The Wattles Fellowship was founded in 1969 by Walter C. Wattles. The original purpose was to provide an opportunity in the international insurance industry not otherwise available to women at that time. It is the only program of its kind offering a one-year, fully integrated position in the London insurance market. In recent years, one woman is trained as a Property Account Executive with Willis Towers Watson, one as an Aviation Underwriter at Liberty Specialty Markets, and the third, an Aviation Account Manager at Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.