Willis Towers Watson has appointed Vincent Lien as managing director of Hong Kong for Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), the firm’s investment banking business. Reporting to WCMA co-CEOs, Michael Guo and Rafal Walkiewicz, Lien will be based in Hong …
Total non-life insurance linked securities (ILS) capital reached a record $70 billion at year-end 2015 – topping the previous record of $65 billion at year-end 2014, according to the latest ILS market update from Willis Capital Markets & Advisory, the …
According to the latest ILS report from Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), part of Willis Group Holdings plc, “$650 million of non-life Rule 144A catastrophe bond capacity was issued across three transactions in the third quarter of 2015, taking …
UnipolSai Assicurazioni S.p.A. (UnipolSai), a multi-business Italian insurance company of the Unipol Group and Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA) part of Willis Group Holdings plc, have confirmed the “completion of the re/insurance industry’s first indemnity-trigger catastrophe bond primarily for …
The reinsurance industry has seen more strategic restructuring within many Florida reinsurance programs in the first half of 2015, with commensurate gains for shareholders and policyholders, according to the latest Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) report from Willis Capital Markets & …
Willis Group Holdings has confirmed Rafal Walkiewicz and Michael Guo as co-CEOs to lead Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), the firm’s insurance investment banking business. They will succeed Tony Ursano, who has led WCMA since 2009. “WCMA advises clients …
The largest ever volume of non-life catastrophe bonds was issued during the second quarter of 2014 (Q2), according to a report by Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), part of Willis Group Holdings. The Willis report on insurance-linked securities found …
Willis Group Holdings has appointed Rafal Walkiewicz as Managing Director of its insurance investment banking division, Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA). He will be based in New York “following the end of his notice period in August, and will …
Willis Group Holdings plc announced two key appointments to further strengthen its capital markets division, Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA). Rui Huang joins Willis as Senior Vice President. He is based in Hong Kong and will be charged with …
Last year saw a record number of 29 catastrophe bond deals, according to Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), the capital markets division of Willis Group Holdings. “Total issuance over the year of $7.1 billion was very close to the …
