Rebirth without the drag of legacy: Willis Re’s Summers

Liberated from gardening leave, Willis Re’s head of global specialties, Jim Summers, describes the gameplan for the new reinsurance broking business in Monte Carlo and beyond

THE architects of a new and improved Willis Re have made considerable progress and will be meeting with clients and markets at this year’s Rendez-vous de Septembre to listen and discuss reinsurance programmes in the run up to the January 1 renewals, according to the reinsurance broker’s chief executive of global specialties, Jim Summers.