The Worcester, Massachusetts office of Alera Group serves employer clients in construction, healthcare and social services, and professional business services, working primarily with mid-sized employers. Its work spans self-funded arrangements, medical coverage, ancillary lines and retirement plans. Clients including Commodore Builders LLC are well rated by their employees for benefits. Example carriers placed through the office include Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, UnitedHealthcare and Guardian Life.

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.

EPIC - BOSTON, MA operates from Needham, Massachusetts as part of EPIC. The office works with mid-sized and large employers, with industry experience spanning construction, professional business services, real estate, rentals and leasing, and wholesale trade. Its work covers self-funded arrangements, medical coverage, ancillary lines and retirement plans. Employer clients including SEA-DAR ENTERPRISES, INC. and REX LUMBER COMPANY are well rated by their employees for benefits. Example carriers placed by the office include CIGNA, UnitedHealthcare and Principal Financial.

Starkweather & Shepley's Boston office, part of Starkweather & Shepley, operates out of Westwood, Massachusetts. Its work centers on healthcare and social services employers as well as restaurants, bars and accommodation services businesses, generally small and mid-sized employers. The office places fully insured medical coverage along with ancillary lines, retirement plans and Mega Wrap arrangements. Example carriers include BCBS of MA and Unum.

Marsh McLennan Agency's Worcester, Massachusetts office operates as part of the Marsh McLennan Agency. Its employer clients span manufacturing, healthcare and social services, professional business services, construction, and financial activities, and range from small employers to mid-sized and large organizations. The office places medical coverage on both self-funded and PPO arrangements, along with prescription drug benefits, ancillary lines, retirement plans and mega wrap arrangements. Employer clients including IPG Photonics Corporation and Blueprint Medicines Corporation are well rated by their employees for benefits. Example carriers include BCBS of MA, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Cigna.

Smith Brothers - Worcester, MA is an office of Smith Brothers located in Oxford, Massachusetts. Its work centers on mid-sized employers in financial activities, professional business services, retail services and wholesale trade. The office places self-funded arrangements and medical coverage, along with ancillary lines and retirement plans. Among its employer clients, Consulting Engineering Services is well rated by its employees for benefits. Example carriers include ConnectiCare, Guardian Life and Wellmark BCBS of IA.

TM Burrows Associates - Norwich, CT is a standalone employee benefits brokerage office based in New London, Connecticut. Its work centers on professional business services employers of mid-size, where it places medical and prescription drug coverage along with ancillary lines. Employer clients including Applied Physical Sciences Corp. are well rated by their employees for benefits. Example carriers include CIGNA and Anthem BCBS.

The Hilb Group - Providence, RI operates from Warwick, Rhode Island as part of The Hilb Group. The office works with employer clients in manufacturing, healthcare and social services, professional business services, financial activities and educational services, spanning small, mid-sized and large employers. Its placements include self-funded arrangements alongside medical coverage through PPO and HMO structures, prescription drug plans, ancillary lines and retirement plans. The office also works with mega wrap arrangements, collectively bargained plans and MEWA structures. Clients including Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP and The Beacon Mutual Insurance Company are well rated by their employees for benefits. Example carriers include BCBS of MA, UnitedHealthcare and BCBS of RI.

Hub International's Worcester, MA office, based in Milford, Massachusetts, operates as part of Hub International. The office works with mid-sized and large employers across financial activities, healthcare and social services, manufacturing, and professional business services. Its placement work spans self-funded arrangements and medical coverage, including PPO and HMO plans, along with prescription drug benefits, ancillary lines and retirement plans. Example carriers include BCBS of MA, Integrated Pension Services, Inc. and Provident Life and Accident.

Diversified Group Brokerage's Hartford, CT office operates from Marlborough, Connecticut as part of the Diversified Group Brokerage organization. Its work centers on mid-sized employers in manufacturing, retail services and wholesale trade, with expertise in self-funded arrangements, medical coverage, ancillary lines and retirement plans. Among its employer clients, Lorensen Enterprises Inc. is well rated by employees for its benefits. Example carriers placed through the office include PASI, Excellus BCBS and Reliance Standard Life.

PFG Network Advantge - Boston, MA is a standalone employee benefits brokerage office based in Needham, Massachusetts. Its work centers on construction employers, primarily mid-sized organizations, and it places self-funded arrangements, medical coverage, ancillary lines and retirement plans. Employer clients including Walsh Brothers, Inc. are well rated by their employees for benefits. Example carriers include BCBS of MA, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and Delta Dental.