All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Aug 13 2019 // A Providence, Rhode Island, city employee who says she was compelled to resign from her previous position after years of reporting coworkers’ fraudulent credit card spending is suing the city.The Providence Journal...
Jul 31 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Rhode Island-based Damiano Agency (DA). The transaction became effective July 1, 2019.For more than 30 years, DA has been delivering property and casualty insurance for businesses and...
Jul 29 2019 // As part of an ongoing review of allegations of clergy child sexual abuse within the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Bishop...
Jul 24 2019 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) has promoted Michael Prentiss to assistant vice president and Robert Barresi to senior vice president.As a commercial lines producer, Prentiss is responsible...
Jul 12 2019 // Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo has vetoed a bill that would have allowed individuals to sue auto insurers for triple damages if their vehicle is totaled.The Democratic governor says the bill, which is supported by the...
Jul 11 2019 // Rhode Island’s governor has signed three bills to combat opioid overdoses and deaths.Democratic Governor Gina Raimondo signed 71 bills into law on Monday, including the bills to address opioids. The first bill will...
Jun 5 2019 // A federal judge in Rhode Island has cleared the way for a trial to decide whether Columbia Casualty Insurance, in bad faith, put its own interest over its policyholder’s by gambling on a trial instead of settling a...
Apr 24 2019 // Paquin Insurance Agency has joined OceanPoint Insurance Agency’s organization in Rhode Island.Paquin Agency Principal Rick Paquin has accepted a position as vice president for OceanPoint, and he and his brother,...
Apr 22 2019 // The Rhode Island Supreme Court has vacated a lower court’s decision that ruled in favor of a swimming pool retailer sued by the parents of a 4-year-old boy who drowned in one of their pools.Raymond Oliver and Tiffany...