anticipated acquisition of the treaty reinsurance business of Willis Towers Watson by Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.In a brief...
Sep 30 2021 // Lockton Names WTW’s Danyluk as Head Int’l Property in Wholesale P/CLockton, the world’s largest privately owned independent insurance broker, has appointed Andrzej Danyluk as head of International...
Sep 30 2021 // Willis Re has launched a new flood model for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, which enables re/insurers to quantify their flood risk using a catastrophe model.Currently the model covers Morocco, the United...
Sep 14 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at three brokers: BMS, Oneglobal Broking and Miller.A summary of these new hires follows. BMS Australia Names Gallagher’s Van Dugteren, Aon’s...
Sep 10 2021 // LONDON— Willis Towers Watson has around $5 billion of capital which could used for acquisitions, its president and incoming chief executive said on Thursday, as the insurance broker prepares for a future as a standalone...
Sep 3 2021 // Global insurance broker Willis Towers Watson, which ended merger talks with rival Aon in July, announced a new global leadership team to “guide strategy, priorities, investments and engagement.”John Haley,...
Aug 20 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced that Kate Mead is the new head of its Canadian property/casualty broking team.Previously Willis Towers Watson’s practice leader for the Midwest, Northeast U.S. &...
Aug 20 2021 // Reinsurance Placement Platform Supercede Hires Former Willis Re CTOSupercede, the London-based global reinsurance placement platform, announced the appointment of Aydin Betez, formerly chief technology officer of Willis...
Aug 18 2021 // Africa Specialty Risks Names Bheenick Managing Director in MauritiusAfrica Specialty Risks (ASR), the pan-African focused reinsurance group, has appointed Krishna Bheenick as its managing director in Mauritius. The company...
Aug 17 2021 // Beazley Appoints Chubb’s Kocsondy as U.S. Cyber & Tech ChiefSpecialist insurer Beazley has appointed Patricia Kocsondy as head of U.S. Cyber & Tech. Kocsondy, an experienced cyber underwriter and manager,...
Aug 16 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Guy Carpenter, HUB International and Fidelis Insurance.A summary of these new hires follows here. Guy Carpenter Names Willis Re’s Harden as President...