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.
WTW (WTW) reports that insurers are increasingly using facultative reinsurance to support growth, capital management and geographic expansion in a softening market.
The 2026 Facultative Reinsurance Report, based on responses from 380 senior insurance decision makers across five global regions, finds 52% of insurers now cite capital management as a key reason for buying facultative cover, up from 44% in 2024. Around 56% see global expansion as a main opportunity in the next two years, and 52% list entering new markets and risk areas as a top strategic objective. The survey shows 60% expect to increase facultative purchases, while concerns about emerging risks such as geopolitics (57%), cyber (54%) and climate (40%) are rising.
WTW (WTW) has released its latest Power Market Review, highlighting how rising electrification, AI, digital infrastructure and advanced manufacturing are driving demand for stable, reliable power while ageing assets, supply‑chain bottlenecks and uneven grids shape the sector’s evolution.
The report describes a highly competitive power insurance market with abundant property capacity, falling rates and insurers actively seeking growth. Well‑managed power companies with strong loss records and robust engineering data are using the soft market to rebalance risk strategies, but catastrophe‑exposed assets, vulnerable supply chains, emerging technologies and assets with weak maintenance or operational data are facing closer underwriting scrutiny. WTW says organisations should use current conditions not only to reduce costs but also to redesign insurance programmes, strengthen resilience and support future investment as the market cycle eventually turns.
WTW (WTW) reports that U.S. commercial insurance prices rose by an aggregate 0.5% in Q2 2026, based on its Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS).
The increase represents continued moderation in pricing, compared with a 2.5% rise in Q1 2026 and 3.8% in Q2 2025. Commercial Property recorded the largest price decrease, while General and Products Liability continued to moderate. Directors and Officers (D&O) coverage shifted back to a small price increase after several quarters of declines. Large Account Commercial saw its first price decrease since late 2017, while Small Commercial, Mid-Market, and Specialty lines showed moderated or small price increases.
WTW (WTW) announced a strategic partnership with enterprise agentic AI platform Lyzr to help organizations move from workforce transformation planning to AI-enabled execution. The collaboration combines WTW’s AI Workforce Transformation consulting, which focuses on work redesign, rewards and skills, with Lyzr’s platform to embed intelligent workflows into daily operations. The companies report that joint AI agents are already live in production within client cloud environments under clients’ own governance.
WTW (WTW) reports that the world’s top 300 pension funds grew assets under management by 13.4% in 2025 to a record $27.7 trillion, the fastest annual increase since 2017. The top 20 funds expanded even faster, with assets rising 14.7% to $11.9 trillion.
North America still holds the largest share of top‑300 assets at 44.7%, but its portion declined from 47.2%, while Asia‑Pacific and Europe increased their shares to 26.6% and 24.6% respectively. Norway’s Government Pension Fund surpassed $2.1 trillion, remaining the world’s largest pension fund at 12.7% bigger than Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund. The UK and Netherlands were the only markets with negative five‑year asset growth. The report also notes growing scale and consolidation, and highlights AI as a major, but still under‑implemented, enabler.
Willis (WTW) has appointed Trevor Madden as Head of Captive and Insurance Management Solutions, Asia Pacific, effective 1 November 2026. Based in Singapore, he will lead the regional Captive and Insurance Management Solutions business, succeeding Joyce Chua, who is leaving to pursue personal priorities.
Madden joins from WTW’s captive management operation in Dublin, where he has held senior leadership roles since 2003, most recently as Managing Director, and brings over 35 years of international insurance and reinsurance experience.
WTW (WTW) has been named the official insurance partner of the Barclays WSL and WSL2 in a new multi-year collaboration. The partnership focuses on supporting the growth and professionalisation of women’s football by leveraging WTW’s risk and insurance expertise.
Over the course of the agreement, WTW will work with WSL Football and clubs across both leagues to explore solutions tailored to female athletes. A core element is the intention to co-create an insurance solution specifically for BWSL and BWSL2 players, aimed at enhancing protection of player earnings and financial security in case of injury or illness, while also helping clubs protect their investment in players.
WTW (NASDAQ: WTW) reported that its Board of Directors has approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.96 per common share for the quarter ended June 30, 2026. The dividend will be payable on or about October 15, 2026 to shareholders of record as of September 30, 2026.
WTW (NASDAQ: WTW) released new research, produced with economist Cullen Hendrix via the Willis Research Network, warning that concentrated lithium supply chains in South America’s “Lithium Triangle” create systemic vulnerabilities for the global energy transition.
The study models three disruption scenarios—environmental, fiscal/policy, and logistics/labor—across Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. It highlights that non-physical shocks such as export levies, labor disputes, capital controls and operating restrictions can rapidly affect revenue timing, liquidity, contract performance and counterparties far beyond mining firms, impacting global supply chains, investors and insurers.
WTW (NASDAQ: WTW) has appointed Jayne Bok as Head of Hong Kong and Macau, effective immediately. She will retain her role as Head of Investments, Asia, overseeing business operations, cross-segment collaboration and client management to strengthen WTW’s market position and integrated advisory offering in both markets.