Mark Abate

Mark Abate serves as a  member of the Brown & Brown Retail Senior Leadership team. In his current role, Mark leads the Southborough, Massachusetts office, and select Pharmacy and Audit solutions across Employee Benefits―including PillarRx, Remedy Analytics and Claim Technologies Incorporated (CTI). ​

Mark was previously a founding Partner of Strategic Benefit Advisors, leading and growing that consulting business for more than 15 years before its acquisition by Brown & Brown in 2015. His 35-year career in employee benefits began in group underwriting at Hartford Life Insurance Company and also includes 15 years as a Consultant and Principal in Mercer’s Boston office.​

As a broad-based health and welfare generalist, Mark spends considerable time with customers to help understand their business priorities and objectives and develop tailored benefit strategies to meet their unique organizational and workforce priorities. During his career, he has served as lead strategist for many large employers across multiple industry verticals, including health care, retail and technology. Mark brings in-depth knowledge of all aspects of employer benefit programs, including proven cost management techniques, benefit design, compliance issues, vendor marketplace and plan funding and administration. ​

Mark is locally recognized as a specialist  in his field. He has been quoted in the Boston Globe, Boston Business Journal and Providence Business Journal, interviewed by WBZ Radio and NPR, and published in the Handbook of Business Strategy. He is also an active speaker on the topic of health care and cost management, presenting to many local groups including the New England Employee Benefits Council (where he is an Emeriti Board Member), the Maine Benefits Council and the New Hampshire Council on Wellness. ​