Latest Rhode Island Headlines
All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Credit Card Numbers Reported Stolen from R.I. Government Web Site
Jan 29 2006 // Thousands of credit card numbers were stolen from a state government Web site that allows residents to register their cars and buy state permits, authorities said Friday. The private company that runs RI.gov told the state...
R.I. Senate Passes Beacon Mutual Bill
Jan 26 2006 // The Rhode Island Senate on a vote of 34-3 passed legislation to reduce the number of public appointees to the board of Beacon Mutual and free the state’s dominant workers’ compensation insurer to cover...
Tougher R.I. Drunk Driving Bill Clears First Legislative Hurdle
Jan 26 2006 // Rhode Island House leaders made good this week on their promise to promote legislation to toughen Rhode Island’s drunken driving laws. The House Judiciary Committee voted 10-4 to approve a bill that would increase...
R.I. Senate to Vote on Beacon Mutual Bill Opposed by Governor Today
Jan 25 2006 // Legislation to amend the charter of the Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. to reduce the number of public appointees on the workers’ compensation carrier’s board and clear the way for it to write out-of-state accounts...
R.I.’s Beacon Mutual pursues rate cuts, restructuring plan
Jan 22 2006 // Beacon Mutual, Rhode Island’s biggest workers’ compensation writer with about 90 percent of the business, has some big plans. First is its plan to lower the loss cost portion of premiums for most employers by...
R.I.’s Top Workers’ Comp Writer, Beacon Mutual, Seeks 27% Decrease
Jan 17 2006 // Rhode Island’s biggest workers’ compensation writer, Beacon Mutual Insurance Company, is requesting a 27.7 percent average loss cost decrease in a filing to the Department of Business Regulation. Rhode Island...
Judge Hands State Setback in R.I. Lead Paint Lawsuit
Jan 13 2006 // A judge dealt a potential setback Wednesday to the state’s landmark lawsuit against former makers of lead paint, preventing two key witnesses from testifying about how much has been spent to combat the problem in...
R.I. Requiring Bartenders to Complete Alcohol-Awareness Class by April
Jan 5 2006 // Rhode Island bartenders are being told they must go back to school to learn about how to help prevent underage drinking and drunk driving by patrons. The state’s servers must complete an alcohol-awareness class by...
From New England to Virginia, Courts Made Insurance Headlines in 2005
Dec 30 2005 // From Maine to Virginia, many of the insurance headlines in 2005 dealt with compensation and reinsurance probes, just as they did across the country, casting the industry’s reputation in a bad light. But much of the...
R.I. Names Interim Fire Marshal
Dec 28 2005 // Rhode Island Gov. Donald L. Carcieri has appointed State Police Superintendent, Col. Steven Pare, as the interim State Fire Marshal. The interim appointment will be effective until the governor appoints a permanent marshal...
Lloyd’s Dropped from R.I. Nightclub Suit
Dec 12 2005 // A federal judge in Rhode Island has ordered Lloyd’s of London dropped from a civil lawsuit filed by victims of the 2003 fire at the Station nightclub. Finding that the insurance policy issued to nightclub owner...
Landlords Challenge New R.I. Lead Paint Law Over Exemptions
Dec 9 2005 // A group of landlords went to court Wednesday to ask a judge to strike down the state’s new lead paint law, saying it unfairly exempts certain property owners from following the regulations. Superior Court Judge...
R.I. Blues Receives Initial Green Light for For-Profit Wellness Subsidiary
Nov 29 2005 // Despite a petition from the state attorney general, the state’s top insurance regulator has conditionally approved Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island’s plan to create a for-profit subsidiary. Health...
Former Health Official Cross-Examined in R.I. Lead Paint Trial
Nov 29 2005 // The former director of the Rhode Island Department of Health acknowledged Monday as she was cross-examined in the state’s lawsuit against former lead paint manufacturers that the department’s own Web site says...
R.I. Researchers to Create Tsunami Hazard Maps for East Coast
Nov 25 2005 // Two University of Rhode Island researchers have been awarded an $86,000 grant from FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers, to create maps of the East Coast of the U.S. that will identify...
Judge Declines to Declare Mistrial in R.I. Lead Paint Case
Nov 17 2005 // A Rhode Island judge in a Providence courtroom called a prosecutor’s question to a witness prejudicial and irrelevant, but refused on this week to declare a mistrial in the state’s lawsuit against the companies...
Insurer and 2 Inspection Firms Dismissed from R.I. Nightclub Trial
Nov 13 2005 // A federal judge in Providence dismissed an insurance company and two other defendants from a civil lawsuit brought by survivors of a deadly 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire and by relatives of those who died. U.S. District...
R.I. Nightclub Owners Testify About Finances At Bankruptcy Hearing
Nov 10 2005 // The brothers who owned a Rhode Island nightclub where 100 people died in a 2003 fire offered detailed testimony about their finances for more than three hours this week as part of their ongoing bankruptcy...
Rhode Island Nightclub Trial Told There Was No Warning About Foam’s Dangers
Nov 9 2005 // A salesman who sold the flammable foam that spread a deadly fire through a Rhode Island nightclub in 2003 said it was his company’s policy to not warn customers of the potential dangers of the product, according to...
R.I. Approves NORCAL’s 10%, JUA’s 70% Med-Mal Rate Hikes
Nov 2 2005 // The R.I. Department of Business Regulation has approved a 10 percent rate hike for NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co., the state’s largest medical malpractice insurer, effective Jan. 1, 2006. The department has also agreed...
