Rockland Trust Appoints Annette Crowley as Vice President and Financial Consultant

Boston, Mass. (July 13, 2016) - Rockland Trust announced that Annette Crowley joined the Bank’s Investment Management Group as Vice President and Financial Consultant. Annette is based in Hyannis and offers investment management and insurance services to clients in communities throughout Cape Cod.

With more than 20 years of experience in financial services, Annette provides personalized counsel tailored to the needs of individuals, families, and businesses. Prior to joining Rockland Trust, she was Wealth Manager with U.S. Wealth Management Cape Cod. She previously was a Financial Consultant with Citizens Investment Services, as well as an investment executive at Cape Cod Five Savings Bank, and Business Development Officer for Fleet Private Wealth Management on Cape Cod.

Annette was an Accounting Major at Burdette College and is a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC®). She holds her FINRA series 6, 7, 24, 63 and 65 with LPL Financial and carries a Massachusetts Life, Accident and Health Insurance License. Annette and her husband, along with their two sons have been members of the Cape Cod community for over 22 years.

About the Investment Management Group

Rockland Trust’s Investment Management Group manages more than $2.6 billion in assets and creates customized plans for individuals, municipalities, businesses and not for profit organizations through a full range of services including: Investment Management, Trust and Estate, Insurance, and Financial and Retirement Planning. The team is comprised of more than 50 experienced professionals who consistently apply sound investment principles to minimize risk and maximize long-term results for clients in a dynamic investment landscape.

For individuals IMG takes a holistic approach to wealth management. Each client is assigned a team of three financial professionals, including a relationship manager, financial consultant, and a portfolio manager, who work collaboratively to develop a long-term financial strategy that extends beyond traditional money management.

Through its subsidiary, Bright Rock Capital Management, LLC, Rockland Trust also offers institutional investment management solutions for pension plans, institutions, mutual fund firms, banks, trust companies, retirement plan sponsors, RIAs, and endowments. To learn more, please visit www.BrightRockCap.com.

About Rockland Trust

Independent Bank Corp. has approximately $7.2 billion in assets and is the holding company for Rockland Trust Company, a full-service commercial bank headquartered in Massachusetts. Rockland Trust offers a wide range of banking, investment, and insurance services to businesses and individuals through retail branches, commercial lending offices, investment management offices, and residential lending centers located in Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as through telephone banking, mobile banking, and the Internet. Named in 2015 to The Boston Globe’s “Top Places to Work” list for the seventh consecutive year, Rockland Trust was rated the top Largest Employer to work for in Massachusetts. The Company is also an FDIC member and an Equal Housing Lender. To find out why Rockland Trust is the bank “Where Each Relationship Matters ®”, please visit www.rocklandtrust.com.

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