ALARM Corporate Sponsors

Risk Management Partners Ltd (RMP) brings a customer driven concept in risk management and insurance solutions to the public sector in the UK, providing flexible, customised insurance programmes, coupled with integrated risk management and loss control services that minimise exposure and expense while maximising service. We are a specialist intermediary, authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority, who aims to develop long term relationships with clients and their advisors, thus providing continuity of service with the overall objective of helping to reduce cost of risk in the long term.

RMP is ultimately owned by Arthur J Gallagher & Co (AJG Co), one of the foremost names in risk management and insurance broking in the world.

• RMP are responsible for delivery of specialist insurance, risk management and claims services to the public sector.
• The main insurance coverages are provided by our underwriting partner AIG.
• Claims management and risk control services are provided by Gallagher Bassett.
• Arthur J Gallagher (UK) Ltd offer excess coverage where capacity is an issue.

Travelers provides property and liability insurance to local authorities supported by practical risk management advice and guidance.

Clients will benefit from our flexible approach to claims handling and can choose from either running their own in-house service; appointing an agreed third party supplier; or using our in-house claims management team.

Travelers is part of an international insurance organisation which traces its origins back to 1853 in Minnesota, USA. We have assets worth around $114 billion and achieve consistently high independent credit ratings for our financial strength and ability to pay claims.

Zurich Municipal is a provider of insurance and risk management solutions to public service organisations in the UK. We are committed to developing open and productive relationships with the key people in our client’s organisation.

Our aim is to provide our clients with expert advice and support. By listening to them and sharing our extensive experience and expertise, we will help clients find insurance and risk management solutions that improve their organisation’s performance, financial stability and ability to manage change.

http://www.zurich.co.uk/Municipal

They are a leading commercial provider of School Staff Absence Insurance solutions to Local Authorities in England and Wales. 

Capita BEST also advise on, and provide onsite and offsite activity insurance protection for young people participating in school and youth group activities. Capita BEST offer Personal Accident Schemes for young people, youth groups and local authority employees.

For more information on Capita BEST please visit http://www.capitabest.co.uk/ or call Freephone 0800 389 2028.

Crutes Law Firm has acted for Local Authorities for 60 years and is one of the major providers of legal services in the public sector in the North of England.

Acting for over 50 public authorities in the North East and North West, we are increasingly instructed by Authorities elsewhere in the country who recognise the quality and speed of our service and the specialisms that we can offer.

We advise many of our local authorities on risk management issues and have had a long association with ALARM. We have regularly participated in seminars and events, and are pleased to be able to provide sponsorship for 2008.

Please contact Stephen Crute on 0191 2339700 or stephen.crute@crutes.co.uk

Our roots are in loss adjusting, but our broad range of services goes far beyond these traditions. By developing and applying our core competencies, we find innovative solutions to suit the needs of our clients.

We develop our client relationships into long-term partnerships - we share the same enthusiasm, passion and goals of achievement, and they trust us to be there when they need us most. We respond to their needs and help them address customer retention, customer satisfaction and cost control.

Our clients depend on us to provide tailored expertise delivered nationally through our experienced teams.

Halliwells is an award winning, national law firm. The firm is committed to the supply of legal services in a pro-active, efficient and solution-driven manner, highlighted by our success in the House of Lords in the Rothwell case eliminating pleural plaques as an actionable condition. In recent years, Halliwells has significantly increased its client base and market share.  Investment in technology has also put the firm significantly ahead of its competitors in a number of key areas.  Halliwells’ Public Authority Division is represented in each of our four offices.  It has a dedicated team of specialist lawyers with an unrivalled reputation, acting for a substantial number of public bodies, local authorities and blue light services throughout the UK, covering all areas of law and case value.

We have been providing risk and insurance services and solutions to the public sector since well before the demise of MMI.

We currently have two centres of excellence, one in Swindon and one in Manchester but are always looking to expand to other offices as we increase our client base, which has doubled in the last 2 years, to over 140.

We can provide in house specialist services such as fund audits, PFI and environmental work, as well as vital issues such as the new Comprehensive Area Assessments.

Please contact Bill Sulman on 01793 468165 or bsulman@heathlambert.com

Service quality and innovation in meeting clients’ risk and insurance needs:

Alternative Risk Transfer – working with 24 Councils on the CARML project to offer a viable alternative to the traditional insurance market

Insurable Risk Evaluation – realising tangible benefits from linking good risk management of insurable risk exposures to insurance premiums

Claims Consulting - integrating claims solutions into renewal process, presenting risk exposures in the most favourable light

Flooding – helping more accurately predict flood exposures to maximise cover and affordability / helping with post-event disaster recovery / business continuity solutions

Long-Tail Liabilities – minimising the impact of industrial disease with services from insurance archaeology, through policy cover reviews, to claims consulting and risk modelling