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- News: In brief - Wyatt branches out with launch of German insurance consultancy.(Watson Wyatt Worldwide)(Brief Article)
- Watson Wyatt is continuing its expansion into Germany by setting up an insurance consulting team in Munich. Watson Wyatt is continuing its expansion into Germany by setting up an insurance consulting team in Munich.
- Research articles 2004-02-09
- World Updates; Rate cuts take hold in Australia.(International)(Dane Douetil appointed at Lloyd's Market Association)(profits of Zurich Financial Services)
- Rate reductions of 5% to 20% are being seen for property and liability insurance for large corporate risks and other commercial insurance lines in Australia, according to Standard & Poor's Corp. But despite market softening, S&P said the Aust Rate reductions of 5% to 20% are...
- Research articles 2005-05-23
- Global Briefs.(Brief Article)
- French mutual insurers, despite their dominant position in the domestic nonlife market, need to adapt to the challenge of a more dynamic and competitive environment, Moody's Investors Service Ltd. warns. In a commentary released last Thursday, Moody' French mutual insurers, despite their dominant position in the...
- Research articles 2001-04-02
- Feds eying actuarial consultants for 'anticompetitive agreements'.(News)
- Byline: VINEETA ANAND WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a broad investigation of actuarial consulting firms. A March 25 letter to the firms said the Justice Department's antitrust division is investigating "anticompet Byline: VINEETA ANAND ...
- Research articles 2004-06-07
- Watson Wyatt Submission on Employee Benefit Plans and the Insurance Act: A New Approach
- Watson Wyatt believes that the recently-enacted Regulations to Alberta's Insurance Act, 1999 the Act, which require that plan sponsors must either independently insure their benefit plans or offer them through a joint employer-employee association do not meet the government's aim of providing employees, particularly those in receipt of Long-Term Disability...
- White papers 2002-10-18
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- In brief: Watson Wyatt/Investec/Iimia/Aareal Bank Group.
- Watson Wyatt has appointed Philip Brook to replace Nick Dumbreck as its global practice head for insurance and financial services consulting.Brook was previously head of Watson Wyatt's international insurance and financial services consulting business outside the UK. Dumbreck is moving back into a full-time consultancy ...
- Research articles 2003-01-09
- Towers Perrin To Acquire Watson Wyatt's Risk and Insurance Services Group
- NEW YORK and BETHESDA, Md.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 5, 1998-- Towers Perrin has reached an agreement in principle to acquire the North American Risk and Insurance Services consulting business of Watson Wyatt & Co., the two firms announced today. "The addition of these units from Watson Wyatt will be...
- Research articles 1998-03-05
- Suit threatened over insurer's collapse; Target is British arm of D.C.-based Watson Wyatt & Co. Holdings.(BUSINESS)
- Byline: Tim Lemke, THE WASHINGTON TIMES PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is threatening to sue a British arm of Washington-based Watson Wyatt & Co. Holdings Inc. for its role in the collapse of a major insurance provider, a newspaper in London said yesterday. The...
- Research articles 2003-10-20
- Property/Casualty Marketplace to Remain Soft in 2008, Watson Wyatt Worldwide Says
- To: BUSINESS EDITORSContact: Ed Emerman for Watson Wyatt Worldwide, +1-609-275-5162, eemerman@eaglepr.com WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The market for property and casualty insurance will stay soft in 2008, as premiums are expected to either decline or remain flat, according to actuarial and risk management experts at Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a...
- Research articles 2007-11-15
- Watson Wyatt's Independent role under scrutiny
- WATSON WYATT, one of the UK's largest firms of actuaries, is facing multimillion-pound negligence claims over its work for two collapsed insurance companies. In two separate cases, administrators are claiming it should have spotted massive holes in the respective accounts. Daniel Schwarzmann, of PricewaterhouseCoopers,...
- Research articles 2005-02-05
- Independent Insurance sues for pounds 300m
- THE ADMINISTRATORS of Independent Insurance, which collapsed in 2001 with a giant hole in its reserves, are demanding pounds 300m in damages from its auditor KPMG and its actuary Watson Wyatt. In the claim, served on KPMG yesterday, the administrators say Independent's advisers were negligent in not spotting problems from...
- Research articles 2005-04-06
- Watson Wyatt appoints head of German operation.
- Byline: Alistair Graham Watson Wyatt, the pension consultants, has appointed Jens Witts to run the Munich office it established last year as an insurance and financial consulting practice.Witts, who has over 30 years' experience, joins Watson as a managing consultant from Aon Jauch &...
- Research articles 2004-04-02
- Deville quits Watson Wyatt to join Fixage.
- Byline: Guy Paisner in Paris Richard Deville left his post as director at Watson Wyatt in Paris to become head of the employee benefits team at Fixage, the French actuarial consultancy. Deville's appointment is a coup for Fixage, which has doubled in size over...
- Research articles 2002-05-14
- Information Platform: Simplification - Company profile - Watson Wyatt.
- Company background Watson Wyatt is a global consulting firm specialising in human capital and financial management. We provide actuarial services, advice on employee benefits and human capital strategies, benefits administration, investment consulting, and insurance and financial services consulting. Our 6,300 associates in 89...
- Research articles 2004-02-23
- Watson Wyatt Worldwide F3Q09 (Qtr End 3/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from the line of Josh Vogel from Sidoti & Co. Please proceed. Josh Vogel - Sidoti & Co. Hey good morning, thank you. You guys obviously did a good job, getting margins back up and keeping them up in the Insurance...
- Earnings calls 2009-05-08
- Insurance anomalies identified.
- May 17, 2007 (Super Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Watson Wyatt cautions that superannuation reforms have made some types of insurance less tax-effective. The financial services consultancy notes that under the Australian Government's Simpler Super regime, some super fund members may incur reduced levels of...
- Research articles 2007-05-17
- KPMG `negligent' over Independent Insurance
- THE ADMINISTRATORS of Independent Insurance are suing its auditors, KPMG, for negligence over the collapse of the insurance company in 2001. The administrators claim that KPMG should have spotted clues to the giant hole that opened up in Independent's accounts, and are demanding it pays tens of...
- Research articles 2005-04-04
- Health Insurance: What Families Can Expect Next Year
- In yesterday's post, I outlined the health insurance changes that await you for 2010, including higher out-of-pocket costs and fewer plan options to choose from. Today, I'd like to focus more attention on some of the strategies employers are using to save money on family coverage. To get a better...
- Blog posts 2009-09-18
- Updates; Beazley to form third Lloyd's syndicate.(World)(Watson Wyatt Worldwide plane to set up a branch)(Geoffrey Howe joins Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group P.L.C)
- Beazley Group P.L.C. is setting up a third Lloyd's of London syndicate to underwrite property insurance, property reinsurance and marine energy business. Beazley, which manages two Lloyd's syndicates and a U.S. operation, said several investors were Beazley Group P.L.C. is setting up a third Lloyd's...
- Research articles 2005-12-05
- Watson Wyatt
- What does it do? The company is a business consultancy active in 30 countries around the world and with strong historical connections to the UK and US. It helps firms in four core areas: giving financial advice, particularly to insurance companies; helping with technology and outsourcing; advising...
- Research articles 2007-02-22
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