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The Dowd Insurance Agencies Announces The Appointment Of Accounting Controller, Timothy J. Sterritt

The Dowd Agencies, a leading insurance provider serving New England for over 115 years, is pleased to welcome Timothy J. Sterritt, as accounting controller at its Holyoke office. Sterritt will play a key leadership role as a member of the senior management team, participating in and directing the agency planning process. He is responsible for planning, establishing, leading, controlling and

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The Dowd Insurance Agencies Announces Addition of Michael Levin as Account Executive

Holyoke, MA – The Dowd Agencies is extremely proud to welcome Michael Levin as Account Executive at its Holyoke office. In his capacity, Levin will be developing new long-term relationships with both clients and vendors while also servicing existing insurance policy-holders. “Michael has demonstrated an ability to perform in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment making him uniquely suited to the ever-changing

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The Dowd Agencies Announce the Appointment of President to Its Financial Services Division

HOLYOKE, MA- The Dowd Agencies, a locally owned independent insurance agency is pleased to announce the appointment of R. Kirk Mackey* as President of Dowd Financial Services LLC (DFS) and its Employee Benefits Division effective February 1, 2013.  DFS is a full service financial division of The Dowd Agencies, with over 50 years of combined expertise specializing in employee benefits.

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Cray-Dowd Insurance Agency Inc. of Amherst, Ma Pulling Up Stakes and Moving to New Location in Hadley

HADLEY, MA- The Dowd Agencies, headquartered in Holyoke, MA is happy to announce they are moving their Cray-Dowd Insurance Agency office located at 101 University Drive in Amherst, MA to 226 Russell Street (Route 9) in Hadley, MA.  The new Cray-Dowd office will be open for business beginning March 13, 2013 and customers can still use the same telephone number

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New Dowd TV Commercial

New commercial featuring John Dowd [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWmfx4MZ3k4]

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Around-the-Clock Service

Find out how Dowd offers truly around-the-clock service…

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Massachusetts Car Buyers Charged Hundreds in Document Fees

The  following article was provided by Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents in their February 2012 Registry News: Massachusetts car buyers are being charged so-called “documentation preparation” fees that can range as high as $400 supposedly for processing paperwork and storage of documents,according to a state-wide survey by the Office of Consumer Affairs. The Office of Consumer Affairs surveyed almost 190

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The Dowd Agencies Featured on ABC40 to Discuss Home Insurance Rates

John E. Dowd, Jr. was recently interviewed on ABC 40 to discuss how the recent wild weather could affect home insurance rates. Click here for the full story

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