Willis Group

Willis Group Holdings plc
Company type	Public
Traded as	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)
Operating income	$647 million (2014)
Net income	$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]

^ "Top Global Insurance Brokers AM Best". Retrieved 12 March 2020.
^ Tan, Gillian (9 December 2015). "Towers Watson's Odd Choice of Words". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

[1] "Top Global Insurance Brokers AM Best". Retrieved 12 March 2020.

[2] Tan, Gillian (9 December 2015). "Towers Watson's Odd Choice of Words". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

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