All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Apr 8 2019 // East Providence, R.I.-headquartered Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) has elected Elizabeth Lowe to the board of directors.Lowe, president of Custom House Risk Advisors (CHRA), is the first...
Apr 4 2019 // A Massachusetts woman has pleaded guilty to defrauding a Rhode Island technology company out of more than $550,000 in reimbursements for business expenses.Jill Martinho entered her plea to wire fraud and willfully making a...
Apr 1 2019 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) has elected Patrick Meacham to the board of directors. Meacham, senior vice president of Transportation Risks Solutions, has more than 20 years of experience...
Mar 14 2019 // A Rhode Island insurance agent who specializes in insuring horses has been sentenced to three years in prison for defrauding clients, insurance companies and finance companies out of $1.3 million.Federal prosecutors say...
Mar 12 2019 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) has hired Shikha Hornsey as chief information officer based in East Providence, R.I.Hornsey will be responsible for formulating organizational growth through...
Mar 1 2019 // Rhode Island police have arrested a man they say was driving under the influence when he struck more than 40 other vehicles.Police say 45-year-old Christopher Paolissi, of Foster, was “zig-zagging” his pickup...
Feb 18 2019 // The National Liability & Fire Insurance Co. and the Boat Owners Association of the United States are suing a Vermont man in federal court in Rhode Island and are seeking to deny his claim on an $85,000 policy for his...
Feb 13 2019 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (NBIC) has relocated its corporate offices to the Northwoods Office Park in Johnston, R.I.NBIC is a provider of homeowners insurance in Rhode Island and the Northeastern U.S., with...
Jan 25 2019 // National Grid began the painstaking process Tuesday of going door-to-door to restore natural gas service to about 7,000 Rhode Island customers who were without heat on a day when temperatures weren’t expected to rise...
Jan 15 2019 // Providence, R.I., officials have temporarily shut down a restaurant where a patron opened fire.The city Board of Licenses says they held an emergency meeting Sunday and approved a request from city police to shut down La...
Jan 10 2019 // Satellite Agency Network Group Inc. (SAN) has hired Mike Terry as regional vice president.In this role, Terry will be responsible for membership service, business development and insurance company relations for all SAN...
Jan 9 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Rhode Island-based Aloisio Insurance Associates Inc. (AIA). AIA, a full-service insurance agency, primarily provides property and casualty insurance to individuals and businesses in...
Dec 31 2018 // FM Global, a commercial and industrial property insurer, has named Deanna Fidler as senior vice president and chief human resources officer.In this role, she is based at FM Global’s corporate offices in Johnston,...
Dec 13 2018 // A Rhode Island insurance agent and agency owner who specializes in providing equine insurance coverage has admitted to operating schemes which defrauded customers, insurance companies and finance companies of approximately...