Built to Protect What You Build

In partnership with Keel Project Management, we help ensure your construction project is covered from every angle.

Built to Protect What You Build

In partnership with Keel Project Management, we help ensure your construction project is covered from every angle.

A Smarter Approach to Construction Risk

Together with Keel Project Management, we offer a proactive risk advisory service tailored to construction projects – helping you avoid costly surprises and navigate regulatory hurdles.

Deep Industry Expertise – With 150 years of combined industry experience, our construction team has a profound understanding of the market.
Specialized Knowledge – We’ll help you navigate complex regulatory, compliance and contractual risks.
Strong Carrier Relationships – We leverage deep, long-standing relationships with dozens of carriers.
Proactive Risk Management – Our analytical, solutions-driven, consultative approach identifies risks early.
Advocacy & Claims Management – Our in-house claims team handles the claims process from the client-side, providing expert guidance & support throughout.

Meet Your Risk Management Partners

Laura Herman

CEO

Laura Herman brings over 40 years of insurance and risk management experience, with a strong focus on the construction, real estate, and manufacturing sectors. Before becoming CEO of IMA in 2000, she led the firm’s risk placement and carrier marketing efforts, building key relationships that helped shape IMA into a trusted risk management partner. Her deep understanding of carrier operations—gained from nearly a decade on that side of the industry—has been especially valuable in serving complex construction clients. As part of the third generation to lead IMA, Laura has played a pivotal role in aligning the company’s expertise with the evolving needs of commercial industries.

Mike Cali

Vice President

Mike Cali is VP of Sales at Insurance Marketing Agencies, responsible for growth and retention strategy. Mike’s extensive experience developing talent and building successful teams, combined with his philosophy on partnering with clients as individuals, uniquely position him to advance the agency’s commitment to insurance that’s personal. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Mike is an expert on Non-Profits, Manufacturing, Financial Institutions, Construction and Law Firms. Prior to joining IMA, Mike was a partner at the Insurance Resource Group of New England, and a VP at NFP. He is a graduate of UMass Boston, and earned his MBA at the Florida Institute of Technology.

Maryann Johansen

Team Lead

Maryann leads the Commercial Lines Middle Market Team at Insurance Marketing Agencies. In a career spanning almost 4 decades, she has developed deep expertise in all standard coverage types and specializes in the real estate and trucking industries. Maryann holds Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) and Certified Insurance Service Representative (CISR) designations.

Melissa Berube

Account Advisor

Missie is a Premier Account Advisor at Insurance Marketing Agencies. Her career spans almost 4 decades working for companies and agencies. She has developed deep expertise in all standard coverage types and specializes in the Construction/Contractors industry.

Ross Lavoie

Account Advisor

Ross started at IMA in 2025 as a Middle Market Account Advisor after more than a decade in the insurance business at all levels. He most enjoys learning about what makes clients businesses work and tailoring a solution to help protect them. 

Trusted Coverage from Leading Carriers

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