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| Consultancy | |
| Industry |
Actuarial Management consulting Insurance Human Resources Professional Services |
| Successor | Towers Watson |
| Founded | 1934 |
| Defunct | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Stamford, Connecticut, USA |
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Key people
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Mark Mactas, CEO |
| Products |
Professional Services Reinsurance |
| Revenue | $1,410.0M (2005) |
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Number of employees
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5,171 |
| Website | www |
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.
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.
Towers Perrin had offices and alliance partners in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Latin America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.