Latest Rhode Island Headlines
All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
R.I. Governor Appeals Judge’s Ruling Blocking His Beacon Mutual Firings
May 30 2006 // Rhode Island Gov. Donals Carcieri is appealing a judge’s decision that bars him from firing two members of the board of directors at Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. A Superior Court judge last week denied...
R.I.-Based Brokers’ Service Marketing Expands Management Team
May 26 2006 // David Greenberg has been named president and chief executive officer of Rhode Island-based Brokers’ Service Marketing Group. In his new capacity, Greenberg, who is a partner in the life insurance and financial...
R.I. Senate Wants to Raise Liability Limits for Taxis, Shuttles
May 25 2006 // The Rhode Island Senate has approved legislation to require taxis and transport vehicles such as airport shuttles to carry $300,000 worth of personal injury and property damage insurance. The bill, introduced by Sen....
Rains, Floods Place Southern New England In State Of Emergency
May 15 2006 // More than five straight days of rain have flooded homes, businesses and roads, swelled riverbanks and placed a number of dams in southern New England under strain. The governors of Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire...
R.I. Governor Names College President as Beacon Mutual Director
May 8 2006 // Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri has named the president of Salve Regina University, Sister Therese Antone, Ed. D., to replace John Holmes on the board of directors for Beacon Mutual Insurance Company. Holmes...
Judge Finds R.I. Attorney General in Contempt in Lead Paint Case
May 7 2006 // A judge held the Rhode Island attorney general in civil contempt and fined him $5,000 for publicly accusing former lead paint makers of twisting the facts during Rhode Island’s landmark lawsuit against the companies,...
R.I. Judge Blocks Governor’s Firing of Beacon Mutual Directors; Sets Hearing
May 4 2006 // Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri has been handed a setback in his campaign to fire two Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. board members. Superior Court Judge Steven Forunato has issued a temporary restraining order delaying...
R.I. Governor Carcieri Urges Medical Malpractice Reform
May 3 2006 // Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri is urging lawmakers to support his Health Care Tort Reform Act of 2006 which he says would bring balance to the state’s current tort system. “Our current tort system...
Beacon Mutual Relents, Grants R.I. Officials Access to Most Files
Apr 30 2006 // Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. has turned over computer records it initially withheld from Rhode Island state investigators probing accusations that the company gave price breaks to favored clients. The files have been the...
R.I. Governor To Meet with Two Beacon Directors He Wants Out
Apr 27 2006 // Gov. Don Carcieri this week offered to meet with two men he is trying to remove from the board of directors of Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., which is being audited by the state after allegations of questionable business...
Two Beacon Mutual Directors Balk at Firing by R.I. Governor
Apr 25 2006 // Two directors of embattled Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. have informed Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri that they refuse to relinquish their positions on the board of the state’s largest workers compensation carrier...
Top Execs at R.I.’s Beacon Mutual Axed; Governor Removes 2 Directors
Apr 20 2006 // Making good on his warning, Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri officially acted to remove two directors from the board of directors of the Beacon Mutual Insurance Company after the steps taken by management fell...
Citing ‘Broken Promises,’ Paint Firms Seek New Trial in R.I.
Apr 20 2006 // Claiming the verdict involved a series of “broken promises by the state which resulted in a flawed trial and an erroneous verdict,” three defendants in the Rhode Island lead pigment case have asked the court to...
Hanover Names Leonelli for VP for Conn., R.I.
Apr 17 2006 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has named Daniel J. Leonelli, regional vice president for commercial lines for the company’s Connecticut and Rhode Island territory. Leonelli will work out of the The Hanover’s...
Jobs and more on the line in R.I. as Beacon Mutual-Carcieri political saga enters critical period
Apr 17 2006 // Executives at Rhode Island’s largest workers compensation carrier, Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., figure they could be looking for new jobs as early as June if Governor Donald Carcieri gets his way. They expect that if...
R.I.’s Beacon Mutual Hit for Cozy Culture Favoring Insiders, Big Accounts and Elite Agents
Apr 13 2006 // Rhode Island’s largest workers compensation carrier, Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., has engaged in a pattern of favoritism benefiting select clients and agents; won and retained employer accounts by cheating on pricing...
R.I. Gov. Carcieri Demands ‘Complete Management Overhaul’ at Beacon Mutual
Apr 13 2006 // A day after a committee chaired by former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Almond issued a report highly critical of Beacon Mutual, current Governor Donald L. Carcieri is demanding that the chief executive officer and vice...
R.I.’s Beacon Mutual CEO Expects to Lose Job If Carcieri Wins Battle; Giuliani Report Out Today
Apr 12 2006 // The chief executive of Rhode Island’s largest workers compensation carrier, Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., figures he could be looking for a new job as early as June if Governor Donald Carcieri gets his way. CEO Joseph...
Chamber Argues Against Contingent Fees in R.I. Lead Paint Case
Apr 4 2006 // The U.S. Chamber today urged the Supreme Court of Rhode Island to end the practice of allowing private attorneys to litigate on behalf of state governments under contingency fee agreements. “A state’s...
R.I. to Hear 28% Beacon Mutual Rate Cut at May 11 Hearing
Mar 21 2006 // The Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation will hold a public hearing on May 11, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. at the DBR regarding the proposed loss costs rate filing of Beacon Mutual Insurance Company, the state’s...
