Towers Perrin

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Towers Perrin
Type Consultancy
Industry Actuarial
Management consulting
Insurance
Human Resources
Professional Services
Founded 1934
Headquarters Stamford, CT, USA
Key people Mark Mactas, CEO
Products Professional Services
Reinsurance
Revenue $1,410.0M (2005)[1]
Employees 5,171[1]
Website TowersPerrin.com

Towers Perrin was a professional services firm specialising in human resources and financial services consulting, which merged in January 2010 with Watson Wyatt to form Towers Watson. The firm was a provider of reinsurance intermediary services, and are active in the actuarial consulting arena with their Tillinghast insurance consulting practice.

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[edit] History

On March 1, 1934, Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby opened for business in Philadelphia. In 1987, Towers Perrin was established as the umbrella name for the firm.[2] On June 28, 2009, it was announced that Towers Perrin Forster & Crosby Inc and Watson Wyatt Worldwide (NYSE:WW) had agreed to merge into a new publicly traded company called Towers Watson & Co; the merger was completed in January 2010.

[edit] Offices

Towers Perrin had offices and alliance partners in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Latin America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.[3]

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