Starkweather & Shepley hires Thayer as new risk-solutions leader

PROVIDENCE – Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. has hired Jessica Thayer as group leader of the Financial Services Risk Solutions Practice.

Thayer has specialized for more than 16 years in directors and officers liability insurance, errors and omissions insurance, fidelity, cybersecurity, employment practices liability and fiduciary liability for investment advisers, mutual funds, hedge funds and securities/broker dealers. She will be joining Starkweather’s risk solutions team, which has years of experience insuring financial institutions.

Thayer was a senior vice president at Liftman Insurance and for Marsh Inc. She was responsible for the professional management liability insurance for all financial institutions in the New England region. She is a graduate of Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance.

“We are looking forward to having Jessica expand our capabilities as well as depth of bench. She is a tremendous resource and will be a phenomenal addition to the FI team,” said Andrew Fotopulos, president of Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Corp. of MA and executive vice president of Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage.

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Established in 1879, Starkweather & Shepley is the largest independent agency in Rhode Island and the 68th-largest insurance brokerage firm in the United States.

Mary Lhowe is a PBN contributing writer.