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Global risk management, insurance brokerage, consulting

Global Specialist - Multinational Insurance

Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior
London, UK+1 moreMore locations: Ipswich, UK
HybridHybrid role based in either Ipswich or London.
Insurance

About the job

Requirements
  • Relevant industry experience.
  • Intermediate-level information technology skills, including the Microsoft Office suite and Copilot.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of insurance and underwriting to deal effectively with client needs.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills to build relationships with new clients and insurers and maintain relationships with existing ones.
  • Ability to deal professionally with internal and external contacts and represent the business unit and wider WTW Group with credibility.
  • Proven experience delivering high levels of client service with a strong client focus.
  • Ability to analyse situations and provide recommendations to identify optimum solutions.
  • Good understanding of the processes supporting the business unit's and WTW Great Britain's operating model and strategy.
  • Experience working with and adhering to processes and systems that support client service delivery.
  • Intermediate-level data analysis and presentation skills.
Responsibilities
  • Create and agree the annual service plan for each multinational client.
  • Formulate and agree the renewal data-gathering strategy and timeline.
  • Provide input into strategy meetings with clients, brokers, and insurers.
  • Establish local and master policy requirements with insurers and broking teams, including limits, coverage, local policy issuance, and related nuances.
  • Identify local insurance nuances with insurers, including tariffs, wording restrictions, and local retentions.
  • Agree or install key performance indicators with insurers for local policy and certificate issuance, premium collection, and cash flow, and review them after renewal as part of stewardship meetings.
  • Input or produce premium allocations benchmarked against local norms and compliant with local tariffs.
  • Agree network fees.
  • Communicate group programmes to the broker network and local client operations where required.
  • Manage insurer administration of local policies, including timely instructions to local fronting companies, client status communications, and monitoring the issuance of local policies and invoices.
  • Attend meetings with local brokers and clients on local and global insurance issues where required.
  • Communicate the group risk-purchasing philosophy to local brokers and local client companies where appropriate.
  • Produce analysis reports of local policy summaries to verify compulsory covers, avoid duplication with global programmes, ensure local policies dovetail with global programmes, maintain adherence to the group risk-purchasing philosophy, and comply with remuneration parameters.
  • Work with clients and local brokers to maximise WTW Global Network appointments on local lines.
  • Agree and manage local broker service requirements with clients.
  • Provide information on admitted and non-admitted insurance, compulsory covers, locations requiring local policies, locally available coverage, and other regulations and practices.
  • Advise colleagues, prospects, and clients on the operation of global programmes.
  • Advise colleagues, prospects, and clients on insurers' capabilities to deliver global solutions.
  • Serve as a focal point for knowledge of insurers' international expertise and processes.
  • Provide training and mentorship to less experienced colleagues within the Multinational Great Britain team.
  • Attend relevant conferences and industry events.
  • Develop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and associates.
  • Establish and maintain professional relationships with key client contacts.
  • Develop effective working relationships with key contacts within insurer organisations.
Desired Qualifications
  • Holds or is working toward the ACII professional qualification.

About the company

Willis Towers Watson helps organizations manage risk and people programs by offering advisory, brokerage, and technology-based solutions. It operates in two segments: Risk & Broking, which identifies, quantifies, and places insurance coverage for clients from small businesses to large corporations; and Health, Wealth & Career, which provides consulting, technology, and administration services for health benefits, retirement plans, and talent management. The company differentiates itself by combining advisory services, technology platforms, and brokerage capabilities under one umbrella to deliver integrated risk management and people solutions globally. Its goal is to turn risk into a path for growth by aligning risk management with health, retirement, and talent strategies to support organizational success.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

1828

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What believers are saying

  • Q2 2026 revenue reached $2.47 billion, up 9% year over year.
  • Propel targets roughly 30% adjusted operating margin by 2028, announced July 30, 2026.
  • WTW signed a Sept. 30, 2026 Sapien partnership for mid-market M&A HR software.

What critics are saying

  • WTW sued Lockton on Aug. 24, 2026 after 18 construction brokers defected.
  • Q2 operating margin fell to 14.8%, and net income dropped 30%.
  • Repeated team defections to Lockton hollow WTW’s brokerage franchise market by market.

What makes WTW unique

  • WTW’s Radar platform powers Zurich’s global pricing rollout across retail lines, Sept. 21, 2026.
  • Newfront added deep U.S. middle-market specialty broking and technology, Jan. 27, 2026.
  • WTW combines consulting, broking, and software across 140 countries and markets.

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Oct 16th, 2026
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Oct 12th, 2026
WTW deepens commercial lines ICT bench with MGA underwriting veteran

WTW deepens commercial lines ICT bench with MGA underwriting veteran. Darrel Beaton joins from Effectus Insurance, where he served as chief underwriting officer for 16 years Oct 12, 2026 WTW has appointed Darrel Beaton (pictured) as director of underwriting within its insurance consulting and technology (ICT) business in North America, effective October 5. Beaton joins from Effectus Insurance Managers, a commercial lines managing general agent, where he spent 16 years as chief underwriting officer overseeing underwriting strategy, product development, and portfolio profitability across a broad range of commercial lines, according to his LinkedIn profile. Background and remit. Beaton brings more than 30 years of commercial underwriting experience, including earlier roles as senior director of product management at USAA and SVP of risk and product management at Advanced Insurance Management eSolutions, where he advised insurers, reinsurers, and MGA/MGUs on underwriting operations and product development. His career has run almost entirely through the program and specialty end of the market rather than standard admitted lines. The appointment is part of WTW's stated push to expand its ICT practice across commercial and specialty lines in North America, a segment the company has been building out alongside its more established personal lines advisory footprint. ICT advises insurers on underwriting strategy, pricing, portfolio management, and technology transformation, work that shapes how carriers select risks and structure their books across the commercial P&C market. Based in Austin, Texas, Beaton will report to Farah Ismail, head of commercial lines, North America at WTW, and will focus on expanding the firm's underwriting and product advisory propositions for commercial carrier clients. "His proven track record, technical underwriting expertise and deep understanding of specialist risks across the property and casualty market will be invaluable to our clients," Ismail said. WTW's ICT business operates across 35 markets with more than 1,700 staff, according to the company, serving over 1,000 insurers globally.

II Reporter
Oct 12th, 2026
WTW names Darrel Beaton Director of Underwriting.

WTW names Darrel Beaton Director of Underwriting. The commercial insurance veteran joins WTW's North America Insurance Consulting and Technology business to support underwriting and product modernization. Anthony R. O'Donnell // October 12, 2026 (Image source: WTW.) WTW (London) has appointed Darrel Beaton Director of Underwriting within its Insurance Consulting and Technology (ICT) business, effective Oct. 5. Beaton brings more than 30 years of experience spanning commercial underwriting, product development, portfolio management, program design and underwriting leadership. He joins WTW from Effectus Insurance, where he served as Chief Underwriting Officer with responsibility for underwriting strategy, product development, portfolio growth and profitability across commercial lines. Based in Austin, Texas, Beaton will support the expansion of WTW's underwriting and product propositions, helping insurers modernize underwriting operations, improve portfolio performance and apply technology and analytics to business decisions. He reports to Farah Ismail, Head of Commercial Lines, North America, WTW. "We are delighted to welcome Darrel to our North America team," comments Ismail. "His proven track record, technical underwriting expertise and deep understanding of specialist risks across the property and casualty market will be invaluable to our clients." WTW says Beaton's appointment will support growth of its consulting and technology services for insurers across North America.

Captive Insurance Times
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Hylant hires Samson as senior captive account manager

Hylant hires Samson as senior captive account manager. Hylant Global Captive Solutions appoints Sheril Samson as senior captive account manager, a role Samson took up in September. The post sits within Hylant Consulting and is based in Mumbai on a hybrid basis. Samson joins from WTW, after more than 12 years with the broker in India. Samson was a manager at WTW from April, having previously served as assistant manager from 2023, team lead from 2019, senior specialist from 2017 and specialist from 2014. Hylant credits Samson with more than a decade of experience across insurance accounting, captive insurance, financial reporting and regulatory compliance. Samson's own professional summary describes expertise in accounting, legal entity controllership and group-level financial management across international markets, alongside statutory compliance and leading a team of chartered accountants. Hylant Global Captive Solutions provides captive consulting and management, running feasibility studies, implementation work covering business plans, policy drafting, service provider selection and domicile regulator engagement, and ongoing captive management across board meetings, renewals, underwriting and corporate administration. The team also advises on programme design and on captive exit through commutations, novations, sale of the captive and reinsurance, and works on group captives, single-parent captives and cell facilities. The team is led by Anne Marie Towle, who joined Hylant in 2019 and leads its global captive solutions business. Hylant was founded in 1935 by Edward P. Hylant in Toledo, Ohio, and describes itself as family owned. Fourth-generation family members hold senior roles in the business.

Associated Press
Oct 1st, 2026
WTW assumes full control of Al-Futtaim Willis following UAE and Bahrain regulatory approvals

WTW has received regulatory approval from the Central Bank of the UAE and Central Bank of Bahrain to assume full ownership of Al-Futtaim Willis, its UAE-based joint venture. Al-Futtaim sold its 51% stake in the business, giving WTW complete control. The move strengthens WTW's regional presence alongside recent expansions in Saudi Arabia, where the company established insurance and reinsurance broking entities. WTW will now wholly manage operations in Dubai and Bahrain. The acquisition enables WTW to provide clients across the UAE and wider region with enhanced access to specialist expertise and global placement capabilities. The integration aligns with WTW's strategy to optimise its global portfolio and pursue scaled, high-growth broking businesses.