A federal appeals court has denied insurance broker Towers Watson a rehearing of a May ruling that found it may not be entitled to $80 million in insurance to cover settlements of shareholder lawsuits related to the merger between Towers …
A judicial panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled insurance broker Towers Watson may not be entitled to $80 million in insurance to cover settlements of shareholder lawsuits related to the merger between Towers Watson and Willis …
Clarification: This article first ran a year ago, in February, 2015, on Carrier Management.com. It is not Willis Towers Watson’s most recent survey on insurers’ use of predictive modeling. For a report on Willis Towers Watson’s most recent survey, please …
Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Co. began operating today following the successful completion of the merger of Willis Group Holdings and Towers Watson. The company, which will do business as Willis Towers Watson, is a global advisory, broking, and solutions …
Willis Group Holdings Plc, the insurance broker that’s planning a merger with consulting firm Towers Watson & Co., will join the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and replace Fossil Group Inc. Willis climbed 4.8 percent to $49.30 at 9:45 a.m., …
Towers Watson & Co. shareholders should vote against an $8.9 billion merger with Willis Group Holdings Plc even after the insurance broker increased the offer amid a backlash from investors, proxy adviser Glass Lewis & Co. said in a report. …
Willis Group Holdings Plc, the third-largest insurance broker, agreed to better terms for Towers Watson & Co. shareholders in a proposed merger after the consulting firm’s investors said that a June agreement was inadequate. The one-time cash dividend will be …
Willis Group Holdings is considering increasing its offer for Towers Watson & Co after failing to muster enough shareholder support for its $18 billion merger with the human resources consultancy, a person with knowledge of the matter said. Earlier today, …
Institutional Shareholder Services’ recommendation that Towers Watson & Co. investors vote against the proposed merger with Willis Group Holdings Plc is legitimizing short-term shareholder activism, ValueAct Capital Management said. The report encourages “bumpitrage,” which is where shareholder activists purchase the …
Towers Watson & Co. has announced that proxy advisers Proxy Mosaic LLC and Egan-Jones Ratings Co. both recommended that Towers Watson stockholders vote for “the proposed merger of equals” with Willis Group Holdings. “We are pleased that Proxy Mosaic and …
