Hospitality and Travel Claims

Trust leads to more trust

James Hallam is an independent Lloyd’s broker with a dedicated team of experienced insurance professionals who care about protecting your business.

Trust leads to more trust

James Hallam is an independent Lloyd’s broker with a dedicated team of experienced insurance professionals who care about protecting your business.

Hospitality
and travel
claims

In the hospitality and travel industries, the slightest set-back can prove disastrous for business. Fast and effective claims management is vital to business continuity. This is why we will appoint you a dedicated account and claims manager who will take care of everything if you ever need to make a claim, leaving you free to get on with business.

A claims service you can depend on

We are committed to building close and lasting relationships with every one of our hospitality and travel clients. Whether you are an international travel business, a hotel group or single site restaurant you will receive a first-class service from us.

With our service, we aim to make claims as fast and straightforward as possible. From day one, you will receive a dedicated point of contact who will manage your account. And if you ever need to make a claim, they will liaise with individuals from across your organisation, as well as loss adjusters and insurers. You can depend on a fair settlement as soon as possible, which means you will be able to focus on doing what you do best.

We are here to help.
Call us on 020 7977 7856 or email david.noble@jameshallam.co.uk

Meet your team leaders

David Noble

Director of Hospitality and Travel
M: 07818 036566
Email David

Sam Mitchell

Claims Technician
T: 01752 910710
Email Sam

Andrew Day

Divisional Director
T: 01752 675473
M: 07596 559174
Email Andrew

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David Noble

Director of Hospitality and Travel

David has been the Director of Hospitality and Travel since 2009.

Starting his insurance career at Landau Manson in 1989, David became a Director in 1998 and its Managing Director in 2006. In 2009, he facilitated its successful sale to the Seventeen Group and is a main board Director of James Hallam.

Passionate about the hospitality sector, David was as a trustee of the Springboard Charity for 10 years, helping disadvantaged people into careers into hospitality, attracting talent and promoting the industry as great place to work. He has further supported the likes of Hospitality Action and Master Innholders by undertaking activities such as treks to China, Nepal and Peru and cycling to the Cotswolds, Paris and Champagne raising significant monies for charity.

David believes in continuous learning and setting goals in both his business and personal life. This was developed from his time as a member of the Academy of Chief Executives.

07818 036566
david.noble@jameshallam.co.uk

Andrew Day

Divisional Director

Andrew has been in the insurance claims industry since 1985. He started his career with a national insurer where he spent 20 years handling property, motor, liability and injury claims. He then moved to a regional broker where he managed the claims team for a further 14 years. James Hallam acquired the brokers in 2019 and Andrew is now responsible for the organisation’s national claims strategy and their team of dedicated claims professionals.

T: 01752 675473
M: 07596 559174
andrew.day@jameshallam.co.uk

Nigel Roberts

Executive Director – Head of London Markets

Nigel started his career with a traditional Marine Lloyd’s Broker in the late 1970s and with a break of 5 years around 2000 when he worked in the UK Commercial Insurance Retail markets, he has spent the rest of his career dedicated to marine insurance and reinsurance clients. The 15 years prior to joining Everard in March 2021 he held positions as Managing Director and Deputy CEO of two Lloyd’s brokers. Nigel has dealt with all classes of the transportation chain and specialises in Hull & Machinery, Protection & Indemnity and water’s edge industries including Ports, Terminals, Shipbuilding and repair yards.

T: 0207 977 7841
M: 07518 913404
nigel.roberts@everardinsurance.co.uk

Justyn Lemar

Marine Trades Division Manager

Justyn started in the Insurance Industry in 1998 as a general insurance broker before progressing into an account executive. Between 2003 and 2007 he broadened his insurance knowledge and took up an underwriting role. Justyn joined Everard insurance brokers in 2014 as an account executive and was appointed Marine Trades manager in 2017. He specialises in Marine Property & Plant, Marine Engineering, Marine Equipment, Marine Liabilities, Marinas & Harbours. Underwriting renewals and new business for our retail division including referrals. He manages and provides insurance solutions for wholesale brokers. Justyn has overall responsibility for the binding authority and is coverholder on behalf of a leading Marine Liability Lloyds syndicate. Justyn services marine trade clients in the UK, EU and Internationally.

T: 01732 224698
M: 07837 006962
justyn.lemar@everardinsurance.co.uk

Brendon Ladner

Marine Small Craft Division Manager

Brendon has worked in the insurance industry since 2013 when he started at a national brokers servicing private clients. Brendon then went onto work for a local broker in 2016 who specialised in marine insurance, predominantly small craft. Having lived near to the Fishing Port of Newlyn his whole life, Brendon grew up with a passion of the fishing industry and so the new role seemed a perfect fit due to the amount of fishing boats insured. This broker was acquired by James Hallam, the parent company of Everard in May 2021 and combining the knowledge of the two companies was fundamental in creating a new Small Craft Division which Brendon now heads up. His team will look for quotes on any vessel including private & pleasure, fishing, any other commercial, both in the UK and Internationally.

T: 01736 805004
brendon.ladner@everardinsurance.co.uk