WTW: 10-K Risk Factor Changes

2025 vs 2024  ·  SEC EDGAR  ·  2026-07-05
Other years: 2026 vs 2025
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New Risks
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🟢 New in Current Filing The growth element of our strategy also depends, in part, on organic growth and our ability to develop and grow new and existing areas of our business. We face risks when we invest in new lines of business, products, services and platforms or other areas, which could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and/or reputation. 🔒
🟡 Modified Our business performance and growth plans could be negatively affected if we are not able to develop and implement improvements in technology and effectively apply technology, data and analytics to drive value for our clients through technology-based solutions or gain internal efficiencies through the effective application of technology, analytics and related tools. 🔒
🟡 Modified Our inability to comply with complex and evolving laws and regulations related to data privacy and cybersecurity could result in material financial loss, regulatory actions, reputational harm and/or legal liability. 🔒
🟡 Modified Increasing scrutiny and changing or competing expectations from governmental authorities, investors, clients and our colleagues with respect to our sustainability practices can impose additional costs on us or expose us to reputational, litigation or other risks. 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing The sale of Willis Re to Gallagher, including transitional arrangements, creates incremental business, operational, regulatory and reputational risks. 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Our business, financial condition, results of operations, and long-term goals may continue to be adversely affected, possibly materially, by negative impacts on the global economy and capital markets resulting from wars or any other geopolitical tensions. 🔒
🔴 No Match in Current Filing Changes and developments in the health insurance system in the United States could harm our business. 🔒
🟡 Modified The economic, regulatory and political impact of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, which occurred on January 31, 2020, could adversely affect us. 🔒
🟡 Modified The growth and portfolio optimization elements of our strategy depend, in part, on our ability to execute strategic transactions, including both acquisitions and dispositions. We face risks when we acquire or divest businesses, and we could have difficulty in acquiring, integrating or managing acquired businesses, or with effecting internal reorganizations, all of which could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and/or reputation. 🔒
🟡 Modified Macroeconomic trends, including inflation, changes in interest rates and trade policies, as well as political events, trade and other international disputes, war, terrorism, natural disasters, public health issues and other business interruptions, can adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition. 🔒
🟡 Modified Sanctions imposed by governments, or changes to such sanction regulations (such as sanctions imposed on Russia and China), and related counter-sanctions, could have a material adverse impact on our operations or financial results. 🔒
🟡 Modified Our global operations expose us to increasing, and sometimes conflicting, legal and regulatory requirements in environmental, social and governance (‘ESG’) matters, and violation of these regulations could harm our business. 🔒
🟡 Modified Business Environment Risks 🔒
🟡 Modified We are subject from time to time to inquiries or investigations by governmental agencies or regulators that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. 🔒
🟡 Modified Strategic and Operational Risks 🔒
🟡 Modified Our business will be negatively affected if we are not able to anticipate and keep pace with rapid changes in government laws or regulations, or if government laws or regulations decrease the need for our services, increase our costs or limit our compensation. 🔒
🟡 Modified Our ability to successfully manage ongoing organizational changes could impact our business results and may involve significant or evolving costs and/or disruption to the management and/or operations of our business and generate fewer benefits than originally expected. 🔒
🟡 Modified Our inability to successfully mitigate and recover should we experience a disaster or other business continuity problem could cause material financial loss, loss of human capital, regulatory actions, reputational harm and/or legal liability. 🔒
🟡 Modified RISK FACTORS 🔒
🟡 Modified We may not be able to fully realize the anticipated benefits of our strategy or our expected product, service and transaction pipelines. 🔒
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