Willis and Cornell University launch partnership focused on correlated catastrophe research

LONDON, May 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Willis, a WTW business (NASDAQ: WTW), today announced a new scientific partnership with researchers at Cornell University and the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future to identify evolving threats from correlated natural catastrophes. The research, funded by WTW through an initial one-year funding agreement, will offer insurers and reinsurers new insights into the synchrony of major perils and its potential effects on the industry's collective exposure to catastrophic losses.