Our family values are at the heart of how we work – transparently and honestly.
Paul Anscombe, CEO
Our history
We are a family business and our family heritage lies at the heart of how we work. Our high client retention is testament to our personal approach and we have worked closely with some of our clients for over 35 years.
We invest time in all our relationships including our own people. We foster the talents of our teams alongside the business ambitions of our clients and enjoy high staff retention as a result. Our teams always put the best interests of our clients first, knowing that they enjoy working in our firm.
We are committed to continuing to work in partnership with our clients and maintaining our independent status.
Founded in 1982, we are a privately owned, independent, specialist broker.
Company overview
We act for a variety of clients, including large AIM Listed firms, boutique businesses and private clients, across a broad range of business sectors. The size and complexity of our clients’ businesses differ and our expert teams clearly understand this with a tailored and consistent service. We seek to partner with clients and to protect and guide them through a dynamic and changing insurance market.
Our independent status provides impartial access to the market. 99% of our work is executed with Standard and Poor A rated insurers and our minimum criteria is BBB+. We deliver cost-effective insurance programmes of the highest standard. We are a Lloyd’s broker and provide clients with the widest access to the market.
We are a national business operating out of regional offices across the United Kingdom and coordinate with global specialists.
Our culture means we care about doing the right thing
Paul Turner, Executive Chairman
Zero Tolerance Statement
Following updated changes to legislation on the 26th October, James Hallam would like to take the opportunity to remind all that the health, safety, and wellbeing of our colleagues is important to us. We are committed to fostering a respectful and professional environment for all our employees, clients, and third-party partners whilst being committed to nurturing an inclusive and diverse environment for our colleagues.
All employees should be treated with respect and be free from any form of bullying, harassment, or discrimination .To support this, James Hallam continues to take bullying and harassment very seriously and has a robust zero-tolerance policy in place to treat all allegations seriously and address any concerns promptly and appropriately.
Zero tolerance is everyone’s responsibility to maintain, and employee’s well-being and comfort while working for James Hallam is of the utmost importance.