If you know me at all, you know that I'm a lover of the arts. Jeanne and I are very active with Mountain Top Music Center (Jeanne is actually a Trustee), and we support other arts as well (can't wait for the next "Art in the Park" artists' market thanks to the MWV Visual Arts Center!)  It is through the arts that our imaginations are unlocked, and we are stirred to pause, think and reflect. The arts have a unique ability to give us a different perspective on things... to see more clearly things that we might not have understood before. They allow us to express ourselves (and to be known), and they enrich our lives in countless ways.

Thankfully (for me), they also lend themselves to wonderful illustrations.

Imagine yourself seated, ready for an evening with the Boston Pops Symphony Orchestra. You are perched front center balcony - the best seats in the house. The conductor raises his arms and the sweet sounds of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A Major begin to fill the room. The hauntingly beautiful melody permeates the hall, at times soft and somber, and at others playful and majestic. A perfect balance. You close your eyes and drink in the moment. All the stresses of the day melt away as you lose yourself in the "Apotheosis of Dance" (as Richard Wagner dubbed this piece).

You view your experience as a whole unit - the Boston Pops... or Beethoven's Symphony... maybe even as Keith Lockhart's gift to you. But really, it's much more than that. Each of the members in the ensemble had a part to play in bringing you that experience. Each section has a different sound; within each section the individual instruments are each responsible for notes, rhythms, patterns. Strings, brass, woodwind and percussion combine to produce a sound that delights the senses. Various instruments may be featured from time to time, but any one of them in and of itself would not elicit the same response from you, the listener. They all have their own distinctive sound, and yet it is only when they are meshed together with care and careful consideration, each playing the piece written specifically for them, that magic happens. They must work with one another. They have shared rhythm and mood. They have tonal blend and variation. And perhaps most importantly, they have a conductor.

Your insurance program is like that. Several components must work together to produce a package that does the job of meeting your needs. While some of those things work in tandem with one another, there are others that provide a different kind of coverage. They bring something to the policy that the other parts lack. The variety crafted into your policy makes it something uniquely designed for you.

And then there's us. We like to think of ourselves as your policy's conductor. We make sure all the parts of your insurance program work together to complement each other, creating a symphony of protection for you, our client. To you, all this risk management stuff might seem like nothing more than a bunch of

noise. Ah, but to us... we see it as a collection of instruments, each with its own unique melody. When we raise our arms and begin to arrange the pieces, the result is a composition that is music to the ears, at a cost you can afford. 

Here at M&M, we consider crafting a comprehensive, cost-effective insurance program to be a work of art (and heart!) We're committed to supporting you - and the arts.