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...“Capacity is still likely to be restricted due to global [catastrophe] losses continuing at record levels,” Adam Garrard, head of corporate risk and broking at Willis Towers Watson, one of the world’s biggest...
...The arrival of multinationals such as Hapag-Lloyd and TK Elevator, which both moved their North American headquarters to Atlanta in 2022, along with film and TV production companies lured by tax breaks,...
...Horta-Osório, best known in the UK for his time as chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group, is likely to bring some high-level connections in Portugal to the bid....
...Nobel Q3, Alfa-Laval Q3, Asos FY, Boeing Q3, Carrefour Q3, Cazoo Q3, Chubb Q3, Dassault Systèmes Q3, Deutsche Bank Q3, Fresnillo Q3 production report, Heineken Q3, Hilton Worldwide Holdings Q3, IBM Q3, Lloyds...
...Fani Willis, the Fulton county district attorney, said her office would this week ask the judge to set a trial date within the next six months....
...“Enabling the transition, I think, is a more productive outcome for society than shutting off the lights,” Carl Hess, chief executive of major insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson, said last year....
...Rentokil Initial H1, Roche H1, Sage Q3 trading update, Samsung Electronics Q1, Schroders H1, Shell Q2, Singapore Airlines Q1, TotalEnergies H1, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield H1, Vivendi H1, Volkswagen H1, Willis...
...In a subsequent MP hearing to dissect what went wrong, FCA interim chair Richard Lloyd pointed to the existence of a “gap in regulation” linked to investment consultants....
...Angus Duncan, a D&O specialist at insurance broker Willis Towers Watson, said insurers were asking for more information about clients’ climate policies, and even discussing policy “enhancements” — amendment...
...The biggest deals included Marsh’s acquisition of Jardine Lloyd Thompson for £4.3bn in 2018 while Willis combined with Towers Watson in an $18bn deal in 2015....
...“People won’t return to the room unless the decision makers are in the room,” said Alastair Swift, head of global lines of business for risk and broking at Willis Towers Watson....
...The chief executive of one Lloyd’s of London underwriter said the news would provoke a “massive sigh of relief” from companies and their insurers who feared having less choice as a result of the mega-deal...
...“It’s not a mature market, and it’s a vastly changing dynamic of what exactly is being insured, and the contagion risk is tremendous,” explains Carl Hess, chief executive at insurance broker Willis Towers...
...iWeb, owned by Lloyds Banking Group, is one of the cheapest options available — it has no account fee — but you have to pay a £100 joining fee....
...Consultants Willis Towers Watson’s latest Global Pension Asset Study shows that pension funds’ asset allocation to private assets including private equity, real estate and infrastructure has gone from seven...
...Willis Towers Watson has overhauled its board following the collapse of its $30bn merger with Aon....
...Juan Colombas, who served in risk roles at Lloyds Banking Group and Santander, will also join the board....
...(Forbes) News round-up Aon/Willis: for trustbusters, happiness is a smoking gun (FT Lex) Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li’s FWD to raise up to $3bn in US IPO (FT) eBay to sell South Korea unit for $3.1bn...
...Too expensive and you could be paying for things you don’t use,” says Adrian Lowcock, head of personal investing at Willis Owen....
...The departures come as Credit Suisse’s new chair, former Lloyds chief executive António Horta-Osório, has promised sweeping changes....
...Exchange; Kraft Heinz; Mastercard; McDonalds; Merck & Co; Newmont Mining; Northrop Grumman; S&P Global; Southern; Thermo Fisher Scientific; Total; Vertex Pharmaceuticals; Twitter; Royal Dutch Shell; Airbus; Willis...
...Willis was itself formed from the 2015 merger between Willis and Towers Watson....
...It comes a year after Marsh & McLennan completed the acquisition of Jardine Lloyd Thompson in a £4.3bn tie-up. Aon considered a bid for Willis Towers Watson last year, but dropped the idea last March....
...“There is an underlying feeling that we are missing something,” said Alastair Swift, head of GB corporate risk and broking at Willis Towers Watson....
...Reinsurance broker Willis Re estimates a total of $13bn has already been drummed up. Australia’s QBE was one of the first out of the blocks, securing $750m in April....
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