Willis Re's new life reinsurance practice, led by Christian Howells, targets capital pressures and regulatory change with WTW's actuarial analytics and broking platform.
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Willis Re, the reinsurance advisory and broking joint venture between Bain Capital and WTW, has launched a Global Life Reinsurance Practice. Christian Howells will lead it as Head of Life Reinsurance.
The practice will provide independent life reinsurance advisory and broking services to life insurers, reinsurers, and pension and annuity providers globally, Willis Re said. It is a strategic collaboration with WTW's Insurance Consulting and Technology business, which supplies analytical and consultancy resources.
Howells joined Willis Re from Macquarie Asset Management, where he served as Head of International Insurance Solutions. Before that, he spent more than 16 years at Schroders, leading insurance solutions initiatives across Asia-Pacific.
"Life insurers are operating in a market defined by capital pressures, regulatory change, longevity risk and accelerating product innovation," Howells said. "The new life practice is designed to support clients beyond the transaction itself, bringing together market insight, analytical rigour and strategic advice to help clients capitalise on market opportunities."
Duncan Briggs, Senior Managing Director in WTW's Insurance Consulting and Technology business, said the offering's differentiation comes from the depth of actuarial expertise and analytical capability. "By combining WTW's Insurance Consulting and Technology business's advanced modelling, data-driven insights and transaction experience with Willis Re's broking platform, we are creating a proposition that is genuinely unrivalled," Briggs said.
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