About Us

Blais Insurance is a firm of proven professionals and caring and conscientious people; the kind of people you can depend on. Our primary objectives are:

• To be honest and fair in all our dealings.
• To be interested in people and their problems.
• To treat the client's needs as if they were our own.
  

We are committed to a high standard of excellence in all that we do, and to establishing a firm relationship of mutual trust and service with each of our clients.

As a Trusted Choice® agency, Blais Insurance is dedicated to you and is committed to treating you as a person, not a policy. All Trusted Choice® agencies agree to adhere to a Pledge of Performance, designed to assure quality service that enables them to offer you competitive pricing, a broad choice of products and valuable advocacy.

Pledge of Performance

Our History

Blais Insurance was founded in 1909 by Leo A. Blais and operated in the Oak Hall Building, which once stood in the footprint of the former Registry of Motor Vehicles building on Main Street in Pawtucket. Upon the patriarch’s death in 1964, the insurance agency was passed on to Leo’s four children: Leo P., Madeline, Richard, and Robert. The four operated the agency for the next two decades and moved the agency to its present location in Lincoln in 1968. The current location has a storied history dating back to the early 1800’s, having served as a tavern, family home, and ultimately an insurance agency for the past forty years.

Leo P. Blais, who served as president of Leo A. Blais insurance agency from 1964 to 1984, recruited his oldest son, Michael, to run the agency.  Michael Blais returned home to help run the family business after working as a school administrator for the University of Southern California.  Michael led Leo A. Blais insurance agency for thirty years, guiding the agency through recessions and soft and hard markets and growing it into one the strongest insurance agencies in Northern Rhode Island.

Always looking forward, Michael recruited his younger brother, Ned, to join him in running the business in 1999.  Ned Blais, an attorney, accepted his brother’s offer to keep the business in the Blais family for future generations. One of the first business decisions they made jointly was to bring in brother-in-law, Marc Nadeau, an experienced sales professional, to join the agency as Director of Marketing. Ned, Marc, and Michael are joined by an experienced team of insurance agents and customer service representatives who are also fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and French.

The agency’s centennial also marked another milestone. Ned Blais became President, succeeding his brother, Michael, who serves as Chairman and remains active in the day-to-day operations of the company.  Ned is joined by his brother-in-law, Marc, who is serving as Vice President.

The guiding principle of the agency back in 1909 is still in practice today. Michael Blais recalls the lessons of his grandfather who he remembers had a reputation as a compassionate, magnanimous man, well respected by the local community. 

He left us with the imprint that, “if you take care of people, then the business will take care of itself!”