The world's three major insurance brokers will once again be able to take contingent commission fees in their managing general agency businesses after renegotiating agreements with New York authorities.

On Friday, Willis Group Holdings announced it had come to an agreement with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the Insurance Department of New York to amend its settlement eliminating contingent commissions. The agreement, similar to what was announced last week with Marsh, would allow the broker to accept contingent commissions for its work as an MGA.

In a statement, Willis said the agreement recognizes that with MGA operations the broker is representing the insurer and compensation should be more flexible under that arrangement.

Recommended For You

Want to continue reading?
Become a Free PropertyCasualty360 Digital Reader

Your access to unlimited PropertyCasualty360 content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:

  • Breaking insurance news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Weekly Insurance Speak podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical converage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, BenefitsPRO and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.