Director (account executive/broker)
Willis Towers Watson
Jo Newson specialises in environmental liability and casualty insurance from a risk management and insurance placement perspective. Having joined the Willis Towers Watson environmental team as a consultant in 2015, Newson’s role includes strategising, placing and servicing commercial insurance programmes in the European and London marketplaces, including large and complex insurance and reinsurance placements, global programmes, acquisitions and divestments, and specialist occupancies such as energy and mining, real estate/hospitality, public utilities, waste and recycling, construction and manufacturing/logistics. She is responsible for insurance placements in all territories outside of North America.