Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company (WTW) reports developments across its advisory, broking and solutions businesses in people, risk and capital. News commonly covers earnings from Health, Wealth & Career and Risk & Broking, insurance brokerage and risk consulting activity, employee benefits, workplace pensions, benefits delivery and outsourcing, and insurance consulting technology.
Company updates also include product launches such as transactional-risk insurance, catastrophe and reputational-risk research, AI and technology adoption, acquisition integration in brokerage and workplace savings, leadership appointments, share repurchase plans and client or brand partnerships.
Willis (NASDAQ: WTW) announced key leadership changes in its Global Construction and Global Surety teams. Bill Creedon, former Global Construction business leader, has been appointed as Chairman, where he will focus on client engagement and talent development.
Scott Hull has been promoted to Global Head of Construction and Surety, expanding his current role as Global Head of Surety. Additionally, Goly Jafari has been named Global Deputy of Construction and Surety, bringing experience from her previous role as Head of Strategy and Execution for North America industry divisions.
Willis (NASDAQ: WTW) has announced the launch of its new Global Risk Engineering team, expanding its Global Risk & Analytics (R&A) business. The team comprises nearly 200 risk engineers operating across 30 countries, spanning North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.
The initiative combines Property and Casualty Risk Control expertise with data science, decision support tools, and industry-specific knowledge. The team will provide single-site and portfolio-level assessments, utilizing proprietary data sets and advanced analytics to deliver tailored solutions that optimize risk management strategies and improve client resilience.
WTW's Thinking Ahead Institute reports that the world's top 300 pension funds have reached a new record of US$ 24.4 trillion in total assets under management, surpassing the previous 2021 record of US$ 23.6 trillion. Growth slowed to 7.8% in 2024 compared to 10% the previous year.
The top 20 pension funds now control US$ 10.3 trillion (42.4% of total assets), growing 8.5% year-over-year. Norway's Government Pension Fund (US$ 1.77 trillion) has overtaken Japan's GPIF as the world's largest pension fund. Defined benefit schemes represent 59.4% of total assets, while defined contribution plans grew 14.3% to reach 27.7% of assets.
Key trends include increased focus on artificial intelligence, with half of top funds citing technology adoption as a strategic priority, while concerns about volatility, uncertainty, and inflation shape the investment outlook.
WTW (NASDAQ: WTW) and Compa have announced a strategic partnership to enhance compensation intelligence for enterprise teams. The collaboration combines WTW's global survey benchmarks with Compa's real-time market data network to provide organizations with comprehensive compensation insights.
The partnership addresses the growing challenges of volatile labor markets and expanding pay transparency requirements. Enterprise compensation teams will benefit from both WTW's validated global benchmarks for long-term planning and Compa's real-time offer data for immediate market responsiveness, enabling more confident data-driven pay decisions.
WTW (NASDAQ: WTW), a global advisory, broking and solutions company, has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.92 per share for Q2 2025. The dividend will be distributed on October 15, 2025 to shareholders recorded as of September 30, 2025.
WTW's (NYSE:WTW) LifeSight, a UK defined contribution master trust, has been selected by Emerson as its comprehensive master trust provider. The transition, completed in April 2025, follows LifeSight's initial engagement as Emerson's Drawdown solutions provider in 2020.
The implementation has notably increased member engagement through LifeSight's mobile app and communications approach. With this addition, LifeSight now manages over £24 billion in assets and serves 430,000 members.
Willis (NASDAQ: WTW) has announced a significant expansion of its Japanese Corporate Risk & Broking team, highlighting its commitment to the Japanese market. The company has hired 22 new professionals across various divisions in 2025, including key appointments in Natural Resources, Construction specialty lines, and Large Account made in 2024.
The expansion comes as Japan's general insurance market is projected to grow from JPY11.7 trillion in 2024 to JPY12.7 trillion by 2028, with a CAGR of 2.2%. The country represents a significant marine insurance market, accounting for 11% of the world's fleet of vessels.
New hires span across Risk & Analytics, Facultative Reinsurance, Marine specialty line, Business Development, Large Account, and Claims, bringing expertise from major companies including Marsh, Aon, Tokio Marine, and others.
Willis (NASDAQ:WTW) has launched Gemini, a pioneering digital auto-follow facility designed to provide sustainable insurance capacity to clients globally. The platform, backed by A+ rated Lloyd's syndicates, follows local lead markets while offering a 2.5% discount on lead pricing.
Gemini, integrated into the Willis Broking Platform, automatically provides capacity of up to 12.5% for eligible placements once lead lines are negotiated. The facility features auto-approval for following lead quotes, streamlined claims management, and dedicated capacity for program renewals. The service will be exclusively available to Willis clients for risks starting from September 1, 2025.
WTW (NASDAQ: WTW) released its 2025 Pay Transparency Survey revealing significant shifts in US corporate pay transparency practices. The survey found that 82% of US companies are either implementing or considering sharing individual pay ranges with employees, while 79% plan similar transparency with external candidates.
Key drivers include regulatory requirements (72%), company values (44%), and employee expectations (41%). Currently, 32% of organizations have publicly shared pay equity commitments, with 72% adopting a global perspective. However, challenges remain as companies anticipate increased compensation questions from managers (70%) and employees (68%), along with more pay negotiations (53%).
The survey also revealed limited AI adoption in pay programs, with only 15% planning to use AI for pay information communication and 56% of companies using metrics to measure pay transparency impact.
WTW (NASDAQ: WTW) has announced the appointment of Nicholas Carbo as Senior Director to its Insurance Consulting & Technology (ICT) business. Carbo, previously Individual Annuity Chief Financial Actuary at Corebridge Financial, brings extensive experience in annuity assumption governance, experience studies, and reinsurance analysis.
The company also announced two additional appointments: Poojan Shah as Director, joining from PwC, and Erika Dochney as Associate Director, formerly with Lincoln Financial Group. Shah will focus on M&A and modernization initiatives from Chicago, while Dochney will handle life insurance product pricing from Philadelphia.