All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 3 2005 // The civil suits stemming from The Station nightclub fire were consolidated last month under a complaint filed by 240 plaintiffs that names 47 defendants. U.S. District Judge Ronald Lagueux said the consolidation will help...
Dec 20 2004 // Leaving aside the insurance brokerage compensation investigations, the World Trade Center trial, the St. Paul-Travelers merger and the UnumProvident settlement, all of which have their roots in this region but grew to...
Dec 6 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) filed a motion for permission to file an amicus brief with the Rhode Island District Court to challenge the potential expansion of the state’s statute...
Nov 22 2004 // In the wake of the ongoing insurance brokerage probe involving bid rigging and incentive payments, Rhode Island Secretary of State Matt Brown is proposing legislation to prohibit insurance industry “incentive...
Nov 18 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) filed a motion for permission to file an amicus brief with the Rhode Island District Court to challenge the potential expansion of the state’s statute...
Nov 5 2004 // In the wake of the ongoing insurance brokerage probe involving bid rigging and incentive payments, Rhode Island Secretary of State Matt Brown is proposing legislation to prohibit insurance industry “incentive...
Oct 25 2004 // Implementation of a landmark lead paint law has been delayed in Rhode Island until next July, and now critics and some supporters say it should also be modified. The Lead Hazard Mitigation Act, which became law in 2002,...
Oct 25 2004 // The New York Supreme Court recently affirmed the position of Rhode Island regulators that decisions on policy cancellations involving a rehabilitating insurer must be handled within their state rehabilitation court and not...
Oct 11 2004 // Medical malpractice insurers in Rhode Island are seeking state approval for new rate hikes, over the protest of doctors who say insurance costs have caused some physicians to quit or curtail their practices. The Department...
Oct 6 2004 // The New York Supreme Court recently affirmed the position of Rhode Island regulators that decisions on policy cancellations involving a rehabilitating insurer must be handled within their state rehabilitation court and not...
Sep 29 2004 // Rhode Island Fire Marshal Irving Owens’ office has struggled with deadlines for stringent fire-safety measures approved after a deadly West Warwick nightclub fire.Owens’ five-year term ran out in July and one...
Aug 18 2004 // Rhode Island officials have decreased the premium assessment that insurers must charge to cover the costs of administering the state’s workers compensation system.Effective July 15, 2004, the Workers’...
Aug 12 2004 // The Rhode Island Workers Compensation Court has refused to dismiss a case by state labor officials that seeks to hold the owners of The Station nightclub personally liable for their failure to purchase workers compensation...
Aug 9 2004 // Rhode Island lawmakers recently passed a bill to relax regulation of personal lines insurance rates—flex-rating measure allowing insurers to increase or decrease rates by no more than 5 percent within a one-year period...
Aug 6 2004 // The owners of The Station nightclub of Warwick should be held personally liable for failing to have workers’ compensation insurance for their employees, the state of Rhode Island argued this week in Workers’...
Jul 26 2004 // More than 200 people affected by Rhode Island’s deadliest nightclub fire are suing the state, club owners, Budwesier, makers of foam soundproofing material, an insurance company and other defendants, alleging that...
Jul 19 2004 // Rhode Island has relaxed its regulation of personal lines insurance rates. The House and Senate approved a flex-rating measure allowing insurers to increase or decrease rates by no more than 5 percent within a one-year...
Jul 14 2004 // Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., Rhode Island’s largest workers’ compensation insurance writer that was formed in 1990 as a state fund, is taking steps to write coverage outside of the state.The Warwick company has...
Jul 12 2004 // Rhode Island businesses unprepared to meet deadlines for installing sprinklers were supposed to face penalties this month, under stringent fire-safety rules political leaders hailed as the toughest in the nation.Few, if...
Jul 8 2004 // Following the decision to cancel all of its remaining policies by next month, the Pawtucket Mutual Insurance Co. announced it would layoff 36 employees this week due to the reduced workload.The 155-year-old company is now...