Business Services Industry
3: Willis Group Ltd.(Company Profile)
Business Insurance, July, 2000 by McLeod, Douglas
10 Trinity Square London EC3P 3AX, England 44-207-488-8111; fax: 44-207-688-8223; www.willis.com 1999 1998 Premium volume $12.94 billion $13.26 billion Gross revenue $1.24 billion $1.19 billion Brokerage revenue $1.24 billion $1.19 billion Brokerage: Retail 63% 60% Wholesale 11% 12% Reinsurance 18% 19% Personal 3% 4% Services 5% 5% Employees 9,446 9,204 Rev./employee $131,208 $129,262 Employee benefits 9% 7% Offices 171 156* Converted at applicable exchange rates.
* Restated. Willis Group Ltd. is investing in 21st century technology to improve a business that Executive Chairman John Reeve describes as medieval. While other financial service businesses provide...
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