Gary F. Terry

Executive Vice President and Managing Director

For more than 35 years, Gary has been providing clients with his expertise associated with executive supplemental benefit plans. Gary is the co-founder of The Westport Group (TWG), which specializes in the design and implementation of supplemental disability and life insurance programs.

gterry@westportgp.com

His current focus is designing multi-life programs to cover the unique needs of the highly compensated executives, partners and employees of TWG’s clients. These programs are structured to provide flexible, cost-effective, voluntary and company-paid solutions for life and disability insurance. He is also one of the architects of our proprietary high-limit long-term disability plan created to resolve the specific life and disability needs of these groups of highly compensated individuals.

Gary has authored numerous articles on these subjects, which have appeared in national publications including Human Resource Executive, Inside Business, Benefits Selling, Life Insurance Selling, Risk Insurance On-Line, Entreprenuer.com, along with several CPA magazines and business journals across the country.

Gary is a former Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Westport Worldwide/HRH, a firm that specialized in the design, implementation and funding of Deferred Compensation Plans (DCP’s), Supplement Executive Retirement Programs (SERP’s) and the use of Corporate Owned Life Insurance (COLI). In addition, he was the founder of the Executive Benefits Group, a division of Compensation Resources Group (CRG), which was purchased by the Hobbs Group in 2000.

Gary currently resides in Hingham, Massachusetts with his wife Carolyn. He has three adult children, Nicole, Christina and Melissa. Gary is an avid skier and enjoys ski trips to his home in Vail, Colorado. A licensed contractor, Gary and his spouse enjoy designing and building high end homes. He has a passion for real estate and real estate development.

Gary is a graduate of the Northeastern School of Business, with honors, as well as an alumnus of Norwich University where he served as a member of The Norwich Board of Trustees.

Testimonials

“The top-level employees and executives in our company were subject to considerable financial exposure. The Westport Group worked with us to create a plan that protected our workers’ salary and bonus income.

Now, our employees and executives have the best, most disability insurance coverage available on the market today.”

— Vice President of Human Resources

“With its high-level commitment to quality, passion for the insurance industry, and solicitation of client input, The Westport Group consistently delivers creative solutions to employee benefit needs. Proudly partnering with Lloyd’s of London, The Westport Group covers risk like no other life & disability insurance provider can.

When we need comprehensive, customized coverage to protect our employees’ financial risk, The Westport Group is our first and only call.”

— Retired Head of a Law Firm

“The Westport Group showed us a better way to buy multi-life insurance. Through a solutions-based approach, they offered more flexibility than most other programs as well as solid, real-world guarantees. Through their detailed analysis of our life insurance program, they created a custom insurance solution for both our domestic and international managing directors."

– Director of Global Benefits, International Asset Management Firm

“The Westport Group worked with us one-on-one to customize an insurance plan that fit our partners’ unique needs. They made certain that our partners, both in the U.S. and abroad, were secured from substantial financial risk, going so far as to triple our monthly protection! Indeed, The Westport Group provided us coverage at levels we never thought possible.”

— Director of Benefits, International Law Firm

“The Westport Group showed us a better way to buy multi-life insurance. Through a solutions-based approach, they offered more flexibility than most other programs as well as solid, real-world guarantees. Through their detailed analysis of our life insurance program, they created a custom insurance solution for both our domestic and international managing directors."

– Director of Global Benefits, International Asset Management Firm

“The top-level employees and executives in our company were subject to considerable financial exposure. The Westport Group worked with us to create a plan that protected our workers’ salary and bonus income.

Now, our employees and executives have the best, most disability insurance coverage available on the market today.”

— Vice President of Human Resources

“The Westport Group worked with us one-on-one to customize an insurance plan that fit our partners’ unique needs. They made certain that our partners, both in the U.S. and abroad, were secured from substantial financial risk, going so far as to triple our monthly protection! Indeed, The Westport Group provided us coverage at levels we never thought possible.”

— Director of Benefits, International Law Firm

“With its high-level commitment to quality, passion for the insurance industry, and solicitation of client input, The Westport Group consistently delivers creative solutions to employee benefit needs. Proudly partnering with Lloyd’s of London, The Westport Group covers risk like no other life & disability insurance provider can.

When we need comprehensive, customized coverage to protect our employees’ financial risk, The Westport Group is our first and only call.”

— Retired Head of a Law Firm

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