Vice President
508-491-3131
pburke@baycoastins.com

Paul has been an insurance agent since 1977. In August of 1987, he started lnsurit Agency, Inc., in Fall River where he gained extensive experience in the property and casualty business. In 2003, Paul partnered with, and became president of, Hadley lnsurit Group (HIG), becoming one of the agency’s three co-owners. He is a Certified Risk Manager (CRM), Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC), and a Licensed Insurance Advisor, (LIA). Paul has been an insurance instructor for over 35 years for the Massachusetts Association of Independent Insurance Agents (MAIA). He served as Chairman of the Board for the Fall River Chamber of Commerce and is a past member of the Boards of Directors for the Fall River Insurance Agents Association, MAIA., and the SouthCoast Development Partnership.

Paul is an active Swansea community leader who has been a firefighter for the Volunteer Fire Department since 1974; elected Town Moderator since 1996; and a member of the Board of Directors of the Philanthropic Association of Swansea (d/b/a Swansea Ambulance Corp.) since ‘1994; where he also serves as a volunteer EMT. He is a former member of the Swansea Board of Selectmen and the town Finance and Advisory Board.

Paul’s outstanding record of service also includes appointments in Fall River where he is a past member of the Board of Directors for the Greater Fall River development Corp and USS Massachusetts Memorial Committee, Inc. He is a current member of the Board of Directors of Jobs for Fall River, Inc. and he is the Founding Board Chair of Argosy Collegiate Charter School. He is also a Volunteer Pilot for Angel Flight New England.

Paul holds an Associate Degree in Business Administration from Bristol Community College and a Bachelor Degree in Business and Finance from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.