Meet Our Team

    Kenneth Lawrence

    Senior Area Sales Executive, Employee Benefits
    Kenneth Lawrence

    Senior Area Sales Executive, Employee Benefits

    Patrick Martell

    Benefits Consultant, Employee Benefits
    Patrick Martell

    Benefits Consultant, Employee Benefits

    Eric Feldman

    Benefits Consultant, Employee Benefits
    Eric Feldman

    Benefits Consultant, Employee Benefits

    Mike Noyes, CEBS, GBA, CMS

    Managing Partner
    Mike Noyes

    Mike is the co-founder and the Managing Partner of Alera Group: Texas in Houston.  For over 15 years he has focused on the consulting of corporate health and welfare programs.  Mike has extensive managed care experience, expertise in ASO contracts, and alternately funded group insurance programs.  He is involved in all aspects of negotiations, plan architecture, contribution strategy, carrier selection, employee communication plan, and ongoing support.

    For his clients, Mike’s most significant contribution is his commitment to helping them get the attention, strategic analysis, and breadth of solutions generally reserved for larger corporations.

    Before starting Alera Group: Texas, Mike was a Principal and Employee Benefits Division leader of one of the largest consulting firms in East Texas.  He was also a Consultant with Great-West HealthCare (now a part of Cigna) and New England Financial.  His job responsibilities were to assist the broker and consultant marketplace to produce self-funded sales in the mid-market employee segment.

    Mike is a native Houstonian and a graduate of Texas State University with a degree in Finance.  He is a frequent speaker and presenter for events throughout the region, an advisor for the National Employee Benefits Advisory Forum (NABF), and also volunteers with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Mike currently resides in Sugar Land, Texas with his wife and three kids.

    EXPERT EDUCATION

    Events and Webinars

    Employee Benefits

    Q2 2025 Quarterly Compliance Webinar

    Alera Group's quarterly employee benefits compliance roundup will help you stay current on the latest national regulatory developments impacting employers.

    May 6, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual

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    2025 Healthcare and Employee Benefits Benchmarking Report: How Does Your Benefits Program Stack Up?

    In this session, our experts will dive into the results of our annual, market-leading benchmarking survey.

    June 26, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual

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    Dynamic Data: Strategies for Success

    Join us for this session, as our experts will share how to utilize your organization’s data to create advanced and innovative strategies for success.

    July 17, 2025 at 01:00 pm CT | Virtual

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    Insights

    Wealth Services

    Weekly Market Update

    Stocks pushed higher last week as investors cheered the White House’s constructive comments on trade, upbeat Q1 corporate reports, and an encouraging jobs report. 

    May 5, 2025

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    Property and Casualty

    Severe Weather Is Getting Worse. Is Your Business Interruption Insurance Keeping Up?

    The increasing frequency and severity of weather- and climate-related events such as catastrophic storms, floods and wildfires make business continuity planning more important than ever. Part of your plan should include reviewing your organization's Business Interruption Insurance coverage.

    May 5, 2025

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    A Challenge for Mental Health Awareness Month: Make It Enjoyable

    Achieving and maintaining wellbeing takes work, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be enjoyable and even fun. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and with that comes Alera Group’s annual Mental Health Awareness Toolkit, this year featuring something we believe employers and their entire organizations will really enjoy: the 31-Day Challenge for Positive Wellbeing.

    April 29, 2025

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    Wealth Services

    Weekly Market Update

    Stocks pushed higher last week, spurred by the White House's reassuring comments that progress was being made with trade talks.

    April 28, 2025

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