Willis Group Holdings

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insurance brokerage risk management firm

Willis Group Holdings was a global insurance brokerage and risk management firm best known for acquiring the naming rights to Chicago’s Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower).

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Willis Towers Watson 2
Willis Group 1
evolving into Willis Group Holdings 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf insurance brokerage ⓘ
risk management firm ⓘ
acquiredNamingRightsOf Willis Tower ⓘ
acquiredNamingRightsYear 2009 ⓘ
ceo Dominic Casserley ⓘ
chairman James McCann ⓘ
clientType corporate clients ⓘ
individual clients ⓘ
public sector clients ⓘ
continentServed Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
North America ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
formerName Henry Willis & Co. ⓘ
founded 1828 ⓘ
founder Henry Willis ⓘ
hadOfficeIn Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

New York City ⓘ
hadSubsidiary Willis Re ⓘ
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
industry human capital and benefits consulting ⓘ
insurance brokerage ⓘ
reinsurance brokerage ⓘ
risk management ⓘ
legalForm public limited company ⓘ
mergedInto Willis Group Holdings self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Willis Towers Watson
mergerCompleted 2016 ⓘ
mergerPartner Towers Watson ⓘ
namingRightsFormerName Willis Tower ⓘ
surface form: Sears Tower
namingRightsLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
notableBuildingAssociation Willis Tower ⓘ
numberOfEmployees approximately 18,000 ⓘ
operatedIn more than 120 countries ⓘ
parentCompanyAfterMerger Towers Watson ⓘ
surface form: Willis Towers Watson
providedService commercial risk brokerage ⓘ
employee benefits consulting ⓘ
reinsurance services ⓘ
risk management consulting ⓘ
regionServed global ⓘ
specializedIn claims management ⓘ
insurance placement ⓘ
risk advisory ⓘ
status defunct as an independent company ⓘ
stockExchangeListing New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
successor Towers Watson ⓘ
surface form: Willis Towers Watson
tickerSymbol WSH ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Willis & Co. → brandLineage → Willis Group Holdings ⓘ
Willis Faber and Dumas Headquarters → client → Willis Group Holdings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Willis Group
Towers Watson → dissolutionReason → Willis Group Holdings ⓘ
this entity surface form: merger with Willis Group Holdings
Henry Willis & Co. → mergedInto → Willis Group Holdings ⓘ
Towers Watson → mergedInto → Willis Group Holdings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Willis Towers Watson
Willis Group Holdings → mergedInto → Willis Group Holdings self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Willis Towers Watson
Towers Watson → mergerPartner → Willis Group Holdings ⓘ
Willis Tower → namingRightsHolder → Willis Group Holdings ⓘ
Henry Willis & Co. → notableFor → Willis Group Holdings ⓘ
this entity surface form: evolving into Willis Group Holdings
Henry Willis & Co. → partOf → Willis Group Holdings ⓘ
WSH → represents → Willis Group Holdings ⓘ
Henry Willis & Co. → successor → Willis Group Holdings ⓘ