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In my post, The Changing Risk Landscape for Publishers in a Digital World, I explored some of the changing exposures faced by publishers enduring print-to-digital transformation...
Willis Towers Watson has announced the launch of Willis Towers Watson Securities, previously known as Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA)...
Willis Group and Towers Watson joined to form Willis Towers Watson on January 5, 2016.
By 1912, Willis had a huge marine account and was broker for the ill-fated Titanic. The hull claim of $1 million was settled in full within 30 days...
Manchester Unity was R. Watson & Sons’ first client in 1878. This friendly society (an organization that provides health and burial benefits to its...
Lloyd’s in the 1800s. In 1841, Henry Willis applied for membership of Lloyd’s, where he started to broker insurance for the cargoes of commodities he sold on commission...
Wall Street in the 1860s. In 1865, New Yorker Peter Fackler founded one of the first actuarial firms in North America...
The arithmeter was a cylindrical slide rule used by actuaries in the late 19th century for life insurance calculations...
In 1889, Peter Fackler helped create the Actuarial Society of America, a predecessor of today’s Society of Actuaries. The society’s first banquet was held in the Astor House at Broadway and Barclay Street in New York...
Social media is causing an interesting convergence of sectors within technology, media and telecommunications (TMT). Technology firms are finding themselves becoming social media companies. Telecommunication firms are finding themselves in the tech business. It’s not exactly “dogs and cats living…
