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Towers Perrin

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Former type
  
Consultancy

Revenue
  
$1,410.0M (2005)

Successor
  
Towers Watson

Number of employees
  
5,171

Key people
  
Mark Mactas, CEO

Website
  
www.towersperrin.com

Founded
  
1934

Defunct
  
2010

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Industry
  
Actuarial Management consulting Insurance Human Resources Professional Services

Products
  
Professional Services Reinsurance

Headquarters
  
Stamford, Connecticut, United States

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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 is active in the actuarial consulting arena with its Tillinghast insurance consulting practice.

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History

On March 1, 1934, Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby opened for business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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 & Co; the merger was completed in January 2010.

Offices

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

References

Towers Perrin Wikipedia