Farrell Backlund, Richard-Cuddy merge

TAUNTON – Farrell Backlund Insurance Agency has merged with the Richardson-Cuddy Insurance Agency Inc. of Attleboro creating one of the largest independent property and casualty insurance agencies in southeastern Massachusetts.
The merger allows the entity to provide expanded services, as well as additional product offerings and insurance help in the health care segment and the expanding Group Benefits marketplace throughout southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, said Don Backlund, CEO of Farrell Backlund Insurance Agency.
“Our merger with Farrell Backlund Insurance Agency is a perfect match of two respected professional and community oriented businesses,” Mark Cuddy, president of Richardson-Cuddy Insurance, said in a written release. “Their additional and diverse resources will benefit both our clients and employees. Also to be under the umbrella of Bristol County Savings Bank is an added bonus that can only make us a better insurance agency.”
As part of Farrell Backlund Insurance, Richardson-Cuddy Insurance will maintain its name and continue to provide its full range of services to customers from its current offices in downtown Attleboro. Farrell Backlund Insurance is a subsidiary of Bristol County Savings Bank also based in Taunton, Massachusetts.
Farrell Backlund Insurance was formed in the early 1950s and continues to operate from its original headquarters at 128 Dean St. Richardson-Cuddy Insurance is one of Attleboro’s oldest businesses, having been founded in 1869.
“It’s been a long-time objective of our agency to expand to the Attleboro area,” Backlund said. “We couldn’t have envisioned a better fit than the Richardson-Cuddy Insurance Agency to accomplish this goal.”