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Willis Towers Watson Agrees to Acquire Remaining 51% Stake in WTW India

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...

WTW’s Smith to Lead Chaucer’s Marine Specialty Division; NFP Names Beauchamp VP Commercial Lines; Insurtech BOXX Hires Steptoe as Global Chief Product Officer

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...

Global $10.5B Insurtech Funding Train Leaving Many Startups Behind, WTW Advises

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...

People Moves: Aon Names WTW’s Forsgård as CEO, Nordic Region; Marshmallow Hires Gillard as Chief People Officer; Sedgwick Appoints Norman for Biz Development

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...

People Moves: WTW Hires ERS’ Shepherd to Lead Facultative; Specialty Insurer Fusion Names Gallagher’s Simmonds as Managing Partner; AXIS’ Quane Is CUO at Beazley

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’...

UK Competition Authority Investigating Gallagher Bid to Buy Willis Re

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...

People Moves: Lockton Hires WTW’s Danyluk as Head Int’l Property, Wholesale; HSB Promotes Prentice in Cyber; Apollo’s Ker Becomes Castel’s Head of Performance

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...

Willis Re Launches Flood Model for MENA Region

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...

People Moves: BMS Australia Hires Gallagher’s Van Dugteren, Aon’s McKenzie; elseco’s Warren to Oneglobal; Miller Appoints WTW’s Goreham to Lead Construction

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...

Willis Towers Watson’s New CEO Says It Has $5 Billion for Possible Acquisitions

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...

Willis Towers Watson Revamps Global Leadership

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,...

Willis Towers Watson Promotes Mead to Canadian Property/Casualty Broking Leader

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. &...

People Moves: Former Willis Re CTO Joins Placement Platform Supercede; Sedgwick Hires Cordingley for Event Response in Australia, Cooper for Asia Biz Development

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...

People Moves: Africa Specialty Risks Names Bheenick as Mauritius Managing Director; WTW’s Whyte Joins Miller for APAC Expansion

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...

People Moves: Chubb’s Kocsondy Joins Beazley Cyber; Ames & Gough Adds Martin; WTW’s Kinzer Moves to Zurich Construction; AXA XL Adds 4 to Pollution Team

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,...

People Moves: Carpenter Names Willis Re’s Harden President of APAC; HUB Appoints Stait to Lead Canada Cannabis Specialty; Riega Is Fidelis’ Head of Sustainability

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...

Willis Towers Watson Promotes Hess to President and Future CEO

Aug 16 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced that its board of directors has unanimously selected Carl Hess as the company’s new president and next chief executive officer.Hess, who currently serves as Willis...

Arthur J. Gallagher Agrees to Buy Willis Re

Aug 13 2021 // Global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has agreed to acquire the treaty reinsurance brokerage operations of Willis Towers Watson, just weeks after a previous Gallagher deal to buy Willis Re fell through when...

People Moves: WCRI Adds Negrusa; WTW’s Atkinson, Pokora Move to Marsh; WTW Appoints Drummond, Romano

Aug 12 2021 // The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) announced that Dr. Sebastian Negrusa has joined the Cambridge, Mass.-based Institute to manage its research programs and accelerate WCRI’s focus on new topics in...

Sale of Willis Re Still Possible After Collapse of Aon Merger, Gallagher Deal

Aug 3 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson PLC said on Tuesday it is weighing strategic alternatives for its reinsurance unit, Willis Re, days after a planned sale to rival Arthur J. Gallagher fell through.Willis and broker Aon...