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, [email protected]

KD Consulting Group's Boston, MA office stands out as a trusted insurance broker, specializing in employer benefits with a strong focus on medical and ancillary coverage. With a wealth of expertise in catering to local and regional employers, KD Consulting Group has become a cornerstone in the insurance landscape. This branch boasts an impressive portfolio of clients, including notable names such as Champion City Transit Management, a key player in the transit and ground passenger transportation sector with over 130 participants. Additionally, the New Bedford Educators Association, representing the insurance and employee benefit funds industry in MA, relies on KD Consulting Group's services for its 1000+ participants. Notably, the Sheet Metal Workers Local Union No 17 Insurance Fund, a major entity in the building equipment contractors industry, trusts KD Consulting Group to manage benefits for their substantial 3870+ participants. Beyond their impressive clientele, KD Consulting Group is an integral part of the local brokerage firm landscape, showcasing a deep understanding of the region's unique needs. With a demonstrated track record of working with large employers, KD Consulting Group's Boston office is synonymous with reliability, expertise, and a commitment to delivering tailored solutions in the complex realm of employer benefits.

CIP Group is New England’s most trusted provider of employee benefits, human resource consulting, and financial planning services. Our team of skilled consultants, administrators, and registered investment advisors are guided by a traditional New England commitment to meeting client needs. Our broad range of services reflects that ethic.

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.

Gallagher, a global insurance brokerage, risk management, and consulting firm, serves communities around the globe, helping clients address risk, protecting assets, and recovering from losses. The products and services we provide keep businesses and institutions running, and enable individuals and families to face their future with confidence. Gallagher provides retail and wholesale property and casualty brokerage, alternative risk transfer services, employee benefit consulting, and actuarial services. Gallagher also offers claims and information management, risk control consulting and appraisal services, human resource consulting, and retirement services. Follow us on social: Instagram: http://instagram.com/gallagherglobal Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/GallagherGlobal Twitter: https://twitter.com/GallagherGlobal YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/GallagherGlobal

Brown & Brown delivers risk management solutions to help protect and preserve what our customers value most. Our three business segments—Retail, Programs and Wholesale Brokerage—offer a wide range of insurance solutions to businesses and individuals. We are one of the insurance industry’s most powerful and influential leaders, with a strong, deeply rooted cultural foundation built on integrity, innovation, superior capabilities and discipline. The Power of WE ignites our performance, and while diverse and varied in abilities and experience, we are all connected through our core values, a commitment to our local communities and a shared mission—always doing what is best for our customers. Brown & Brown is proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work®, and we are always actively looking for talented teammates who embrace our culture to join our winning team. Find us on the NYSE as BRO.

We understand that no two companies are the same. That is why we customize a benefit package that meets the needs, budget, and culture of your organization. While benefit plan design and rate negotiations are an annual event, administration, compliance, and the communication of benefits is never ending. Baystate Benefit Services offers its clients unparalleled services and compliance support all under one roof. We strive to be a true partner; our team of qualified experts are ready to help with any benefits or staffing related question all year long. Let us do the heavy lifting so you can focus on what matters most, your business.

LHS Benefits is a client-focused employee benefits insurance brokerage firm dedicated to providing excellent service. We have more than twenty-five years of experience helping biotechnology, life science, high technology, non-profit and for profit companies provide high quality, cost-effective benefit plans for their employees.

Allegiant Global Partners (AGP) is a health, welfare and risk consulting firm serving global employers in the planning and execution of their international health, welfare and risk (commercial insurance) strategies. AGP is uniquely qualified for this type of work based on its extensive acumen in both international benefits consulting and international carrier experience. AGP maintains close partnerships with the highest quality providers of services it does not specialize in and acts as the intermediary in these client relationships. Through the combination of its pedigree, partnerships, and deep client engagement, AGP delivers original and highly effective health, welfare and risk solutions for global employers of all types.

We can’t be all things to all people, but we are always determined to be reliable partners who work hard to find answers that enhance outcomes. NFP, an Aon company, is an integrated organization of consultative advisors and problem solvers. We provide expertise to help companies and individuals address their most significant risk, workforce, wealth management and retirement challenges. The value we deliver is driven by the proactive collaboration, diverse perspectives and grounded ambition of more than 7,700 colleagues in the US, Puerto Rico, Canada, UK and Ireland. We serve a diversity of clients, industries and communities through our global capabilities and solutions. Together, we put people first, prioritize partnerships, solve problems and continuously advance a culture we’re proud of.