Company type | Public |
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NYSE: WSH | |
Industry | Insurance broker |
Founded | 1828 | , in London, England
Defunct | 2016 |
Fate | Merged with Towers Watson |
Successor | Willis Towers Watson |
Headquarters | London, England |
Key people | Dominic Casserley (CEO) |
Products | Insurance, Risk management Human resource consulting |
Revenue | $3.8 billion (2014) |
$647 million (2014) | |
$362 million (2014) | |
Number of employees | 18,000 |
Website | willis.com |
Willis Group Holdings plc was a multinational risk advisor, insurance brokerage and reinsurance brokerage company with its headquarters in the Willis Building in London until its merger of equals with financial services company Towers Watson in 2016. It was the world's third-largest insurance broker when measured by revenues.[1]
Willis was previously listed on the New York Stock Exchange before its early-2016 'merger of equals' with Towers Watson. After the deal closed, the combined company began trading on the Nasdaq exchange under the symbol, WLTW (Nasdaq: WLTW).[2]