JIM MASIELLO
Founder, chairman and CEO
SIAA
Jim Masiello is a leading voice in the insurance industry. In 1983, he created the Satellite Agency Network and grew it to 310 member agencies in New England and eastern New York. That model was replicated in 1995 as the Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance [SIAA], which has created more than 3,400 new independent agencies since 2000. In 2015, SIAA celebrated its 20th anniversary and signed its 5,700th member. Members also reached more than $6 billion in combined in-force premium in 2015. Masiello is a former president of the New Hampshire Life Underwriters Association and the New England Life Insurance Forum.
