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Welcome New Members
from Navigator April 2022
by ChamberComm
The Vault Music Hall & Pub 791 Purchase Street New Bedford, MA 02740 (774) 425-4600 www.vaultnb.com
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Brown & Brown Insurance 7 Water St. Fairhaven, MA 02719 (800) 767-6687 www.bbinsurance.com/
Ponte & Associates Real Estate 2211 Pleasant Street Fall River, MA 02723 (508) 324-4800 www.ponteassociates.com
Powers Guaranteed Services PO Box 10005 Swanzey, NH 03446 (800) 853-7202 www.powersguaranteed.com
Clamarney 540B South Main St. Fall River, MA 02721 (508) 933-1766 www.clamarney.com GotChew 555 Pleasant St. Suite 3B New Bedford, MA 02740 (774) 305-4523 www.gotchew.co
J. Egen Enterprises Inc. 65 Chace Road Dartmouth, MA 02747 (774) 930-0244
New B Cleaning, LLC 123 Charles St. New Bedford, MA 02744 (508) 974-4815 www.newb-cleaning.com
Woozie's Hair Company 780 Bedford St. Fall River, MA 02723 (781) 990-9158 www.woozieshaircompany.com
Redbox+ of Boston South Shore 153 Shaw Farm Road Canton, MA 02021 (617) 812-0023 www.redboxplus.com/bostonsouth-shore
Lusitano Food & Home Products 44 Coffin Avenue New Bedford, MA 02747 (508) 997-1990 https://lusitanofoods.com
Sean M. Hannon - A Jack Conway Realtor 106 State Road North Dartmouth, MA 02747 (339) 793-0649 www.jackconway.com
Smith Mills Apiaries, Inc. 224 Hixville Rd. North Dartmouth, MA 02747 (508) 250-9250
Stonegate Mortgage 10A Bridge St. Ste. 200 Dartmouth, MA 02748 (508) 586-7700 www.stonegaterate.com
Family First Life Lareau Group 1280 Ashley Blvd. New Bedford, MA 02745 (508) 509-2874 www.facebook.com/FamilyFirstLife
Lobsta Love Food Truck 5 Highland Terrace Plymouth, MA 02360 (774) 454-7512 www.chefstephencoe.com
Diamond Signs 19 Dower Dr. Dartmouth, MA 02747 (508) 974-4679 www.diamondsigns.net
Marinilli Adjusters, Inc. 20 Roche Brothers Way Suite 6-332 North Easton, MA 02356 (508) 510-5942 www.marinilliadjusters.com
Robert Pinto of Stonegate Mortgage Associates 10 Bridge Street South Dartmouth , MA 02748 (508) 717-2622 www.stonegaterate.com
Fernandes Masonry, Inc. 1031 Phillips Road New Bedford, MA 02745 (508) 998-2121 www.fernandesmasonry.com
Lion Lawn Enterprises 185 Covel St. Fall River, MA 02723 (508) 974-2769 www.facebook.com/Lion-Enterprise-110722947752987/?_rdr
Keystone Property Group, LLC 111 Brook Hill Drive Seekonk, MA 02771 (401) 837-1119 www.keystonepropertygroupllc. com
Mr. Chen 210 Rhode Island Ave. Fall River, MA 02724 (508) 567-5527 http://mrchenfallriver.com
Eastern Bank 29 County Road Mattapoisett, MA 02739 (508) 758-4937 www.easternbank.com
For additional information about becoming a member of One SouthCoast, please contact Ian Abreu, Director of Business Development & Small Business Engagement at (508) 999.5231 or via email at iabreu@onesouthcoast.com
Convenient financing and banking solutions for small businesses.
As a local bank, we know that small businesses are vital to the health of our communities. Our banking team in the Southcoast is ready to help your small business succeed with an array of flexible financing options, and Cash Management services that can streamline your banking processes. It’s a full service approach designed to help make running your business easier. To get your small business growing, please talk to one of our Southcoast area branch managers, or call 508-828-5446.
L-R: Steve Sherman, Jr., VP/Senior Cash Management Officer; Christine Paredes, Branch Manager Fall River; Monica Furtado, Branch Manager Downtown New Bedford; Angelebeth Faria, Branch Manager East Freetown; Rita Braga, AVP/Branch Manager Dartmouth; Marlene Lira, Branch Manger New Bedford; Isaura (Sara) Tavares, AVP/Cash Management Officer and George Mendros, VP, Specialty Relationship Manager, Retail Banking.
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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
DEAR SOUTH COAST CHAMBER COMMUNIty,
Have you wondered if there are ways to combat rising healthinsurance costs? Or whether your company could offer a better health insurance plan to your employees?
If so, you’re not alone. For most organizations, the health insurance market has been unsustainable for many years, and unfortunately remains that way with healthcare costs increasing steadily year over year. The aging population, chronic disease prevalence, and the rising price of prescription drugs and administrative costs are all contributing factors driving healthcare costs upwards, with health insurance premiums increasing in tandem.
Small and mid-size businesses alike have found themselves scrambling to identify alternative options to mitigate these costs or remain at the mercy of the market. Many insurance brokerages, however, can only offer solutions that scale back insurance offerings, increase deductibles and co-payments for employees, or change insurance providers in an attempt to offset these higher costs. Significant changes like these can not only leave employees disappointed and frustrated with the decrease in coverage, but also put additional strain on Human Resource departments who are left to explain the unfavorable adjustments.
To remain successful and competitive in a challenging recruiting and retention environment, businesses today need to identify strategic approaches to effectively offset these ever-increasing insurance premiums without inadvertently penalizing their employees. Enter RogersGray.
RogersGray has partnered with a number of businesses experiencing this same challenge and has effectively curated a solution through the development of a proprietary program that has helped many clients take back control of their health insurance program. In our fully-funded arrangement, employers are able to approach their benefit programs in a more strategic manner financially, while preserving the current benefit offerings employees have come to expect without sacrificing care or implementing high deductibles to achieve savings. As an added benefit, many of the clients enrolled in our plan have seen a positive return at the end of each year, giving them the ability to roll these savings into the following year’s plan to extend the continuity of their established program with minimal increases, if any at all.
More specifically, the RG Group Health Insurance program has helped businesses with 25-300 employees achieve the following results:
• No rate increase (many clients have achieved this for 3+ years in a row) • No plan design change (same deductibles or improved plan design)
• No health insurance carrier change (BCBSMA, BCBSRI,
THP, AHP, etc.)
If you are interested in hearing more about how our proprietary program works and see if it could help your overall benefit cost, I’d love to talk to you.
JOHN FOLEY
Partner RogersGray P: 508-258-2217 E: john.foley@rogersgray.com
THE TIME TO DECIDE WHERE TO GO IF YOU HAVE A HEART ATTACK, ISN’T WHEN YOU HAVE A HEART ATTACK.
If you experience a cardiovascular emergency, like a heart attack, your life may depend on going to a place that’s trained and equipped to handle it. With 20 years of experience, The Heart and Vascular Center at Charlton Memorial delivers the most advanced, comprehensive cardiovascular care anywhere – treating 2,000 patients a year at one of the most active catheterization labs of any community hospital in MA and RI. It also has a 24/7 heart attack response team that coordinates EMS and cardiac specialists to provide patients the care needed to save lives. Don’t wait for an emergency to trust your heart to the experts at The Heart and Vascular Center. southcoast.org/heart
