Large brokerage WTW has appointed Despina Buganski as head of personal lines for its Corporate Risk & Broking division for North America (CRB NA). Effective immediately, both WTW’s Canadian and U.S. personal lines teams will report directly to Buganski, the…
WTW has appointed Allison Bryce as its national practice leader of personal lines for Canada. Bryce will be based in WTW’s Toronto office and will focus on deepening and expanding client relationships across the Canadian market, WTW said in an…
Laura Doddington has been appointed as WTW’s new North America Proposition Leader, the commercial brokerage announced Monday. Based in Toronto, Doddington will be responsible for pricing, product, claims and underwriting (PPCU) personal lines for WTW’s Insurance Consulting and Technology business.…
Many businesses are still recovering from supply chain disruptions that shocked them during the height of the pandemic, and 80% of firms said a lack of insurance solutions is among the greatest challenges to addressing their risks, according to a…
Simon Castonguay has been named WTW’s corporate risk and broking market leader for Montréal, the brokerage announced Tuesday. He will be responsible for overall business strategy and client service in the region. Also, he will be a member of the…
Helen DiVito is the new executive global client advocate for Canada at WTW, a global advisory, broking, and solutions company. As global client advocate, DiVito will be responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with risk and finance executives at Fortune…
Calendar 2021 marked the first full year of positive mergers and acquisitions (M&A) performance for the world’s deal makers since 2016, said research compiled for WTW’s Quarterly Deal Performance Monitor. The research, conducted in partnership with the M&A Research Center…
Insurance – not computer security – is probably your core business as a broker. But with cyber threats on the rise, some brokers are seeking information-security partners to help them manage their commercial clients’ cyber risk. WTW has several relationships…
When it comes to expanding your brokerages business, M&A may not always be better than organic growth, said panellists during a Canadian Underwriter webinar on Feb. 8. Doug Morrow, CEO and managing partner, Excel Insurance Group, sent a plea…
Commercial insurance prices in the United States were again nearly flat during the second quarter of 2017, global advisory, broking and solutions company Willis Towers Watson (WTW) reported on Monday. For the eight quarter in a row, price changes were…
Willis Re, the reinsurance business of global advisory, broking and solutions company Willis Towers Watson (WTW), has announced that James Kent will succeed John Cavanagh as he steps down from his position as global CEO. Cavanagh will retire from WTW…
The global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market underperformed in the second quarter of 2017, as Europe M&A bucked the trend and market volatility and economic uncertainty depressed performance in North America and Asia, according to Willis Towers Watson’s (WTW) latest…