Towers Perrin

Company type	Consultancy
Industry	Actuarial Management consulting Insurance Human Resources Professional Services
Founded	1934
Defunct	2010
Successor	Towers Watson
Headquarters	Stamford, Connecticut, USA
Key people	Mark Mactas, CEO
Products	Professional Services Reinsurance
Revenue	$1,410.0M (2005)[1]
Number of employees	5,171[1]

Towers Perrin was a professional services firm specializing 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 was active in the actuarial consulting arena with its Tillinghast insurance consulting practice.

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]