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According to the Nasdaq, the company is still called Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company; see https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/wtw Dormskirk ( talk) 14:44, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
Cshenkir (
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Cshenkir ( talk) 20:43, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
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There are four sections I would like to make changes to. I have detailed the changes below and added the reason for the change and references supporting the change for each section.
Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company is a British-American
multinational insurance advisor company.
* Specific text to be added or removed: Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company is a British-American
multinational insurance advisor company that provides advisory, broking, and solution services across people, risk, and capital. 1
* Reason for the change: This provides an accurate description of the lines of business WTW operates in. The strike through text can be removed, and the underlined text can be added.
* References supporting change:
Completion of merger
On completion, Towers Watson CEO, John Haley, became the CEO, Willis Group CEO, Dominic Casserley, became the President and Deputy CEO while Willis Group Chairman, James McCann, became the chairman of the merged group with the twelve board seats shared equally between the two companies.
* Specific text to be added or removed: On completion, Towers Watson CEO, John Haley, became the CEO, Willis Group CEO, Dominic Casserley, became the President and Deputy CEO while Willis Group Chairman, James McCann, became the chairman of the merged group with the twelve board seats shared equally between the two companies.
* Reason for the change: Please remove the word "man" so the reference is Chair. It is more inclusive this way.
* References supporting change: N/A
* Specific text to be added or removed: Please add the following Section and text underneath the current section "Carl Hess becomes CEO"
Board of Directors
Paul Thomas succeeded Victor Ganzi as WTW Chair after Ganzi chose not to stand for re-election after the April 2022 AGM.[1,2]
* Reason for the change: This provides an accurate picture of WTW's Board of Directors.
* References supporting change:
* Specific text to be added or removed: Please add the following Section and text underneath the current section "Acquisition of Butterwire"
Heritage
WTW’s 1 roots date back to 1828 when Henry Willis kick-started his career as a merchant, selling imported goods at the Baltic Exchange in London. In 1841, Willis applied for membership at Lloyd’s, and began to broker insurance for the very cargoes of commodities he had previously sold on commission. He later made a name for himself in marine insurance while founding Henry Willis & Company.
In 1878, Reuben Watson formed R. Watson & Sons, the world's oldest actuarial firm, when the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows appointed him as actuary the same year.
Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby – the firm that later became Towers Perrin – was founded in 1934. It initially operated a reinsurance and life division, eventually specializing in pensions, reinsurance brokerage and employee benefit plans.
And in 1943, Birchard Wyatt formed the Wyatt Company, an actuarial consulting firm, in Washington, D.C.2 In 1995, R.3 Watson & Sons and The Wyatt Company forged an alliance, forming Watson Wyatt and consolidating their global resources.
In 1998, Willis operations were amalgamated under one name, Willis Group. 4
During this long history, Willis was the broker for the ill-fated Titanic in 1912, and the hull claim of US$1 million was settled in full within 30 days of the tragedy. Then in 1971, Willis was the broker for the moon buggy used during the American Apollo program’s missions to the moon. 5
In 2010, Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt combined to form Towers Watson. 6 Two years later,7 Towers Watson acquired Extend Health and entered the private health care exchange market in the U.S.
* Reason for the change: This section will help detail the history behind the formation of WTW.
* References supporting change:
Cshenkir ( talk) 14:53, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
Not done: The above contains several copyright violations as outlined below. Also there is no need to repeat history in the WTW article which is already detailed in the articles on
Willis Group and
Towers Watson. The request edit process is useful for the correction of errors or omissions in the article of basic verifiable facts but at the moment I don't see any errors or omissions except the name of the chair which I have updated.
Dormskirk (
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15:39, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
etc.
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* Specific text to be added or removed: Add Paul Thomas in and remove Victor Ganzi
Key people |
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* Reason for the change: New chair for WTW, exclude 'man' for inclusivity.
* References supporting change:
Cshenkir ( talk) 16:08, 7 February 2023 (UTC)