R.I.’s Starkweather & Shepley Promotes Stabile to Senior VP

Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. in East Providence, R.I., has promoted Ronald A. Stabile, Jr. to senior vice president.

Stabile will continue his leadership role for the Employee Benefits division where he will be providing his consultative services in new business, retention and healthcare reform. Key markets for Stabile include group health, dental, life, disability and voluntary benefits in mid- to large-sized companies and municipalities in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Stabile joined Starkweather & Shepley as vice president of the Employee Benefits division in 1997 as a result of the acquisition of Stabile & Associates, which he owned and operated in Warwick, R.I., for over 14 years.

Founded in 1879, Starkweather & Shepley provides commercial insurance, personal insurance, health and employee benefits, surety bonding and risk management services. The firm was ranked 44th in Insurance Journal‘s 2014 list of top privately-held property/casualty insurance agencies in the U.S.