S&s Manufacturing Risk Solutions

starkweather & shepley was founded in 1879. james starkweather, a manufacturer, and george shepley, an insurance man opened an agency that changed the way people in rhode island would think about insurance. in the early 1990’s, the workers compensation environment in rhode island was terrible. everyone was forced into the assigned risk pool because no insurance carriers would voluntarily write the required coverage. starkweather was at the forefront of the self insured group (sig) creation, specifically for the various manufacturing groups. sima (self insured manufacturers association), jirma (jewelry industry risk management association), birma (business & industry risk management association), and rinhg (rhode island nursing home group) all were created and/or serviced by starkweather. in fact, rinhg is still a growing, thriving self-insured program for the best nursing homes in ri. at the same time, we have invested greatly in our group captive initiative to support manufacturer