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Drilled winter crop running east from a hedge towards Otley, with St Mary’s church tower on the horizon under a wide Suffolk sky

Farm, business and private client insurance, reviewed with you before every renewal

Longfields arranges cover for farms, firms and families across Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire, from a converted barn at Stanaway Farm, Otley.

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Fields west of Otley, looking east to St Mary’s church, about a mile from Longfields Barn. Photo: Chris Holifield, December 2022 (opens in a new tab), CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab).

Pick the month your policy renews

Longfields never lets a policy renew automatically. Before your renewal date, your account manager reviews the cover with you, at your premises or by phone, and checks it against the insurers on our panel, so you stay on the right cover at a competitive price.

Twelve strokes on the Longfields wreath, twelve months in the year. Choose yours on the wreath.

Tell us the month your policy renews in the form below.

What we insure, and who looks after it

Your account manager visits, arranges the cover and stays with you, from the first meeting to the renewal review and any claim in between.

Farms and estates

We don’t just understand insurance; we know farming too. Jill Girling was born into a farming family, and Mark Whyman has insured farms and estates for more than 18 years. Smallholding, family farm or agribusiness, we come out, see how it runs and build the policy around it.

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  • Farming combined
  • Machinery and tractors
  • Crops, including hail
  • Livestock and poultry
  • Farm buildings and contents
  • Business interruption
  • Liability and personal accident
  • B&Bs, holiday lets and camping
  • Solar farms, while they’re built and once they run
Portrait of Mark Whyman

Mark Whyman

Agricultural Director

Farm, estate and private client cover for more than 18 years.

mark@longfields.co.uk
Portrait of Jill Girling

Jill Girling

Account Manager

35 years in insurance, most of it in the rural market.

jill@longfields.co.uk
A freshly ploughed field running up to a line of oaks and hedgerow at Clopton Corner
Clopton Corner, under a mile from the barn, November 2025. Photo: Michael Garlick (opens in a new tab), CC BY-SA 2.0.

Businesses

Sole trader or a company turning over £50 million, your account manager visits, learns how the business works and builds cover that changes when it does. We look after manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, property owners, construction firms, hotels and golf clubs, roofers and scaffolders.

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  • Property, contents and stock
  • Business interruption
  • Employers’ and public liability
  • Products liability
  • Professional indemnity
  • Motor and fleet
  • Legal expenses
  • Cyber and management liability
Portrait of Ben Roper

Ben Roper

Commercial Director

More than ten years in commercial insurance.

ben@longfields.co.uk
Portrait of Tony Mayhew

Tony Mayhew

Account Executive

23 years in insurance, with a wide range of businesses.

tony@longfields.co.uk
Longfields, in it for the long haul

Haulage and logistics cover for operators in Felixstowe, Harwich and around Ipswich: fleet, goods in transit and freight liability, public and employers’ liability, office property, management liability and cyber.

Private clients

Listed buildings, country estates, overseas property, fine art, antiques, jewellery, prestige cars, travel and yachts, placed with insurers who specialise in them. Your account handler stays with you through the policy and reviews it whenever your circumstances change.

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Mark Whyman and Luke Broadley in Longfields gilets, smiling, in front of a painting of a hare
Mark Whyman, who looks after farm, estate and private client cover, with Luke Broadley, Managing Director, in February 2024.
Portrait of David Palmer

David Palmer

Claims Manager

Claims, handled at the barn

“I feel claims is an often over-looked opportunity to provide great customer service and strive to do this on all occasions.”

If something goes wrong, call 01473 784500 or 01206 396000. David handles claims in-house, and we stay in your corner until it’s settled.

Portrait of Neil Walker

Neil Walker

2plan wealth management

Financial planning, through Neil Walker

Neil is a financial adviser at 2plan wealth management Ltd, and Longfields has an introducer relationship with him: protection, savings and investments, pensions, and land and business sales. Ask your account manager to introduce you.

Advice is given by 2plan wealth management Ltd, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 461598). Tax planning is not regulated by the FCA.

Longfields Barn: a black weatherboarded barn with a pantiled roof, glazed doors in the gable and the Longfields sign above them
Longfields Barn: black weatherboarding, pantiles and our sign on the gable.

Longfields Barn, Stanaway Farm, Otley

We set up home in an old barn at Stanaway Farm, off Charity Lane, with farmland all round. The account managers come out to you, anywhere in the four counties.

Portrait of Karen Ridley

Karen Ridley Office Manager, runs the barn

Address
Longfields Barn, Stanaway Farm, Charity Lane, Otley, Ipswich IP6 9NA
Ipswich line
01473 784500
Colchester line
01206 396000
Grid reference
TM 205 535
Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
The four counties Longfields coversA map of East Anglia with Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire shaded, and Longfields Barn marked at Otley, north of Ipswich.NorfolkSuffolkEssexCambridgeshireNorwichIpswichColchesterCambridgeBury St EdmundsFelixstoweChelmsfordPeterboroughKing’s LynnLongfields BarnOtley
Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire, the counties we cover. Longfields Barn is marked at Otley, north of Ipswich.

Longfields Circle, the business network Luke Broadley started in 2024

As a broker, Luke sees local businesses from every angle. The Circle brings them together at breakfasts, socials and black-tie dinners across Suffolk, and raises money for causes close to home. Longfields clients join at a reduced rate.

£5,000
for YANA, the farming mental health charity, raised at the Jingle Bells & Barley Ball with nearly 200 guests
£14,000+
for Combat2Coffee in Ipswich during the Circle’s first year, including a cheque that secured their office
200
business owners at Ufford Park to hear Frank Bruno in conversation with Alan Brazil
Frank Bruno and Alan Brazil on stage on bar stools, Alan with a microphone, Christmas trees either side
Frank Bruno and Alan Brazil, Ufford Park, December 2024.
Four men in black tie standing in front of a large John Deere tractor at night
Black tie and a John Deere at a Circle evening.
Guests in evening dress gathered on a gravel courtyard outside a white Georgian house and a marquee
Guests gathering before a Circle dinner.
Circle membership, per month
TierLongfields clientsStandard
Silver£19£29
Gold£29£39
Platinum£49£59

Visits, renewals, claims and regulation

Anything else, ask the team on 01473 784500.

Will someone come and see me?

Yes. We take the time to visit you, at the farm, the yard or your home, and review your cover there. If you’d rather, we can do it by phone or email.

Are you tied to one insurer?

No. As a broker we aren’t tied to any one insurer, so we compare cover and price across a panel of specialist insurers and recommend the one that fits.

What happens when my policy is due to renew?

It never renews automatically. Before the renewal date your account manager reviews it with you, checks the market and makes sure you stay on the right cover at a competitive price.

Who handles my claim?

David Palmer, our Claims Manager, here at the barn. Call 01473 784500 or 01206 396000 and we’ll guide you through it.

Do you only insure farms?

No. Agriculture is where we started. We also insure businesses, from sole traders to companies turning over £50 million, haulage fleets around Felixstowe, Harwich and Ipswich, and private clients’ homes, collections and cars.

How is Longfields regulated?

Longfield Risk Solutions Ltd (FRN 773319) is an Appointed Representative of LRS Group Management Ltd, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 912107). You can check both on the FCA Register (opens in a new tab).

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Two short steps. If it isn’t urgent, send this and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible. If it is, or you need to make a claim, call us.

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