Latest Rhode Island Headlines
All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maine, Rhode Island Granted Disaster Aid for February Storm
Mar 27 2013 // Maine will be eligible for federal help to cover the costs of a blizzard that hit in early February. President Barack Obama on Monday approved Gov. Paul LePage’s request for a disaster declaration. The declaration...
Gowrie Group Names Equine Insurance Specialist in Rhode Island
Mar 21 2013 // Gowrie Group, an independent insurance agency based in Westbrook, Conn., appointed Kiley Prime as a personal lines and equine insurance specialist. She resides in Newport, R.I., and will service clients from the Newport...
USI Insurance Services VP Moves to Aon in Rhode Island
Feb 11 2013 // Aon plc, a global provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and HR consulting and outsourcing services, recently announced the addition of Mark Sweeney as vice president in the Providence, R.I....
Northeast Trying to Get Back on Track After Snowstorm
Feb 11 2013 // Emergency crews and residents struggled to clear roadways and sidewalks from a storm that rampaged through the Northeast, dumping up to 3 feet of snow and bringing howling winds that knocked out power to hundreds of...
Rhode Island Nightclub Owners Still Owe $1M Workers’ Comp Penalty
Jan 31 2013 // A Rhode Island judge is questioning why the owners of a nightclub where 100 people died in a fire in 2003 still haven’t paid a $1 million penalty for failing to carry workers’ compensation insurance. The...
R.I.-Based Narragansett Bay Insurance Co. Names New CFO
Jan 29 2013 // Pawtucket, R.I.-based Narragansett Bay Insurance Co. named industry veteran Kirk Lusk as the new chief financial officer.Kirk LuskAs CFO, Lusk will provide financial oversight including developing operating and financial...
R.I. Legislator Sentenced for Underpaying Tax for His Adjuster Firm
Dec 28 2012 // The deputy speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives has been sentenced to serve time in federal prison for tax fraud involving his insurance adjuster firm. Rep. John McCauley — the owner and co-operator...
Univ. of Rhode Island Gets $206K Grant for Crop Insurance Education
Dec 6 2012 // The University of Rhode Island has been awarded a $206,000 federal grant to help educate the state’s agricultural producers on crop insurance. U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin announced the grant from the U.S. Department of...
AIR Worldwide’s Field Reports From R.I., Conn., and Long Island, N.Y.
Nov 16 2012 // In its ongoing damage survey of areas impacted by Superstorm Sandy, AIR Worldwide’s latest report describes the kinds of damage patterns caused by Sandy in coastal communities in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Long...
R.I.-Based OceanPoint Insurance Agency Appoints New CEO
Nov 7 2012 // Middletown, R.I.-based OceanPoint Insurance Agency recently promoted Douglas Mayhew to succeed Peter Colella as president and chief executive officer effective January 2013.Douglas MayhewA 26-year veteran of the insurance...
Hurricane Deductibles Won’t Apply for Sandy in Del. Penn., R.I., D.C.
Nov 4 2012 // [Update: Maine also announced this week that hurricane deductibles would not apply for Sandy-related claims in the state. The Maine Bureau of Insurance told Insurance Journal Monday, Nov. 5, that hurricane deductibles will...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Park Row Associates in Rhode Island
Oct 24 2012 // Itasca, Ill.-headquartered global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Park Row Associates Inc. in Providence, R.I., from its parent company, Delta Dental of Rhode Island. Terms of the transaction...
Memorial for ’03 Rhode Island Nightclub Fire Unveiled
Oct 22 2012 // Relatives of the 100 people who died in a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire cried and held each other last Saturday during the unveiling of a so-called satellite memorial to their loved ones, capping a month in which a...
Rhode Island Aims to Improve Highway Safety, Reduce Deaths
Oct 3 2012 // Rhode Island’s governor has signed a plan designed to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on the state’s roadways. Gov. Lincoln Chafee on Monday signed the Strategic Highway Safety Plan, which focuses on...
Owner of Burned Rhode Island Club Donates Land for Memorial
Oct 1 2012 // The owner of the site of a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people is donating the land for a permanent memorial, bringing an end to a yearslong effort to secure the site of The Station fire by families of those killed...
Dad of Rhode Island Club Fire Victim Wants Memorial at Site
Sep 18 2012 // The father of one of the 100 people who died in a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire is asking the state to take by eminent domain the land where the nightclub once sat so a memorial can be built. Dave Kane’s son,...
Rhode Island Sees Rash of Scrap Metal Thefts
Aug 16 2012 // First thieves swiped manhole covers from a new subdivision. Then officials discovered that bronze plaques honoring work done during the Great Depression had been pried from sidewalks at Providence’s largest park....
R.I. Woman Gets 10-Year Prison Sentence for Insurance Fraud
Aug 3 2012 // Prosecutors say a Warwick, R.I., woman has been sentenced to 10 years and a day in federal prison for setting her house on fire to commit mail fraud. The Providence Journal reports that U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha says...
Rhode Island Hosting Statewide Hurricane Response Training This Week
Aug 1 2012 // Rhode Island emergency management officials are testing the state’s response to a major hurricane. The state’s National Guard and Emergency Management Agency are holding a hurricane simulation. It runs from...
Consumers in R.I. Warned of Healthcare Ruling Scam
Jul 18 2012 // Rhode Island’s attorney general is warning consumers about possible identity theft and Medicare fraud by scammers apparently trying to take advantage of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling upholding the health...
