Exhibit 99.1

                      STATEMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

         In connection  with the Form 10-Q of Hilb,  Rogal and Hamilton  Company
for the quarter  ended June 30,  2002,  I, Andrew L. Rogal,  Chairman  and Chief
Executive Officer of Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton  Company,  hereby certify pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

         (a) such Form 10-Q for the quarter  ended June 30, 2002 fully  complies
with the  requirements of section 13(a) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended; and

         (b) the  information  contained in such Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30,  2002 fairly  presents,  in all  material  respects,  the  consolidated
financial  condition  and  results of  operations  of Hilb,  Rogal and  Hamilton
Company and its  subsidiaries  as of and for the periods  presented in such Form
10-Q.



By:/s/Andrew L. Rogal                                 Date:  August 14, 2002
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   Andrew L. Rogal
   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer




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