Willis North America Appoints Collins as Growth Leader in New York

Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings plc, the global risk advisory, re/insurance broking, and human capital and benefits firm, appointed Paul Collins as growth leader for Willis’s Metro region, where he will be responsible for business development across Willis’s New York, New Jersey and southern Connecticut operations. Collins is based in New York.

Collins joined Willis in 2012 and previously served as managing partner of Willis’s New Jersey and Georgia operations.

In this newly created role he will focus on recruiting, client engagement and aligning resources across Willis’s global platform to deliver risk management services to Willis clients. He will also work closely with Willis’s Risk and Analytics team to deliver analytical tools to help organizations better quantify and proactively manage risks.

Willis North America is the North American retail brokerage business of Willis Group Holdings and the company’s largest business segment. The business, which in 2014 reported revenues of more than $1.3 billion, includes more than 70 local offices across the U.S. and Canada.