Willis Global News

Brokers Willis Group, Miller Talk Merger of Wholesale Brands

Willis Group Holdings and Miller Insurance Services LLP are engaged in talks to merge their wholesale insurance businesses. The resulting wholesale brokerage firm would trade under the Miller brand, governed and regulated as a standalone legal entity and separate Lloyd’s …

Willis Global Appoints Menghi Director of Strategy and Transformation

Willis Group Holdings has appointed Pietro Menghi as Director of Strategy and Transformation for Willis Global, the division which includes Willis’s specialist brokerage and consulting services. He has been leading Willis Re Southern Europe as Chairman and CEO since 2008 …

Willis Launches New Policy to Cover Repatriation Costs for Stranded Seafarers

Willis Group Holdings has launched a new liability insurance policy to cover the costs associated with repatriating stranded seafarers. The Maritime Labor Convention, 2006 (MLC) which came into force on August 20, states that flag states are responsible for repatriating …

McKinsey’s Casserely to Succeed Plumeri as Willis Group CEO

Dominic Casserley will serve as the next chief executive officer of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, effective Jan. 7, 2013. Also, Steve Hearn, currently the chairman and CEO of Willis Global, will serve as deputy CEO and Joe Plumeri, …

Willis Global Launches New Platform for Sector Growth

Willis Global, the London headquartered reinsurance, specialties and wholesale arm of Willis Group Holdings, announced a series of what it described as “client-centric measures aimed at significantly growing the $40 billion in premiums Willis places annually through its three core …

Willis Makes Changes in its Reinsurance, Wholesale & Placement Units

Willis Group Holdings has announced a series of leadership appointments in its reinsurance, wholesale and placement divisions. The management changes are “the next phase in the development of Willis Global, a new business unit launched last year that brings together …