Art McBain, insurance executive and avid sailor, died suddenly on Jan. 24 at the age of 57.  He was born July 6, 1953 in Boston to the late William and Polly McBain. He graduated from Archbishop Curley High School in Miami, Fla. in 1971 and earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Boston College in 1976.  

He was a member of the Green Harbor Yacht Club and loved sailing on his boat “Resolute. ”  He summered in Green Harbor since his childhood, and has resided in Boston’s South End since the 1980s. He was an active member of St. Cecilia Parish, and traveled to Haiti in 2009 with the Hearts with Haiti mission program. He has also given generously to community programs including Project Bread, Fr. Bill’s Place, and The Pine Street Inn.

Mr. McBain was a commercial insurance underwriter for 34 years. He started his career at Continental Insurance Company in 1976. He worked for Continental in the Boston, Waltham and Nashua, N.H. offices until they were taken over by CNA Insurance in 1995. At the time, he relocated with CNA to the Quincy office, where he worked until his death.

Mr. McBain leaves his siblings, Mary McBain of Kingston, Christine McBain of Quincy, Jane and her husband John Rex Funderburk of Plymouth, William McBain Jr. of Duxbury, and Richard and his wife Mary Hart McBain of Sandwich; his late his sister Elizabeth and sister-in-law Kathleen Hanlon McBain; and six nieces and nephews.  

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated  at Holy Family Parish, Duxbury.  In lieu of flowers, donations in his name may be made to the Pine Street Inn, 444 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118.