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Towers Perrin

Former type Consultancy

Industry Actuarial

Management consulting

Insurance

Human Resources

Professional Services

Successor(s) Towers Watson

Founded 1934

Defunct 2010

Headquarters Stamford, Connecticut, USA

Key people Mark Mactas, CEO

Products Professional Services

ReinsuranceRevenue $1,410.0M (2005)[1]

Employees 5,171[1]

Website TowersPerrin.com

(http://www.towersperrin.com)

Towers PerrinFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Contents

1 History

2 Offices

3 References

4 External links

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.[2] 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.[citation needed]

Offices

Towers Perrin had offices and alliance partners in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Latin

America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.[3]

References

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1. ^ ab "Profile information about Towers Perrin" (http://www.answers.com/topic/towers-perrin). Hoover's, Inc. 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-08.

2. ^ Towers Perrin History (http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/showhtml.jsp?url=global/about/history.htm&country=global)

3. ^ Offices and Alliance Partner Locations - Contact Us - Global - Towers Perrin (http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/showhtml.jsp?

url=global/contact/locations.htm&country=global)

External links

Towers Perrin (http://www.towersperrin.com)

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