Portsmouth Herald Business News: Insurance firm moves... -
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Published on: 4/17/2002
Last Visited: 4/20/2002
The company recently opened an office at 75 Congress St., the Franklin Block, where a team led by David Rather, vice president for Colonial's Northeast region, will manage the company's operations in Ohio, Virginia, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
"We're really pleased to be in Portsmouth," Rather said, adding that it's one of Colonial's fastest growing markets.
Colonial is a subsidiary of UNUMProvidant Corp., headquartered in Portland, Maine.Founded in 1939, the company was bought by its current parent company in the 1990s.
Colonial specializes in workplace insurance products sold at the employer level, Rather said.