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WTW (NASDAQ: WTW) announced that Kristy Banas, WTW chief human resources officer, was named a 2025 N2Growth Leaders40 Top CHRO on November 13, 2025.

The Leaders40 award, launched in 2015 and formalized with Stanford GSB in 2020, recognizes 40 top CHROs annually after thousands of nominations and hundreds of interviews. The award highlights innovation, strategic people leadership, and commitment to employee experience.

Willis (NASDAQ:WTW) says energy insurance market softening continued into 2026, with upstream classes delivering insurer profitability after another year of low loss activity and downstream experiencing around US$3.5 billion of losses so far this cycle.

Report notes insurer appetite and capacity oversupply are driving standard rate reductions of 10–15% and competitive tenders showing 20–50% cuts. Six of eight major losses this year occurred in the US, pressuring US-exposed clients. Trends to watch for 2026 include subsea capacity restrictions, upstream construction placement strategies, reinsurer top-up layer behaviour, and liability risks from US social inflation and new European class-action rules.

Willis (NASDAQ: WTW) and Rare partnered with the Government of the Philippines (BFAR and PCIC), ORRAA and funders to launch the country’s first parametric insurance pilot for small-scale fishers on Nov 11, 2025. The pilot covers 14,200 fishers across 24 coastal municipalities, offering up to US$100 per policy cycle to offset income loss when weather prevents safe nearshore fishing. BFAR will act as policyholder and subsidize part of premiums; payouts are triggered by a weather index (wind, sea state, rainfall) calculated over five-day periods against historical baselines. Capacity is provided by the Natural Disaster Fund with support from Hannover Re and Global Parametrics; PCIC may scale the product nationally if the pilot succeeds.

WTW (NYSE:WTW) projects global health insurance costs will rise 10.3% in 2026, following 10.0% in 2025 and 9.5% in 2024. Regionally, Asia Pacific is highest at 14.0% and Latin America shows the largest acceleration to 11.9%. North America is projected at 9.2% and the US at 9.6% for 2026. WTW reports 55% of insurers expect elevated trends to persist over three years; 74% cite new medical technologies as the primary cost driver. Cancer is the top cost driver (cited by 57%), with insurers noting increased incidence in under‑40s.

WTW (NASDAQ: WTW) research finds total AUM at the world’s 500 largest asset managers reached USD 139.9 trillion at end-2024, a 9.4% increase year-on-year, recovering above the 2021 record.

Key drivers: North America AUM rose 13% to USD 88.2 trillion (63% of the top 500), passive strategies now represent 39.0% of AUM (+6.1%), and the top 20 managers control 47% of assets. Japan saw AUM fall 9.5%. Private-market specialists surged, exemplified by Brookfield rising to USD 1,061 billion in 2024.

Willis (NASDAQ: WTW) announced on November 10, 2025 the appointment of Louie Clarke as Global Head of Claims Strategy & Execution within its Risk & Broking business.

Based in London, Clarke will join the Global Claims Leadership Team and report to Neil Harrison, Global Head of Claims. In the role he will lead the evolution and implementation of Willis’ claims services and solutions across geographies and specialties. Prior to joining WTW, Clarke held claims leadership roles at Aon. The company framed the hire as part of its continued focus on specialization, outcomes and service standards for clients.

WTW (NASDAQ: WTW) announced on November 10, 2025 that Chief Operating Officer Alexis Faber was honored as a Women to Watch Iconic Leader by Business Insurance.

The award recognizes select past Women to Watch winners for leadership and industry impact over the past two decades; Faber originally won the Women to Watch Award in 2010. Faber highlighted inclusion, mentoring, and empowering future leaders in her remarks.

The full Iconic Leaders list is available at the Business Insurance Women to Watch event page.

WTW (NASDAQ: WTW) reported third-quarter 2025 results for the period ended September 30, 2025, with revenue of $2.29 billion (flat year‑over‑year; organic +5%, constant currency -1%).

Diluted EPS was $3.11 and adjusted diluted EPS was $3.07 (up 11% year‑over‑year). Adjusted operating margin was 20.4% (up 230 bps) and adjusted EBITDA was $515 million (22.5% of revenue).

Cash flow: free cash flow $838 million for nine months (up $114 million) and the company repurchased 1,848,098 shares for $600 million in Q3. Guidance/considerations include ~$1.5 billion planned buybacks, a $0.10 net EPS headwind from a reinsurance JV, and expected FX tailwinds into Q4.

WTW (NASDAQ:WTW) research published Oct 29, 2025 finds performance management optimization could boost productivity by at least 10% for almost half of organizations. The study reports only 39% of organizations say their process meets employee expectations while just 20% rate managers effective at coaching. 37% currently use AI in performance processes; common AI uses include goal setting (44%) and development plans (40%). 54% of organizations have integrated skills into performance management; only 18% use skills for pay decisions.