Local Council

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.

Local Council
insurance

“We recognise that local councils have a legal requirement to provide ‘best value’ when it comes to insurance and always strive to meet their needs.”

Colin Raffell
Local Council Scheme Manager

We are able to provide cover to for all types of insurance required for local councils including but not limited to property, liability, financial risks, motor, cyber and inspection.

Core services we offer councils

  • We will review and discuss existing covers to ensure adequacy of cover and suggest any steps that can be taken to improve risk management procedures
  • We will provide named experienced contacts with a greater depth of knowledge of the risks faced by the council
  • Access to our in-house highly experienced claims team acting in the council’s interests at all times
  • Access to our Risk Management team providing advice on health and safety and carry out surveys to provide the necessary information to secure the best rate from insurers
  • Access to wide ranging insurance markets
  • Ability to discuss implications of any new services or assets before making a decision

Contact us about our Local Council Insurance Scheme, what we can offer you, or to obtain a quote.

Call us on 01752 424658 or email colin.raffell@jameshallam.co.uk

Meet your team leaders

Colin Raffell

Local Council Scheme Manager
T: 01752 424658
M: 07731 604177
Email Colin

Testimonials

Weston-super-Mare TC has renewed its contract with WPS, now rebranded James Hallam, several times. We have always found them extremely helpful on all insurance matters and their advice invaluable.

Malcolm Nicholson
SLCC President 2023/24

James Hallam Brokers have provided the most competitive offer on each of the last three occasions the Council has procured insurance. During that tenure they have provided high levels of service, and demonstrated extensive understanding both of their clients needs, and of the wider insurance market for the sector.

Tavistock Town Council

Shrewsbury Town Council has been a client of James Hallam for a number of years  and during which we have found the Team most helpful in understanding our risk and insurance mitigation, developing plans for the management of our risk and ensuring appropriate and affordable insurance cover to meet our individual needs.  On the odd occasions we have had to claim against our insurance cover, they have dealt with our matters professionally, efficiently and speedily taking the pressure off our staff in often challenging circumstances.  James Hallam understand the Parish & Town Council sector extremely well and are placed to meet the sector’s varied clients’ needs.

Helen Ball
Town Clerk
Shrewsbury Town Council

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Colin Raffell

Local Council Scheme Manager

Colin has been working in the insurance industry for over 40 years as both an underwriter and more latterly as a broker so is able to talk in a language that insurers understand when seeking best value quotes for his many council clients.

Colin joined WPS (now James Hallam) back in 2010 and was soon involved with their council scheme and started to attend the various sector related conferences. More recently drawing on his many years experience in the sector he has become Local Council Scheme Manager to ensure James Hallam Council Guard remain one of the foremost providers in the sector.

T: 01752 424658
M: 07731 604177
colin.raffell@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

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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

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