News

Aon & Willis Towers Watson Merger Hits a Snag

Aon plc and Willis Towers Watson have announced today that the firms have agreed to terminate their business combination agreement and end litigation with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The proposed combination was first […]

News

Deals: GRP Buys WTW’s Commercial Broking Biz in NI

Global Risk Partners (GRP) has entered into an agreement with Willis Towers Watson (WTW) to acquire WTW’s commercial risk and broking business in Northern Ireland. On completion, the £57m gross written premium (GWP) portfolio will […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

WTW Survey Says Insurers Want to Expand Automated Systems

Global life and property and casualty (P&C) insurers want to improve the efficiency and auditability of their processes and close the gap between their current use of automation and where they aspire to be in […]

News

Aon/Willis Towers Watson Merger Gets Green Light

Big news; Aon plc (NYSE: AON) and Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW) confirmed today that the European Commission announced conditional approval for the proposed combination of Aon and Willis Towers Watson. The firms shared the following statement in response: […]

Global insurance trends

Willis Towers Watson Report Looks at Wildfire Risks

The Nature Conservancy and Willis Towers Watson has published analysis that shows how ecological forest management, which reduces the risk of severe wildfires in fire-adapted forests, can be combined with insurance and significantly reduce insurance […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

We Are Reaching Nirvana on Reinsurance

Reinsurance rate increases continued for most major lines and territories during the 1.6 and 1.7 renewal period however, in many cases reinsurers had to accept firm order terms below their initial quotes. That indicates that […]

Global insurance trends

WTW Launches New Climate Resilience Project

Willis Tower Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company, today announced a project to support the climate adaptation and financial resilience of coastal communities in Fiji and Papua New Guinea (PNG) vulnerable to […]