All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 3 2006 // Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri is urging lawmakers to support his Health Care Tort Reform Act of 2006 which he says would bring balance to the state’s current tort system.“Our current tort system...
Apr 30 2006 // Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. has turned over computer records it initially withheld from Rhode Island state investigators probing accusations that the company gave price breaks to favored clients.The files have been the...
Apr 27 2006 // Gov. Don Carcieri this week offered to meet with two men he is trying to remove from the board of directors of Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., which is being audited by the state after allegations of questionable business...
Apr 25 2006 // Two directors of embattled Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. have informed Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri that they refuse to relinquish their positions on the board of the state’s largest workers compensation carrier...
Apr 20 2006 // Making good on his warning, Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri officially acted to remove two directors from the board of directors of the Beacon Mutual Insurance Company after the steps taken by management fell...
Apr 20 2006 // Claiming the verdict involved a series of “broken promises by the state which resulted in a flawed trial and an erroneous verdict,” three defendants in the Rhode Island lead pigment case have asked the court to...
Apr 17 2006 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has named Daniel J. Leonelli, regional vice president for commercial lines for the company’s Connecticut and Rhode Island territory. Leonelli will work out of the The Hanover’s...
Apr 17 2006 // Executives at Rhode Island’s largest workers compensation carrier, Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., figure they could be looking for new jobs as early as June if Governor Donald Carcieri gets his way. They expect that if...
Apr 13 2006 // Rhode Island’s largest workers compensation carrier, Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., has engaged in a pattern of favoritism benefiting select clients and agents; won and retained employer accounts by cheating on pricing...
Apr 13 2006 // A day after a committee chaired by former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Almond issued a report highly critical of Beacon Mutual, current Governor Donald L. Carcieri is demanding that the chief executive officer and vice...
Apr 12 2006 // The chief executive of Rhode Island’s largest workers compensation carrier, Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., figures he could be looking for a new job as early as June if Governor Donald Carcieri gets his way.CEO Joseph...
Apr 4 2006 // The U.S. Chamber today urged the Supreme Court of Rhode Island to end the practice of allowing private attorneys to litigate on behalf of state governments under contingency fee agreements.“A state’s...
Mar 21 2006 // The Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation will hold a public hearing on May 11, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. at the DBR regarding the proposed loss costs rate filing of Beacon Mutual Insurance Company, the state’s...
Mar 20 2006 // Insurers for three former lead paint manufacturers are seeking to limit insurance policies held by the paint companies.Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London filed the lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court last month...
Mar 20 2006 // Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri today publicly released an updated report on the status of compliance with the new fire codes indicating that a majority (99) of nightclubs throughout the state are currently in...
Mar 20 2006 // Not Your Typical Bank,” the slogan used by Citizens Financial Group in its consumer ads, seems to apply to the bank’s latest move, the selling off of its respected insurance agencies.It is not a typical sale....
Mar 10 2006 // A Rhode Island Superior Court has blocked a subpoena for computer files sought by state officials as part of their audit of Beacon Mutual Insurance Co.Beacon Mutual succeeded in convincing the court that the subpoena...
Mar 8 2006 // Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri said he hopes to force health insurance companies pay for an anti-smoking program he wants to cut from the state budget.Carcieri’s proposed budget would eliminate the state’s...
Mar 6 2006 // Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, refused to let state auditors copy its computer records Friday, a decision which could spark a court showdown.The state has been...
Mar 1 2006 // Citizens Financial Group is selling its considerable insurance agency businesses to Hub International Limited in a deal that includes a strategic alliance between the two for future sales and marketing.Hub will purchase...