A repeat winner of the SouthCoast Media Group’s award for Best Insurance Agency, Sylvia Group uses SPS – the SG Protection System – to empower businesses and individuals with performance-based insurance, benefits and financial planning programs. SPS makes our clients active participants in managing risk and containing premiums, resulting in coverage that is both customized and cost-effective. Our areas of business insurance expertise include medical device and other forms of manufacturing, property management and development, municipalities and other nonprofit organizations, construction companies and contractors, and the food and hospitality industry. Our personal insurance products include the basics of home, auto and life, as well as specialty coverages such as cyber, watercraft and valuable items. In addition to making a difference for our clients, we make a difference for our community as a whole by actively supporting and serving many of southern New England’s most reputable and effective nonprofit organizations and institutions. We make a difference for our employees, too, providing competitive wages and benefits, state-of-the-art training and education, ample community service opportunities and an office environment that proves a workplace can be fun as well as professional. In 2020, Sylvia Group became an Alera Group company, enabling us to combine the local, personal service for which we're known with the scope and resources of a national firm.

Partners Together - Endless Possibilities Hilb Group provides the resources of a big insurance broker and the attentive, personal service of a small agency. Our people are our greatest strength. Our values of trust, passion, integrity and growth drive our actions to benefit every client. Managing Risk Your risk profile doesn’t matter – Hilb paints a very wide portrait. We have more than 30 industry specialties, which gives our clients and brokers a unique advantage. We form enduring partnerships to get the best results every time, and work with the top insurers to provide a huge range of high-quality choices, matched exactly to your needs. About Hilb Group Founded in 2009, Hilb Group is a Top 25 middle market independent insurance broker. Hilb Group offers expertise in property & casualty, employee benefits, and retirement services to business and individuals throughout the nation.

At Risk Strategies, we help our clients protect those things that matter most to them. We help them see the way forward in a complex world with specialty insight, practical advice, and custom insurance with a vast network of specialists in Property & Casualty, Employee Benefits, Private Client, as well as Consulting Services and Financial and Wealth Management solutions. We are a different kind of insurance brokerage – bringing a strategic, holistic, specialist approach to our clients, so they can face the future with confidence. We are the 9th largest privately held insurance broker in the US with over 30 specialty practices, 200+ locations, and 5,000 team members (and counting!). We love what we do, and it shows. For five straight years, we were named one of the Best Places to Work by Business Insurance. In 2024, we earned certification as a Great Place to Work. Risk Strategies is an Accession Risk Management Group company, a family of specialty insurance distribution and risk management companies powered by a shared vision of delivering a superior client and employee experience.

We help employers manage the current risks and future costs of their health care plans by utilizing self-funding as their most cost effective and transparent health insurance option. An advocate for your plan and its beneficiaries, we help preserve plan affordability while maintaining quality provider access and care. Extensive service offerings and an experienced team allow us to manage every aspect of your health plan – from design and administration to proactive cost control through work-site health and wellness programs and disease management solutions. Diversified Group gives your company the tools and data it needs to gain control over health care expense. Plan members get financial protection and information they can use to maintain good health and a clear pathway to quality care. Diversified Group is a third party administrator based in Marlborough, CT. The Diversified Group of Companies... Your Solution to Health Benefits.

USI is one of the largest insurance brokerage and consulting firms in the world, delivering property and casualty, employee benefits, personal risk, program and retirement solutions to large risk management clients, middle market companies, smaller firms and individuals. Headquartered in Valhalla, New York, USI connects over 10,500 industry-leading professionals across approximately 200 offices to serve clients’ local, national and international needs. USI has become a premier insurance brokerage and consulting firm by leveraging the USI ONE Advantage®, an interactive platform that integrates proprietary and innovative client solutions, networked local resources and enterprise-wide collaboration to deliver customized results with positive, bottom-line impact. USI attracts best-in-class industry talent with a long history of deep and continuing investment in our local communities. For more information, visit usi.com.

Provider Group is a boutique insurance brokerage and employee benefits firm offering risk management solutions for businesses and individuals. Specialized client teams gain an understanding of client’s operations and personal situations, and provide industry specific expertise in the areas of Employee Benefits, Private Client Services, and Property & Casualty Insurance. This enables us to recommend the most appropriate solutions and plan for future needs. Clients can expect direct involvement from our senior management and responsive service from our client teams. Through our collaborative service strategy, we take a holistic approach to our client’s risk management needs, and work with them to achieve their goals. Provider Group, founded 65 years ago, has offices in MA and RI.

KTP Advisors™ is an advisory firm specializing in retiree health benefits. Our areas of expertise include group Medicare plans, healthcare exchanges and pharmacy benefits. While our primary focus is on the Labor market, the firm’s clients include Taft-Hartley funds, municipalities, corporations, universities and other institutions. KTP’s professionals combine expertise in retiree health benefits, pharmacy benefits, finance, and risk management with an acute understanding of the environment in which our clients operate. KTP leverages this experience and insight to help clients manage their benefit plans as efficiently as possible in order to Keep The Promises they have made to their stakeholders, whether they are employees, retirees, shareholders, or taxpayers. We enable vital promises to be kept. KTP is the exclusive retiree health benefit advisor to the Delaware Valley Health Care Coalition (DVHCC) comprising over 250+ Funds and 3+ million individuals. At KTP we believe advisors should be: • Exclusively focused on the client’s goals and objectives • Fiercely independent and free from conflicts of interest • Completely transparent regarding methods and amounts of compensation

Patriot is a national agency specializing in Employee Benefits, Property & Casualty and Personal insurance solutions. Backed by growth equity investors GI Partners and Summit Partners, Patriot is among the fastest-growing insurance services firms in the United States.

At Starkweather & Shepley, we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit of our clients. It is within this spirit that we can confidently facilitate an effective relationship to assist our clients in managing and reducing their ultimate cost of risk. Our teams of professionals possess the requisite intellectual capital to properly analyze operational, financial, and strategic risk – to best protect your bottom line. www.starshep.com Media/Press Inquiries - Stefan Petrella, Spetrella@starshep.com

Cross Insurance is a family owned insurance agency with over 40 branches throughout the Northeast. Established at the kitchen table of Woodrow Cross in 1954, today we have become one of New England’s largest independent insurance intermediaries. In 2023 and 2024 we were named the 2nd Largest Insurance Broker in Massachusetts. Since our founding, we have successfully acquired over 150 operations, increasing our footprint on the Northeast. With over 1,100 employees and counting, our experienced team is ready to provide insurance options for you. - 27th Largest Broker of U. S. Business, Per Business Insurance report ’20 - 2nd Largest Insurance Broker in Massachusetts, per Boston Business Journal ’22, '23, and '24 - Official Insurance Broker of the New England Patriots, Gillette Stadium, the Boston Bruins, the Boston Red Sox, and New England Revolution Four generations later, Cross Insurance is still family owned and operated. Cross Insurance is headquartered in Bangor, Maine.

Karam Financial Group's Providence, RI office stands out as a prominent player in the insurance brokerage landscape, boasting a substantial presence in the region. With a focus on employer benefits, this larger office has honed its expertise in catering to the needs of local and regional employers, particularly excelling in the realms of medical and ancillary benefits. Distinguishing itself through a diverse clientele, Karam Financial Group has successfully serviced top-tier organizations, including Baycoast Bank, G Lopes Construction, and Inkhouse. These clients span industries such as depository credit intermediation, heavy and civil engineering construction, and advertising/public relations, showcasing the broker's versatility across sectors. Aligning with its commitment to local engagement, Karam Financial Group is an integral part of a local brokerage firm, emphasizing its connection to the community and understanding of regional dynamics. Notably, the broker has demonstrated a commendable track record working with midsize employers, reflecting its ability to navigate the nuanced challenges of this market segment. With a wealth of experience and a client-centric approach, Karam Financial Group's Providence office emerges as a strategic partner for employers seeking comprehensive and tailored insurance solutions. Their proven success with employers of similar scale and diverse industries underscores their capacity to deliver effective benefits strategies in a dynamic business landscape.

Not all insurance agents are created equal. At The AXiA Group, we go out of our way to treat our clients like people and we use our industry experience and diversified knowledge base to protect what you value most.