Insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Plc plans to keep its name on the Chicago tower that is being sold to Blackstone Group LP. The broker “is involved in a long-term contract for its naming rights for Willis Tower,” Colleen McCarthy, …
The aviation industry is behind the curve in terms of its response and readiness to the insidious threat posed by cyber criminality whether from criminals, terrorists, nation states or hackers, according to Peter Armstrong, head of Cyber Strategy for Willis …
Willis Group Holdings plc announced that it has agreed to purchase a 49 percent stake in Almondz Insurance Brokers Private Limited, an Indian insurance broker with nearly 300 associates in nine offices in India serving clients with a broad range …
Willis Group Holdings announced that Scottish independent broker, Clark Thomson Insurance Brokers Ltd (CTIB), has agreed to join Willis Commercial Network (WCN) in a deal that includes the purchase of Willis’s Commercial business unit in Scotland, which focuses on small …
Willis Group Holdings has published a new analysis from Oxford Analytica in the form of the “VAPOR Political Risk Model,” which, it said, “helps companies assess the financial exposure to a suite of political risks for the first time. As …
Willis Group Holdings plc, the global risk adviser, insurance and reinsurance broker, has announced a group of internal promotions and moves to strengthen the Willis China leadership team. Mitchell Ma has been appointed as chairman of Willis China. Ma has …
Willis Group Holdings Plc, the third-largest insurance broker by market value, has agreed to take a majority stake in Miller Insurance Services LLP to add shipping clients. Willis will take an 85 percent stake, and partners of Miller will retain …
Willis Group Holdings, the global risk adviser, insurance and reinsurance broker, announced that it has promoted Philip Smaje to Chief Broking Officer for Willis GB, the operating segment that includes Willis’s UK retail insurance business, facultative and London specialty businesses. …
Willis Group Holdings announced that the Allianz-owned company, Allianz Business Services Limited (ABSL), trading as Premierline, has joined the Willis Commercial Network (WCN). Lancaster-based ABSL joins WCN as part of a deal that includes the sale of Willis’s Businesscare business …
Willis Re, the reinsurance division of Willis Group Holdings, the risk adviser, insurance and reinsurance broker, has released a new Japan Tsunami Model to advance the industry’s understanding of catastrophic tsunami losses. The tsunami model, which was developed in-house alongside …
