1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Markel, Anthony F.
   Markel Corporation
   4351 Highwoods Parkway
   Glen Allen, VA 23060-6148
   USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Company (HRH)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Day/Year
   01/01/2003
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   (X) Director                   ( ) 10% Owner
   ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+--------------------------+--------------+-----------+------------+
|1. Title of Security          |2. Trans- |2A.Execu- |3. Trans-|4. Securities Acquired (A)|5. Amount of  |6. Owner-  |7. Nature   |
|                              |   action |   action |   action|   or Disposed of (D)     |Securities    |   ship    |   of In-   |
|                              |   Date   |   Date   |   Code  |                          |Beneficially  |   Form:   |   direct   |
|                              |          |          |         |                          |Owned         |   Direct  |   Bene-    |
|                              |  (Month/ |  (Month/ |         |                          |Following     |   (D) or  |   ficial   |
|                              |   Day/   |   Day/   +-----+---+-----------+---+----------+Reported      |   Indirect|   Owner-   |
|                              |   Year)  |   Year)  |Code |V  |Amount     |A/D|Price     |Transaction(s)|   (I)     |   ship     |
+------------------------------+----------+----------+-----+---+-----------+---+----------+--------------+-----------+------------+
                                                                                        
Common Stock                    01/01/2003            M/K       10772       A   $40.9000   24772          D
                                                      
Common Stock                    01/01/2003            A         158.92      A   $40.9000                  I           Deferred
                                                                                                                  Plan, Held in
                                                                                                                      Trust
Common Stock                    01/01/2003            M/K       -10772      D   $0.0000    1163.96        I           Deferred
                                                                                                                  Plan, Held in
                                                                                                                      Trust





TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+-------+-------+------+
|1.        |2.      |3.     |3A.    |4.       |5.         |6.                   |7.              |8.        |9.     |10.    |11.   |
|          |        |       |       |         |           |                     |                |          |Number |Owner- |      |
|          |        |       |       |         |           |                     |                |          |of     |ship   |      |
|          |        |       |       |         |           |                     |                |          |Deriv- |Form of|      |
|          |        |       |       |         |           |                     |Title and Amount|          |ative  |Deriv- |      |
|          |        |       |       |         |           |                     |of Underlying   |          |Secur- |ative  |Nature|
|          |Conver- |Trans- |Execu- |         |Number of  |                     |Securities      |          |ities  |Secur- |of    |
|          |sion or |action |tion   |         |Derivative |Date Exercisable     +-------+--------+          |Benefi-|ity:   |In-   |
|          |Exercise|Date   |Date   |         |Securities |and Expiration Date  |       |Amount  |          |cially |Direct |direct|
|          |Price of|       |       |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year)     |       |or      |          |Owned  |(D) or |Bene- |
|Title of  |Deriv-  |(Month/|(Month/|tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+       |Number  |Price of  |       |In-    |ficial|
|Derivative|ative   | Day/  | Day/  +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira-   |       |of      |Derivative|       |direct |Owner-|
|Security  |Security|Year)  |Year)  |Code  |V |(A)  |(D)  |cisable   |tion Date |Title  |Shares  |Security  |       |(I)    |ship  |
+----------+--------+-------+-------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+------+
                                                                                
Stock       $8.813                                                    05/06/2008 Common                      10000   D
Options                                                                          Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock       $10.813                                                   06/09/2009 Common                      10000   D
Options                                                                          Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock       $14.375                                                   05/03/2010 Common                      10000   D
Options                                                                          Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock       $19.875                                                   05/02/2011 Common                      10000   D
Options                                                                          Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock       $38.45                                                    05/08/2009 Common                      10000   D
Options                                                                          Stock
(Right to
buy)

Explanation of Responses:


Directors' Deferred Plan purchases common stock of Company, which is held in
trust under the terms of the Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Amended and Restated
Outside Directors Deferral Plan. Directors electing to receive 100% of
compensation in common stock receive a 30% bonus grant of stock to encourage
maximazation of at-risk compensation. Dividends are reinvested by the trustee.
Deferred stock will be paid out in shares at the time selected by the director,
either a lump sum or a series of distributions over a period of years.



SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Walter L. Smith

DATE
01/03/2003