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noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Multinational risk advisor, insurance brokerage and reinsurance brokerage company</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Willis_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/47/Willis_logo.png/220px-Willis_logo.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/47/Willis_logo.png 1.5x" data-file-width="232" data-file-height="114" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Public_company" title="Public company">Public</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">Traded as</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange">NYSE</a>: WSH</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Insurance_broker" title="Insurance broker">Insurance broker</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1828<span class="noprint">; 196 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1828</span>)</span>, in London, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">2016</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data">Acquired <a href="/wiki/Towers_Watson" title="Towers Watson">Towers Watson</a>; was renamed <a href="/wiki/Willis_Towers_Watson" title="Willis Towers Watson">Willis Towers Watson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Willis_Towers_Watson" title="Willis Towers Watson">Willis Towers Watson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Dominic Casserley (<a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Insurance" title="Insurance">Insurance</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Risk_management" title="Risk management">Risk management</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Human_resource_consulting" title="Human resource consulting">Human resource consulting</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">18,000</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Willis Group Holdings plc</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Multinational_corporation" title="Multinational corporation">multinational</a> risk advisor, <a href="/wiki/Insurance_broker" title="Insurance broker">insurance brokerage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reinsurance" title="Reinsurance">reinsurance</a> brokerage company headquartered in the <a href="/wiki/Willis_Building_(London)" title="Willis Building (London)">Willis Building</a> in London. It was the third-largest insurance broker worldwide by revenues.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, the company acquired <a href="/wiki/Towers_Watson" title="Towers Watson">Towers Watson</a> and was renamed <a href="/wiki/Willis_Towers_Watson" title="Willis Towers Watson">Willis Towers Watson</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willis_Group&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Willis_Building_(London).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Willis_Building_%28London%29.jpg/170px-Willis_Building_%28London%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="346" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Willis_Building_%28London%29.jpg/255px-Willis_Building_%28London%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Willis_Building_%28London%29.jpg/340px-Willis_Building_%28London%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2930" data-file-height="5958" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Willis_Building_(London)" title="Willis Building (London)">Willis Building</a> in London</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1828, Henry Willis began selling imported goods for <a href="/wiki/Commission_(remuneration)" title="Commission (remuneration)">commission</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Exchange" title="Baltic Exchange">Baltic Exchange</a> in London. In 1841, he began brokering insurance for the cargoes of commodities he sold on commission. He expanded to <a href="/wiki/Marine_insurance" title="Marine insurance">marine insurance</a> and founded Henry Willis & Company shortly thereafter.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1896, the company expanded to the U.S. market through a relationship with <a href="/wiki/Johnson_%26_Higgins" title="Johnson & Higgins">Johnson & Higgins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-history_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1898, the company merged with Faber Brothers (founded in 1886) to form Willis Faber.<sup id="cite_ref-history_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1928, it merged with Dumas & Wylie (founded in 1843) to create Willis, Faber & Dumas.<sup id="cite_ref-history_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1950s, the company's actuary business grew significantly as <a href="/wiki/Private_pension" title="Private pension">private pensions</a> gained usage.<sup id="cite_ref-history_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company was listed on the <a href="/wiki/London_Stock_Exchange" title="London Stock Exchange">London Stock Exchange</a> in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-history_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1980s, the company's reinsurance business grew significantly, eclipsing its marine brokerage business.<sup id="cite_ref-history_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It expanded into the United States in 1990 when it merged with Corroon & Black (founded as R. A. Corroon & Co. in 1905) to form the Willis Corroon Group, the fourth largest insurance broker worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-history_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1998, in a <a href="/wiki/Leveraged_buyout" title="Leveraged buyout">leveraged buyout</a>, the company was acquired by Trinity Acquisition on behalf of <a href="/wiki/Kohlberg_Kravis_Roberts" title="Kohlberg Kravis Roberts">Kohlberg Kravis Roberts</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-history_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1999 the name Willis Group was adopted.<sup id="cite_ref-history_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was listed on the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange">New York Stock Exchange</a> in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-history_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2008, Willis acquired <a href="/wiki/Hilb,_Rogal_%26_Hobbs_Co." title="Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs Co.">Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs Co.</a> (HRH), one of the largest insurance and risk management intermediaries in North America, for $2.1 billion. The acquisition included Glencairn Limited.<sup id="cite_ref-history_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2009, the company relocated its registered office from <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a> to Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_(England_and_Wales)" title="Court of Appeal (England and Wales)">Court of Appeal of England and Wales</a> held that the company was entitled to an interim <a href="/wiki/Injunction" title="Injunction">injunction</a> to prevent <a href="/wiki/Jardine_Lloyd_Thompson" title="Jardine Lloyd Thompson">Jardine Lloyd Thompson</a> (JLT), a competing firm of brokers, from unfairly recruiting its remaining staff after more than 20 employees, including nearly all senior staff in one department, left Willis to work for JLT. JLT paid £22 million to settle the claims.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, the company acquired <a href="/wiki/Towers_Watson" title="Towers Watson">Towers Watson</a> in an $18 billion stock transaction and was renamed <a href="/wiki/Willis_Towers_Watson" title="Willis Towers Watson">Willis Towers Watson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-history_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Towers Watson was formed as a merger between <a href="/wiki/Towers_Perrin" title="Towers Perrin">Towers Perrin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Watson_Wyatt_Worldwide" title="Watson Wyatt Worldwide">Watson Wyatt Worldwide</a> in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The merger was completed after a dividend payment to Towers Watson shareholders was increased after shareholders, including <a href="/wiki/Driehaus_Capital_Management" class="mw-redirect" title="Driehaus Capital Management">Driehaus Capital Management</a>, opposed the initial proposal and the first shareholder vote for merger approval failed.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_office_locations">Notable office locations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willis_Group&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notable office locations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Willis_Tower_From_Lake.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Willis_Tower_From_Lake.jpg/220px-Willis_Tower_From_Lake.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="325" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Willis_Tower_From_Lake.jpg/330px-Willis_Tower_From_Lake.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Willis_Tower_From_Lake.jpg/440px-Willis_Tower_From_Lake.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1476" data-file-height="2182" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Willis_Tower" title="Willis Tower">Willis Tower</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Willis_Building_(London)" title="Willis Building (London)">Willis Building</a> - London headquarters, occupied in May 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Willis_Building_(Ipswich)" class="mw-redirect" title="Willis Building (Ipswich)">Willis Building</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ipswich" title="Ipswich">Ipswich</a>, England, - one of the earliest buildings designed by <a href="/wiki/Norman_Foster,_Baron_Foster_of_Thames_Bank" title="Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank">Norman Foster</a> after establishing <a href="/wiki/Foster_%2B_Partners" class="mw-redirect" title="Foster + Partners">Foster Associates</a>. Constructed between 1970 and 1975, it is one of the youngest buildings to be given <a href="/wiki/Grade_I_listed_building" class="mw-redirect" title="Grade I listed building">Grade I listed building</a> status in Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Willis_Tower" title="Willis Tower">Willis Tower</a> - 110-story building in Chicago. Willis secured the naming rights effective July 2009 as part of its agreement to lease 140,000 square feet (13,000 m<sup>2</sup>) of space in the 3,800,000-square-foot (350,000 m<sup>2</sup>) tower.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the tallest building in the U.S. and was the tallest building in the world from 1974 until 1998, when it was surpassed by the <a href="/wiki/Petronas_Towers" title="Petronas Towers">Petronas Towers</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur" title="Kuala Lumpur">Kuala Lumpur</a>, Malaysia.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sponsorship">Sponsorship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willis_Group&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sponsorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company sponsored The <a href="/wiki/Willis_Resilience_Expedition" title="Willis Resilience Expedition">Willis Resilience Expedition</a>, a scientific program that ran from November 2013 to January 2014 in <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a> to better understand <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a> and build resilience to weather-related risk.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willis_Group&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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