All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 24 2020 // The Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Co. has been dealt a financial strength rating downgrade from A.M. Best.A.M. Best said its decision to downgrade the insurer’s financial strength rating to “B++”...
Mar 12 2020 // Mercier and Kosinski Insurance Inc. (MKI) has joined the Thompson Insurance Group to provide its customers with greater access to insurance companies, improved technology and additional insurance services.As a...
Feb 28 2020 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired certain assets of Rhode Island-based D. F. Dwyer & Associates LLC (DFD). The transaction became effective February 1, 2020. Based in Newport, R.I., DFD provides a full range of...
Feb 12 2020 // A Rhode Island woman who cheated relatives, her closest friends and her husband’s firefighting colleagues out of nearly $5 million to fund a lavish lifestyle should face the harshest sentence possible, federal...
Feb 10 2020 // The Hilb Group, Kerr-Boswell, Wickford Insurance AgencyThe Hilb Group LLC has acquired Virginia-based Kerr-Boswell Inc. For more than 60 years, KB has provided employee benefits, property/casualty, life, health and...
Jan 29 2020 // A jury should determine whether Uber ought to be held responsible for a passenger’s injuries, a federal judge in Rhode Island ruled.A U.S. District Court judge concluded Jan. 16 that jurors should determine whether...
Jan 27 2020 // A former construction project manager for a real estate development company has pleaded guilty to defrauding banks, construction companies and his employer out of more than $200,000, federal prosecutors say.Gregory Meeker,...
Jan 24 2020 // Exxon Mobil dodged a bullet last month when a judge rejected a novel climate-change lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general. The case began with a promise from state officials that there would be a historic...
Jan 8 2020 // Rhode Island health officials held a public hearing Tuesday on proposed regulations to permanently ban the sale of flavored vaping products in the state.The department is considering making the temporary ban currently in...
Jan 2 2020 // Rhode Island’s health department is proposing to permanently ban the sale of flavored vaping products in the state.The department issued a public notice last week that it wants to make the temporary ban currently in...
Dec 30 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Rhode Island-based Wickford Insurance Agency Inc. (WIA). The transaction became effective December 1, 2019. WIA is a full-service property and casualty insurance agency for businesses...
Nov 26 2019 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready on Nov. 26 authorized Rhode Island-based insurance Providence Washington Insurance Co. (PWIC) to submit its Insurance Business Transfer (IBT) Plan to the District Court of...
Nov 19 2019 // An international forum of insurance experts meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma, said the Insurance Business Transfer law expected to bring an economic boost to the state.The IBT law creates a way for insurers to transfer entire...
Nov 1 2019 // Authorities say a fire in a Newport home that killed a retired teacher and coach has been ruled an accident that started in the kitchen.The Newport Daily News reported Sunday that Deputy State Fire Marshal Kevin Morris...
Oct 17 2019 // Commercial property insurer FM Global has opened a $16 million Electrical Hazards and Gas Detection Laboratory at its 1,600-acre Research Campus in West Glocester, R.I., following nearly two years of...
Oct 7 2019 // Rhode Island health officials have issued emergency health regulations to ban the sale of flavored vaping products in the state.The health department regulations, issued Friday, ban the manufacture, distribution and sale...
Sep 26 2019 // A lawmaker in Rhode Island plans to introduce a bill to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes.Rep. Julie Casimiro says she’s planning to propose a ban after the new legislative session begins in January. She says the...
Sep 19 2019 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired Bucci Insurance Group of West Warwick, R.I., on September 1, 2019. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1981, Bucci Insurance Group serves the New England...
Sep 9 2019 // The introduction of a bike share program in Pawtucket, R.I., has been put on hold.Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said Wednesday that the Jump electric bike program will not begin this year. Jump is owned by...
Sep 5 2019 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) has acquired Revens-Gates Insurance Inc. of North Kingstown, R.I. Revens-Gates was founded in 1999 by Mark Revens and Peter Gates. Established in 1879, S&S...