All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 10 2018 // Morrison Mahoney LLP, a litigation firm, is expanding its Workers’ Compensation and General Liability Team in Providence, R.I., adding two attorneys to assist these growing practices.Jonathan R. Myhre joined the team...
Apr 10 2018 // A new auto insurance company in Rhode Island is rewarding drivers with cheaper rates based off how they drive.The catch is that policyholders have to allow HiRoad Assurance Company to track them in a cellphone app. The...
Mar 13 2018 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc., an East Providence, R.I.-headquartered independent insurance agency, has hired Joanmarie Berry as a financial insurance specialist. She is based in Milton, Mass. In her...
Feb 12 2018 // Rhode Island health officials are investigating after students at 14 schools had physical reactions after eating kiwi fruit.The state’s Department of Health says approximately 34 students in cities including...
Feb 1 2018 // An insurance company has asked a federal judge to force a man to discuss what happened to a missing gun that matches the caliber of the gun used to kill his millionaire grandfather.National Liability & Fire Insurance...
Jan 8 2018 // Four multi-family homes have been damaged and six residents and two firefighters injured following in an early morning fire in Providence, R.I.Fire officials say the blaze was reported at around 3 a.m. Saturday in the...
Dec 21 2017 // A New Jersey yacht captain is barred from piloting ships as he awaits trial in the death of an 81-year-old Connecticut boater in Rhode Island waters.U.S. District Court Magistrate Patricia Sullivan ordered Cooper...
Dec 8 2017 // Eliclade’s Service Inc. of Cranston, R.I., recently joined Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast.Through this affiliation, Eliclade’s Service...
Nov 28 2017 // Heritage Insurance Holdings Inc., a Clearwater, Fla.-headquartered property/casualty insurance holding company, has secured regulatory approval from the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation to acquire NBIC...
Nov 20 2017 // Federal authorities say five Rhode Island residents have been charged with participating in a scheme to create fake prescriptions for opioid pills and occasionally use medical insurance to pay for those prescriptions. The...
Nov 15 2017 // Prime Holdings Insurance Services Inc. (Prime Holdings) announced that its subsidiary, Prime Insurance Company (Prime), recently received approval to write specialty lines insurance coverage in New Hampshire and Rhode...
Nov 15 2017 // Salt Lake City, UT, Chicago, Illinois, November 15, 2017- Prime Holdings Insurance Services, Inc. (“Prime Holdings”) announced that its subsidiary, Prime Insurance Company (“Prime”), recently...
Nov 6 2017 // Federal authorities say five Rhode Island residents have been charged with participating in a scheme to create fake prescriptions for opioid pills and occasionally use medical insurance to pay for those prescriptions.The...
Oct 31 2017 // Severe weather pounded the Northeast region with powerful winds and drenching rains early Monday, leaving nearly 300,000 without power.Southern New England appeared to suffer the brunt of the storm damage overnight....
Aug 21 2017 // The board of directors of Beacon Mutual Insurance Company, a Warwick, R.I.-based workers’ compensation carrier, has elected Brian Spero as president and CEO of the company, effective in July.Beacon’s board...
Aug 10 2017 // Lawyers for a man suspected of killing his millionaire grandfather in 2013 have met with a judge in a lawsuit over the sinking of his boat with his mother onboard.Nathan Carman’s boat sank last year. His mother is...
Aug 9 2017 // Heritage Insurance Holdings Inc., a Clearwater, Fla.-headquartered property and casualty insurance holding company, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire NBIC Holdings Inc., the parent company of Narragansett Bay...
Aug 4 2017 // The board of directors of Beacon Mutual Insurance Company, a Warwick, R.I.-based workers’ compensation carrier, has elected Brian Spero as president and CEO of the company, effective in July.Beacon’s board...
Aug 1 2017 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc., headquartered in East Providence, R.I., has promoted Sean Cottrell and Elizabeth Lowe to senior vice president of Starkweather & Shepley.Cottrell is the practice...
Jul 20 2017 // The Rhode Island State Police has issued a $57,000 fine against the company that owns the flatbed truck that was ruled too heavy for state bridges.Police announced the fine against Bay Crane Northeast Tuesday. The...