Samuel B. Slade

Sam Slade joined Hilb in 2020. In his role, he works directly with employer groups as well as leads the Employee Benefits team.

Slade is an industry veteran who has been delivering consultative advice and services for most of his career. He joins Hilb with extensive experience in all aspects of employee benefits, including underwriting, plan design, communications, compliance, and analytics, with a particular focus on alternative funding and self-insurance. Most recently, Slade served as Vice President of the Employer Segment at BCBSRI, where he worked to help the company evolve its self-insured capabilities and realize record growth over the past four years. Previously, he was the Employee Benefits Practice Leader for USI in Rhode Island after selling his own firm, Bluff Head Enterprises, to the company in 2011. Slade’s career started with The Travelers.