Who We Are
Sylvia Group uses a four-step process of analysis, planning, coordination and implementation to provide businesses and individuals with customized programs of performance-based insurance, employee benefits and financial planning. With seven decades of service to clients in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and beyond, we’re renowned for our commitment to our clients and our community, as well for our industry expertise. As an Alera Group company, we combine local service with national scope.
Professionals with a stake in your success.
Sylvia Group is the trusted one-stop resource clients call on first for objective advice and innovative solutions. With a can-do attitude, high standards and genuine care for the people and organizations we serve, we’re relentless in pursuing solutions for our clients and in presenting the details in straightforward terms.
The resources you need to protect your world.
Our team of experts works with clients to integrate services, enabling them to manage various aspects of their life under one roof, with people they trust. We’ll work with you to identify concerns, offer objective advice and come up with solutions that fit your needs.
Discover the power of knowledge, and of community.
We’ve grown by hiring bright, hard-working people who share our values of serving our clients and our community. With low turnover – many of our employees have been here more than 20 years – and a commitment to industry education, we offer our collective expertise in an array of related areas. And with a deep commitment to the cities, towns, civic organizations and institutions around us, we offer a network of dependable resources throughout the area to help you with other challenges you may face.
A long history of forward thinking.
Sylvia Group’s founder, Louis G. Sylvia, launched the agency in 1950 after working for a national insurance company. He felt he could offer better customer service on his own – and he did. He started with personal lines, working out of his home in New Bedford. His son Vincent P. Sylvia Sr. joined the company in 1960 and became President in 1970. Vincent’s daughter Maureen Sylvia Armstrong joined the agency full-time upon graduation from Boston College in 1986, succeeded her father as president and CEO in 1998, purchased the agency in 2003 and expanded the business exponentially, from a team of 10 to Sylvia Group’s current size of almost 50 employees.
As 2020 began, Sylvia Group entered a new era, with Maureen and her partners – John Beauregard, Rosemarie S. Lopes and Maureen’s son Andrew Armstrong – guiding the agency’s entry into Alera Group, a national firm that shares Sylvia Group’s passion for innovation, service and corporate philanthropy.
We make a difference for our clients and our community
Sylvia Group is composed of people who are your friends, your neighbors, your biggest supporters. We’re proud to be an integral member of the community, and we appreciate opportunities to volunteer and make a positive difference. It’s part of our agency’s mission statement, it’s who we are as individuals, and it’s who we are as an agency