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Willis Group Holdings Ltd.

WSH is in the Financial Services Industry

Market Cap:$4.5B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$2.5B

Public
UK

Dow Jones Description

Brokerage Mountain! Willis Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: WSH), based in New York, NY, provides insurance brokerage and risk management consulting services worldwide. It clients are in the aerospace, marine, energy, and construction industries. In addition, the company provides consulting and brokerage services, including construction, environmental, healthcare, and captive management. It also offers services of contingency planning, security audits, product tampering plans and reinsurance. Founded in 1828, the company has revenue of $2.3 billion and employs about 15,800 people in 180 countries. In March 2006 the company acquired Gueits, Adams & Company, New York, NY, specializing in jewelers block insurance.

Number of Employees 17,000

Contact Information

10 Trinity Square

London EC3P 3AX

www.willis.com

(44) 2074888111

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Insurance Agencies and Brokerages: 524210

Company News

Recent Events

Willis Works Out Ownership Deal with France's Gras Savoye

11/19/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
BestWeek: State Legislators Try to Fend Off Federal Regulatory Effort

11/20/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Willis Group Q3 Profit Up - Update

10/26/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Willis Group CFO to step down

10/23/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - COO - View Story
Willis Group names execs

10/19/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story
Willis Names Ealy National Partner for Midwest Region

10/19/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story
Willis Names Powell CEO - Latin America, Willis Facultative

10/15/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CEO - View Story
Willis Group, Boston Properties Net Rises

10/28/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Willis Group appoints CEO of unit

10/02/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CEO - View Story
Willis HRH appoints managing partner of Colorado ops

9/15/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story
Willis Settles With CNA

9/14/09 - Legal Settlement - View Story
Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo., business people column: Boulder, Broomfield businesspeople in the news [Daily Camera,...

9/26/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story

News & Analysis

silverstein properties inc. and willis group holdings ltd. - All News and Analysis

Lloyd's underwriters waived right to agree to WTC terms: Broker; Testimony contradicts claim underwriters bound by 'Wilprop'.(News)

- 2004-04-05

Byline: DOUGLAS McLEOD NEW YORK-Lloyd's of London underwriters waived their right to agree to policy wording on the World Trade Center property insurance placement, and their binders are not governed by a Willis Group Holdings Ltd. form that the broker included with its underwriting...

Tags: Silverstein Properties Inc., Willis Group Holdings Ltd.
ACE, XL near deal on WTC; Their cover of Silverstein defined occurrence.(Brief Article)

- 2002-02-11

NEW YORK-ACE Ltd. and XL Capital Ltd. are close to a settlement with World Trade Center leaseholder Silverstein Properties Inc. in which they would pay single occurrence limits totaling $366 million for the WTC's destruction. Silverstein has argued in litigation with 20 other insurers...

Tags: Silverstein Properties Inc., Willis Group Holdings Ltd., XL Capital Ltd.
Conflict escalating on WTC coverage.(developer Silverstein Properties Inc. involved in lawsuits with many insurers)(Statistical Data Included)

- 2002-01-07

NEW YORK-The high-stakes legal battle over the World Trade Center's property insurance program is intensifying as WTC leaseholder Silverstein Properties Inc. and some of its insurers exchange new lawsuits over whether the twin towers' destruction was a single $3.55 billion loss or two. ...

Tags: Chubb Corp., Silverstein Properties Inc., Willis Group Holdings Ltd.