Towers Perrin was a professional services firm specializing in
human resources
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and
financial services consulting, which merged in January 2010 with
Watson Wyatt to form
Towers Watson
Towers Watson & Co. was a global professional services firm. Its principal lines of business were risk management and human resource consulting. It also had actuarial and investment consulting practices.
In January 2016, Towers Watson merged w ...
. The firm was a provider of
reinsurance intermediary services and was active in the
actuarial consulting arena with its
Tillinghast insurance
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consulting practice.
History
On March 1, 1934, Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby opened for business in
Philadelphia
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,
Pennsylvania
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. In 1987, Towers Perrin was established as the umbrella name for the firm. On June 28, 2009, Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby and
Watson Wyatt Worldwide (NYSE:WW) announced their agreement to merge into a new publicly traded company called
Towers Watson
Towers Watson & Co. was a global professional services firm. Its principal lines of business were risk management and human resource consulting. It also had actuarial and investment consulting practices.
In January 2016, Towers Watson merged w ...
& Co. The merger was completed in January 2010.
Offices
Towers Perrin had offices and alliance partners in the United States,
Canada
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, Europe, Asia, Latin America,
South Africa
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,
Australia and
New Zealand
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.
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References
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Financial services companies of the United States
Business services companies established in 1934
Actuarial firms
1934 establishments in Pennsylvania
Companies disestablished in 2010
2010 disestablishments in Connecticut