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Willis Towers Watson sues Lockton over broker exodus - Business Insurance Skip to content Register for free Search Search Log In Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Willis Towers Watson sues Lockton over broker exodus by Richard Sine Agents and Brokers Lockton , Willis Towers Watson Aug 25, 2026 Eighteen employees from Willis Towers Watson’s construction insurance team resigned within 44 minutes of each other last Wednesday, all headed to rival broker Lockton, in what a new lawsuit calls a “smash and grab.” Within 48 hours of their departures, clients worth over $5 million in annual revenue had also left the firm, according to the complaint in the case, Willis Towers Watson Northeast, Inc. et al. v. Lockton Companies, LLC et al. The complaint alleges that the resignations, which began at 8:02 a.m. and ended by 8:46 a.m., were planned in advance so the employees could immediately begin soliciting WTW’s clients on Lockton’s behalf, in violation of nonsolicitation agreements most had signed. None gave the 15 days’ written notice their contracts required, says the complaint, filed in Suffolk County Superior Court in Massachusetts. Michael George Scott, who led the construction team’s New England region alongside Thomas Grandmaison, is accused of breaching his fiduciary duty by secretly planning the departure while negotiating a new pay package with WTW. The remaining defendants live across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Alabama. Two employees, Wendysue Ash and Richard Scott, allegedly accessed WTW’s internal client files hours after resigning, the brokerage alleges. William Darrin, of Marblehead, Massachusetts, is separately accused of failing to repay a $98,000 signing bonus he owed if he left within five years. Lockton, headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, operates a Boston office named in the suit. WTW’s affected entities are incorporated in New York, Tennessee and Ohio, with a Boston office central to the dispute. The complaint seeks a temporary restraining order, preliminary and permanent injunctions, disgorgement of compensation, and compensatory and punitive damages. Lockton declined to comment. 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