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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001157523-08-004612.txt : 20080528
<SEC-HEADER>0001157523-08-004612.hdr.sgml : 20080528
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20080528065213
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-08-004612
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080527
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080528
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080528

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001140536
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INSURANCE AGENTS BROKERS & SERVICES [6411]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			D0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TEN TRINITY SQUARE
		CITY:			LONDON ENGLAND
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		0114402074

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TEN TRINITY SQUARE
		CITY:			LONDON ENGLAND
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			00000

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ROBERTS DOUGLAS B
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001221699

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16503
		FILM NUMBER:		08862320

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TEN TRINITY SQUARE
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			EX3P 3AX

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TEN TRINITY SQUARE
		CITY:			LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			EC3P 3AX
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-05-27</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001140536</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>WSH</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001221699</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ROBERTS DOUGLAS B</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS,</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>51 LIME STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LONDON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>X0</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>EC3M 7DQ</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>UNITED KINGDOM</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Phantom Units</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-05-27</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>45.92</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>34.056</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>45.92</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>6061.86</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Phantom Stock units convert to common shares on a one-for-one basis.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The transaction date is the date on which the units were allocated to the reporting person's account under the Willis Group
 Holdings Limited Non-Employee Director's Deferred Compensation Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These phantom units were issued under the Willis Group Holdings Limited Non-Employee Directors Deferred Compensation Plan,
 and become payable, in common stock, at the election of the reporting person following his termination of service as a
 director.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Shaun K. Bryant, as attorney-in-fact for Douglas B Roberts</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-05-28</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
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