All the headlines from our Willis Towers Watson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 14 2024 // Insurance broker WTW announced a partnership with Ukrainian insurer, VUSO, to provide a London-market-backed facility covering cargo and, crucially, war-on-land risks.This exclusive facility – which WTW describes as a...
May 13 2024 // Insurance broker WTW has formed a partnership with Riskonnect to pilot an analytical delivery tool that connects claims and exposure data through its new offering WTW Risk IQ API (application programming interface).The...
Apr 30 2024 // WTW Appoints deLaricheliere to Leadership Role Within Financial Institutions and Professional ServicesWTW, headquartered in London, appointed Alex deLaricheliere as Strategy and execution leader and banking subvertical...
Apr 25 2024 // Zurich NA Names Higginbotham Head of Professional Liability & CyberZurich North America, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, has named Kara Higginbotham as head of professional liability and cyber for U.S. national...
Mar 7 2024 // U.S. commercial insurance prices increased 6.6% in the fourth quarter 2023, with “intriguing shifts” in some coverage areas, according to a survey from broker WTW.According to the latest results from...
Mar 6 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Sompo Japan and Willis Towers Watson (WTW).A summary of these new hires follows here. Sompo Japan Names Takahashi as Chief Risk Officer, Head of...
Mar 4 2024 // WTW and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) announced the purchase of a new coral reef insurance policy that expands coverage around the main Hawaiian Islands and increases payouts after qualifying storms.This replaces the first...
Feb 16 2024 // WTW and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) announced the purchase of a new coral reef insurance policy that expands coverage around the main Hawaiian Islands and increases payouts after qualifying storms.This replaces the first...
Feb 12 2024 // Insurance broker WTW has launched a cyber solution aimed at international clients headquartered outside of Great Britain and the United States with revenues up to US$1 billion (or the equivalent currency).The International...
Jan 29 2024 // Broker WTW said it has launched a cyber solution specifically for business with annual revenue under $50 million, including startups and pre-revenue accounts. This tailored solution for small- and medium-sized enterprises...
Jan 25 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the re/insurance group Aventum, the broker Aon, and insurer Chubb.A summary of these new hires follows here. Aventum Promotes Eldridge to MDAventum, the...
Jan 18 2024 // Alliant Insurance Services named Greg Zimmer chief executive officer, taking over for Tom Corbett, who has served as CEO for more than 30 years.The new leadership roles will take effect April 1, 2024. Zimmer joined Alliant...
Jan 11 2024 // WTW Names Buganski Head of Personal Lines, CRB NAWTW, headquartered in Arlington, Va., appointed Despina Buganski as head of personal lines, corporate risk and broking, North America (CRB NA). With more than 30 years of...
Dec 11 2023 // U.S. commercial insurance prices increased 6.1% in the third quarter, maintaining an upward trend.According to the latest results from WTW’s Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS), carriers in the third...
Dec 4 2023 // Even though reinsurance executives are making noise about social inflation and liability rate inadequacy, WTW isn’t expecting any major changes in the pricing for commercial casualty or property insurance markets...
Nov 15 2023 // Global insurance broker WTW appointed Brad Messinger as leader of the financial institutions and professional services (FI&PS) industry division. Messinger will assume this role on January 1 while continuing his...
Nov 14 2023 // Insurance broker WTW announced the launch of “A-Star,” an excess layer D&O insurance solution for directors and officers. The new facility provides access to up to £/$/€ 80,000,000 additional capacity...
Nov 13 2023 // Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan, headquartered in New York, N.Y., named Janice Kowell marine, cargo and logistics practice leader, U.S. and Canada. Kowell will remain based in Portland, Ore.Kowell succeeds Michael...
Nov 7 2023 // WTW announced the launch of an Asia Pacific Climate Risk Centre (ACRC) in Singapore, which aim to provide climate risk quantification and management capabilities to support the region’s climate resilience and...
Oct 16 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at WTW and QBE Europe.A summary of these new hires follows here. WTW Risk & Broking Names Marsh’s Powell as Chief Claims OfficerWTW, the advisory,...