Latest Rhode Island Headlines
All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
INSURERS MOVE TO LIMIT R.I. LEAD CLEANUP COSTS
Mar 20 2006 // Insurers for three former lead paint manufacturers are seeking to limit insurance policies held by the paint companies. Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London filed the lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court last month...
R.I. Fire Marshal Says Most Nightclubs Meet Code; Reporting Changes Sought
Mar 20 2006 // Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri today publicly released an updated report on the status of compliance with the new fire codes indicating that a majority (99) of nightclubs throughout the state are currently in...
Citizens Financial banks on ‘not your typical’ insurance agency sale
Mar 20 2006 // Not Your Typical Bank,” the slogan used by Citizens Financial Group in its consumer ads, seems to apply to the bank’s latest move, the selling off of its respected insurance agencies. It is not a typical sale....
Court Kills R.I. Subpoena of Beacon Mutual Files
Mar 10 2006 // A Rhode Island Superior Court has blocked a subpoena for computer files sought by state officials as part of their audit of Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. Beacon Mutual succeeded in convincing the court that the subpoena...
R.I. Governor Wants Health Insurers to Pay for Anti-Smoking Programs
Mar 8 2006 // Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri said he hopes to force health insurance companies pay for an anti-smoking program he wants to cut from the state budget. Carcieri’s proposed budget would eliminate the state’s...
Beacon Mutual Refuses to Turn over Computer Records to R.I. Auditors
Mar 6 2006 // Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, refused to let state auditors copy its computer records Friday, a decision which could spark a court showdown. The state has been...
Citizens Bank Selling Insurance Agencies to Hub International
Mar 1 2006 // Citizens Financial Group is selling its considerable insurance agency businesses to Hub International Limited in a deal that includes a strategic alliance between the two for future sales and marketing. Hub will purchase...
R.I. Judge Rules Out Punitive Damages in Lead Paint Decision
Feb 28 2006 // Former manufacturers of lead paint found liable last week by a Rhode Island jury for poisoning of children will have to pay to clean up properties with the contaminated paint but will not face punitive damages. Rhode...
R.I. Jury Holds Lead Paint Makers Liable for Child Poisoning
Feb 22 2006 // A Rhode Island Superior Court jury has found three former lead paint manufacturers responsible for poisoning children in a lawsuit that could cost the manufacturers millions of dollars in damages. The lawsuit was the first...
No Decision Yet in R.I. Lead Paint Case
Feb 21 2006 // A week after beginning deliberations in Rhode Island’s landmark lawsuit against former makers of lead paint and pigment, jurors have still not reached a verdict. The jury met for about four hours Monday afternoon...
R.I.’s Beacon Review to be Headed by Former N.Y. City Mayor Giuilani’s Firm
Feb 16 2006 // Former Rhode Island Governor Lincoln C. Almond, who heads a review committee named by The Beacon Mutual Insurance Company, announced that Giuliani Safety & Security, a management consulting firm headed by former New...
R.I. Nightclub Fire Plaintiffs Add Home Depot, State, Band as Defendants
Feb 16 2006 // Nearly 270 people affected by Rhode Island’s deadliest nightclub fire added several more defendants to their lawsuit this week, including members of the band whose pyrotechnics sparked the blaze and manufacturers of...
R.I. Gov. Carcieri Names Police Veteran to Beacon Mutual Board
Feb 15 2006 // Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri, who is battling the insurer over legislation to relax its regulation and reduce the number of gubernatoral board appointees, has appointed former State Police Major Brendan P....
Jurors Hear Closing Arguments in R.I. Lead Paint Case
Feb 13 2006 // Former lead pigment manufacturers knew their product caused brain damage and killed children but continued to sell it anyway, a lawyer said last Friday as the closing arguments concluded in the state’s lawsuit...
Rhode Island Beacon Mutual’s looks to write next chapter
Feb 6 2006 // Nearly 15 years ago, Rhode Island employers faced an uncertain future: state law required businesses to carry workers’ compensation insurance to cover their employees, yet no commercial insurer would write such...
Beacon Mutual bill advances over R.I. Gov. Carcieri’s opposition
Feb 6 2006 // Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri lost the first round in this year’s battle to restructure the state’s dominant workers’ compensation writer, Beacon Mutual. Over Carcieri’s objections, the Rhode...
Rhode Island Beacon Mutual’s looks to write next chapter
Feb 5 2006 // Beacon Mutual remains a non-profit. Beacon remains Rhode Island based. Beacon remains focused exclusively on workers’ compensation. Nearly 15 years ago, Rhode Island employers faced an uncertain future: state law...
Rhode Island Beacon Mutual’s looks to write next chapter
Feb 5 2006 // Beacon Mutual remains a non-profit. Beacon remains Rhode Island based. Beacon remains focused exclusively on workers’ compensation. Nearly 15 years ago, Rhode Island employers faced an uncertain future: state law...
Moran Joins Provider Insurance in R.I.
Jan 31 2006 // Provider Insurance Group has named Jamie Moran as an employee benefit specialist in the insurance agency’s Woonsocket, R.I. office. As an employee benefit specialist, Moran performs administrative duties assisting...
Lead Paint Makers Rest Their R.I. Case Without Calling Witnesses
Jan 30 2006 // Lawyers for four lead-paint makers accused of creating a public-health threat that poisons thousands of children a year abruptly rested their case on Jan. 26 without calling any witnesses. Later in the day, defense lawyer...
