The two main partners in HLA Global are the UK's Heath Lambert Group and Wells Fargo Insurance Services (WFIS), of the USA.

Wells Fargo Insurance Services (WFIS), is the fifth largest insurance broker in the world, whilst Heath Lambert Group ranks seventh.

With 4,500 insurance professionals placing in excess of US$6 billion of risk premiums and more than 170 offices throughout North America, Wells Fargo Insurance Services (WFIS) is known as "America's Local Insurance Broker".

London based Heath Lambert employs 3,800 staff in nearly 90 offices spread throughout 43 countries worldwide. In the year to 31st December 2002 the group had brokerage revenues of US$483 million.

In aggregate Heath Lambert Group and Wells Fargo Insurance Services (WFIS), together with the other partner companies which make up HLA Global, employ more than 8,000 people handling more than US$1.5 billion in brokerage revenue a year.

HLA Global offers you a better, more competitive way to manage risk and protect your investments around the world.

HLA Global is different from other broker networks with their centralised approach to doing business. In contrast HLA Global’s guiding philosophy is to draw upon the insight and knowledge which each member possesses about doing business in its individual territory and to ensure that we mobilise the considerable collective strength of our network’s global broking presence. This produces more flexible and effective global programmes for our clients.

In order to achieve these objectives HLA Global operates through five decentralised regional executive committees – which in turn report to, and work with, the HLA Global main board. Each regional executive committee provides a powerful forum in which individual member companies can share information and spread good ideas and good practice throughout the network.

We recognise too that our clients’ require a highly individual and responsive service. To ensure this is delivered, each partner company within the HLA Global network is carefully selected. To produce the quality and continuity of service we know our clients require membership is restricted to one partner per territory.

In addition all of our partner companies subscribe to the HLA Global Code of Conduct. This is a written guarantee that wherever you do business HLA Global will provide the consistent, top quality professional support you require.

The result is that your business benefits twice. First from the additional flexibility and individuality the detailed local knowledge and insight of our network partners. Second, through our substantial global market penetration which allows us to source the best possible rates and coverage. .

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