Towers Watson News
Employees Stressed But Not For Reasons Employers Think: Research
Employers know that their employees are stressed at work, and rank stress as the number one workforce risk issue, according to the 2013/2014 Towers Watson Staying@Work Survey, conducted by Towers ...
Towers Watson Completes Sale of Reinsurance Business for $250M
Towers Watson & Co. said Wednesday that it has completed the sale of its reinsurance brokerage business to Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group PLC for $250 million but plans to continue working with its ...
P/C Claims Officers Say Workforce Management Is Primary Challenge
Chief claims officers with leading property/casualty insurers ranked workforce management as their top claim-related challenge, with 76 percent identifying it as a top-three business issue in a new ...
JLT to Acquire Towers Watson’s Reinsurance Brokerage Business
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc (JLT), one of the world's largest suppliers of insurance and employee benefits related advice, brokerage and services, will acquire the reinsurance brokerage business ...
Commercial Insurance Prices Continue Steady Increase, Towers Watson Survey Shows
Commercial insurance prices rose by 6 percent in aggregate during the second quarter of 2013, marking the 10th consecutive quarter of price increases, according to the latest Commercial Lines ...Guy Carpenter Appoints Former Towers Watson Exec as Co-Chair of Its Mutual Co. Specialty Practice
Guy Carpenter on Friday announced that John P. "Jay" Woods III has joined the firm as co-chairman of the recently formed Mutual Company Specialty Practice. Woods joins Guy Carpenter from Towers ...$60M New Jersey Insurer CAT Bond Placed By Towers Watson Capital Markets
Towers Watson Capital Markets announced Thursday that it recently arranged a private placement catastrophe bond, sponsored by New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Group. The bond, Sullivan Re 2013-1, ...
Executive Comp Disclosures: Are Mutual Insurers Next?
Mutual insurance carriers have not been totally immune from pressures to clearly disclose details of their executive programs, but those who haven't started down the disclosure path already may need ...