Company facts
- Industry
- Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service
- Headquarters
- London England
- Most recent report
- 8-K, filed Nov 3, 2026
- Incorporated
- N/A
- Filings on record
- 1,000+ filings
- On EDGAR
- CIK 1140536
- Fiscal year ends
- December
- Filer status
- Large accelerated filer
Financials 8 of 20
News 8 of 48
Prospectuses and Registrations 8 of 18
- S-8 Registration statement for an employee plan May 26, 2026
- S-8 POS Post-effective amendment to an employee plan registration May 22, 2026
- S-8 Registration statement for an employee plan Jan 28, 2026
- 424B2 Prospectus supplement for an offering Dec 16, 2025
- FWP Free writing prospectus Dec 15, 2025
- 424B2 Prospectus supplement for an offering Dec 15, 2025
- S-3ASR Automatic shelf registration Feb 28, 2025
- 424B2 Prospectus supplement for an offering Feb 28, 2024
Proxies 8 of 11
- DEFA14A Extra proxy material Mar 27, 2026
- DEF 14A Proxy statement for a shareholder vote Mar 27, 2026
- DEFA14A Extra proxy material Mar 28, 2025
- DEF 14A Proxy statement for a shareholder vote Mar 28, 2025
- DEFA14A Extra proxy material Apr 4, 2024
- DEF 14A Proxy statement for a shareholder vote Apr 4, 2024
- DEFA14A Extra proxy material Apr 5, 2023
- DEF 14A Proxy statement for a shareholder vote Apr 5, 2023
Ownership 8 of 898
- 4 Insider reported a trade Oct 22, 2026
- 4 Insider reported a trade Oct 19, 2026
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Other 5
What to read: Sep 2026 10-Q
SECSift found 4 of 13 sections worth reading, with 2 positive, 12 notable, and 0 negative flags.
Financial Statements (Item 1)
Two large acquisitions, a new AI cost-savings plan, and a big pension settlement gain.Notable- Recognized a $37M non-cash revaluation gain from buying the remaining 51% of Al-Futtaim Willis.
- Launched Propel AI plan; expects $350M net annual cost savings by end of 2028, with $625M cash costs.
- Canadian pension plan bought a $150M group annuity, triggering an $11M non-cash settlement gain.
- Willis Re agreed to buy BMS Re U.S.; WTW committed to fund up to $102M for the deal.
Management's Discussion (Item 2)
New AI plan with $400M savings target, acquisitions, $970M buyback, and segment results.Notable- Acquisitions Newfront and Cushon drove over half of salary increase in Q3 2026.
- Interest expense up 23% in Q3 2026 due to new debt and DDTL drawdowns.
- Effective tax rate jumped to 19.3% in nine months 2026 from 12.0% due to prior-year discrete items.
- Share repurchases of $970M in nine months ended Sep 2026; $1.8B remaining.
- Non-guarantor subsidiaries hold substantially all assets and revenue, structurally senior to notes.
- Obligor group has net intercompany payables of $18.2B to non-guarantor subs at Sep 2026.
Risk Factors (Item 1A)
New AI restructuring plan with quantified risks; no other risk changes.Unregistered Sales and Repurchases (Item 2)
New $1.5B buyback increase and detailed Q3 repurchase activity with prices.Positive
What changed: Sep 2026 vs. Jun 2026
About 6% of WTW's Sep 2026 10-Q is new information. 29 paragraphs were added, 224 changed, and 33 removed. Below are the most important lines SECSift identified.
Changed
- Closing price used for share estimate fell to $288.23 from $261.37 at June 30, 2026.
- Remaining repurchase authority rose to $1.8B from $542M at September 30, 2026.
- Remaining repurchase authority rose to $1.8 billion from $542 million, after a $1.5B board increase on July 28, 2026.
- Shares repurchased in Q3 2026 totaled 687,386 at $320.05 average, down from 1,733,574 at $259.58 in Q2 2026.
- Restructuring costs rose to $14M from $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2026.
- Transaction and program expenses rose to $42M from $2M for the three months ended September 30, 2026.
- Cushon deferred tax liabilities fell to $5 million from $6 million; net assets acquired rose to $237 million from $236 million.
- Newfront goodwill rose to $692 million from $682 million; net assets acquired rose to $1,061 million from $1,051 million.
- Exhibit 22.1 now incorporated by reference to 10-Q filed July 30, 2026; previously filed herewith.
- Plan description moved from Note 20 – Subsequent Event to Note 6 – AI Acceleration Plan and from Part II, Item 5 to Part I, Item 2.
- Reference note number changed from Note 13 to Note 14.
- Signatures dated October 29, 2026 instead of July 30, 2026.
Everything here comes from Willis Towers Watson PLC's own filings on SEC EDGAR. The filing list is rechecked every hour. SECSift analysis was completed on Oct 29, 2026, from the 10-Q for Sep 2026.