All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 19 2004 // Rhode Island Reps. Joanne Giannini, Arhur Handy, Charlene Lima, Peter Petrarca and Peter Wasylyk want the state to create a new executive level Department of Insurance Commissioner to replace the current insurance unit...
Apr 19 2004 // Gov. Don Carcieri has proposed capping the amount of money medical malpractice victims in Rhode Island can receive for pain and suffering. The governor’s proposal would limit pain and suffering awards to $250,000,...
Apr 7 2004 // Rhode Island may have a different look in insurance regulation if several lawmakers have their way.Reps. Joanne Giannini, Arhur Handy, Charlene Lima, Peter Petrarca and Peter Wasylyk want the state to create a new...
Apr 5 2004 // Pointing to doctors who say the cost of practicing medicine in Rhode Island is becoming prohibitive, Gov. Don Carcieri has proposed capping the amount of money medical malpractice victims can receive for pain and...
Mar 22 2004 // A jury will hear the retrial in Rhode Island of a landmark lawsuit against the lead paint industry. Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein rejected the state’s motion to have a judge, rather than a six-person jury,...
Mar 3 2004 // Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein rejected the state’s motion to have a judge, rather than a six-person jury, hear the case. The first trial against eight corporations that manufactured lead-based paints for...
Mar 3 2004 // A jury will hear the retrial of a landmark lawsuit against the lead paint industry, a Rhode Island judge ruled.Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein rejected the state’s motion to have a judge, rather than a...
Mar 2 2004 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens issued a recommendation to all licensed property/casualty insurance companies, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, trade associations and other interested...
Mar 1 2004 // A state hearing officer has ruled that the owners of a Rhode Island nightclub where a fire killed 100 people a year ago can’t be held personally liable for failing to carry workers’ compensation...
Feb 17 2004 // The American Insurance Association opposes a Rhode Island bill (H 7705) that would ban the use of credit-based insurance scores, indicating that it would damage the state’s insurance marketplace. “Credit-based...
Jan 12 2004 // Rhode Island officials have not given up hope of attracting a buyer for the troubled Pawtucket Mutual Insurance Co., despite seven months of trying and the recent dropout of a prime candidate.“I’ve still got my...
Jan 5 2004 // President William Irons, a 20-year veteran of politics and long time insurance agent, is resigning from the Rhode Island State Senate rather than disclose his insurance clients.Irons announced that he has resigned as...
Nov 24 2003 // The New England Chapter of the AICP (Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals) will hold a Chapter meeting, educational event and networking session on Dec. 4, at the Hyatt Regency, Goat Island, Newport, Rhode...
Jul 14 2003 // The Rhode Island legislature went through a marathon session and officially adjourned during the early morning hours recently, wrapping up a year of political posturing that resulted in a several gains for the insurance...
Jul 9 2003 // Chase Manhattan Automotive Finance Corporation, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase Bank, announced that it will return to the auto leasing business in Rhode Island immediately after the Governor signs a new bill limiting...
Jul 2 2003 // L.A.-based David Morse & Associates, a national claims administration and independent adjusting company, announced that it has opened a new claims office in Providence, Rhode Island, which will facilitate claims...
Jun 17 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers has issued a bulletin indicating that a bill, scheduled to be considered by the Rhode Island’s House Judiciary Committee, would expand liability for car renters and...
Mar 26 2003 // According to a bulletin from the Alliance of American Insurers “A bill being heard today by the Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee is an attempt by the trial bar to restrict the use of confidentiality and...
Feb 5 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers expressed its disappointment at the recent position adopted by the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation (DBR) that third-party liability arising from a mold filing...
Jan 20 2003 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), The Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation (RIDBR)’s Regulation 101 should be rewritten to specifically exclude surplus lines insurers,...