Willis North America, the North American retail brokerage business of Willis Group Holdings and the company’s largest business segment, is shaking up its organizational structure at some very senior levels.
WNA’s new organizational structure includes the following seven regions – Northeast, Atlantic, South, Midwest, West, California and Canada – supported by a corresponding team of national partners.
The appointments to national partner are Eric Hein, KJ Wagner, and David Fuhrman.
Hein has been appointed national partner of the South Region, and will be responsible for the region’s business operations, which includes 500 associates in 15 offices throughout Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and the Carolinas. Hein joined Willis in 1985 and has held a variety of leadership roles. Since 1999 he served as managing partner of Willis’ North and South Carolina operations.
Heading up the West Region, Wagner will be responsible for the region’s business operations, including 675 associates in 10 offices throughout Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. Wagner joined Willis in 1999 and most recently served as managing partner, Willis of Arizona, since 2008. Previously Wagner served as one of Willis’ top producers in North America where he focused on risk transfer programs for large firms with complex risks. (continued.)
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David Fuhrman has been appointed national partner of the newly-established California Region. He will be responsible for the region’s business operations, with 365 associates throughout offices in Los Angeles, Irvine, Sacramento, San Diego, San Jose and San Francisco. Fuhrman joined Willis in 2005 and previously served as managing partner, Willis of Los Angeles.
Hein, Wagner and Fuhrman will work with the existing regional leadership team of national partners, including Joe Gunn, Northeast Region; Doug Pera, Atlantic Region; Mike Liss, Midwest Region and Rick Hynes, Canada.
To further support its North America platform, Willis also announced the appointments of Paty Daves and John Sherlock.
Daves is now managing partner at Willis of Illinois. In this role, he will oversee business operations in Willis’ Chicago, Schaumburg and Moline offices as supported by a staff of more than 400 associates. Since 2008, Daves served as managing partner, Willis of Kansas.
As managing partner of Willis of Pennsylvania Sherlock will oversee business operations in Willis’ Philadelphia and Radnor offices as supported by a staff of more than 200 associates. Sherlock joined Willis from
Philadelphia Insurance Co. where he served as senior vice president responsible for large broker strategy. Prior to this, Sherlock was with
AIG where he served as president of the Mid-Atlantic region.
Willis Group Holdings operates on every continent with more than 17,500 employees in more than 400 offices. The business, which in 2012 reported revenues of more than $1.3 billion, includes more than 100 local offices across the United States and Canada offering insurance and risk management services.
