Latest Rhode Island Headlines
All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
R.I. Begins Issuing 3 Distinct Adjuster Licenses
Jan 12 2015 // Rhode Island’s Insurance Superintendent Joseph Torti III issued a bulletin on Dec. 22 on the Ocean State transitioning to new license categories for adjusters. “Effective Jan. 1, 2015 the Rhode Island Insurance...
Rhode Island to Begin Issuing 3 Distinct Adjuster Licenses
Dec 24 2014 // Rhode Island’s Insurance Superintendent Joseph Torti III issued a bulletin this week on transitioning to new license categories for adjusters. “Effective Jan. 1, 2015 the Rhode Island Insurance Claim Adjuster...
Ringling Bros. Disputes OSHA Citation for Hair-Hanging Accident in R.I.
Dec 19 2014 // Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has contested a citation it received from federal regulators for an accident that sent eight hair-hanging acrobats plummeting to the ground during a live performance, severely...
S&S Insurance Solutions of Florida Acquires Imperial Insurance
Dec 4 2014 // S&S Insurance Solutions of Florida, a division of East Providence, Rhode Island-based Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage, has acquired Imperial Insurance of Naples, Florida. Terms of the transaction were...
Circus Cited for Hair-Hanging Stunt in Rhode Island That Injured 9
Nov 5 2014 // Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus misused a key rigging component in a hair-hanging stunt, causing a fall that seriously injured eight acrobats from the U.S., Brazil, Bulgaria and Ukraine, federal workplace...
Starkweather & Shepley Acquires Universal Insurance Agency in Rhode Island
Nov 3 2014 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. in East Providence, Rhode Island, has acquired Universal Insurance Agency of Smithfield, Rhode Island. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Under the...
Amica CEO DiMuccio Receives NAACP Award in Rhode Island
Oct 27 2014 // Amica Mutual Insurance Co. in Lincoln, Rhode Island, announced that Robert A. DiMuccio, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Amica Mutual, was honored with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award at the NAACP...
Rhode Island’s OceanPoint Insurance Hires Porter as Director of Sales
Oct 20 2014 // Christine Porter OceanPoint Insurance Agency Inc. in Middletown, Rhode Island, has hired Christine Porter as director of sales. Porter will oversee the sales management of all OceanPoint products, including personal...
Ames & Gough Acquires Bixby Insurance Agency in Rhode Island
Sep 30 2014 // Ames & Gough, an insurance broker and risk management consultant specializing in serving design professionals, law firms, associations/nonprofits and other professional service firms, announced it has acquired the...
Rhode Island’s FM Global Announces Promotions
Sep 16 2014 // FM Global has promoted six executives to new senior management roles, effective Oct. 1, 2014. Bret N. Ahnell, senior vice president, Western division manager, will become an executive vice president. He will oversee...
Rhode Island’s Starkweather & Shepley Announces Promotions
Sep 10 2014 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. in East Providence, Rhode Island, recently announced the following promotions. David B. Soforenko has been promoted to sales manager of Starkweather & Shepley...
R.I. Lowers Assessment Rate for Workers’ Comp Insurers to 6.65%
Aug 25 2014 // The Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training (DLT) announced last week that it has cut the administrative assessment rate charged to insurance companies providing workers’ comp coverage in Rhode Island. For...
Rhode Island Hospital to Pay $150K for Losing Personal Data
Jul 28 2014 // A Rhode Island hospital has agreed to pay $150,000 in Massachusetts after losing backup tapes that contained the personal information of more than 12,000 Massachusetts residents. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha...
FM Global in Rhode Island Appoints Global Client Services VP
Jul 24 2014 // FM Global appointed Peter Pettinicchio as vice president and manager for global client services and sales operations. He is based in FM Global’s Johnston, Rhode Island, headquarters. Pettinicchio joined FM Global in...
6.5 Million Homes from Maine to Texas at Risk for Storm Surge: CoreLogic
Jul 10 2014 // More than 6.5 million homes along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of storm surge inundation, representing nearly $1.5 trillion in total potential reconstruction costs. More than $986 billion of that risk is...
Acrobats Injured in R.I. Circus Crash Hire Law Firm
Jun 18 2014 // Seven of the eight hair-hanging circus acrobats who fell to the floor during a “human chandelier” stunt in the U.S. last month have hired a law firm to represent them, the firm announced Monday. The women were...
Rhode Island Officials Remind Residents to Be Prepared for Hurricane Season
Jun 3 2014 // Rhode Island officials are urging residents to prepare for hurricane season. Gov. Lincoln Chafee says three to six hurricanes are expected to affect the Atlantic Coast this year and that people should take steps to be...
R.I. Approves WC Advisory Loss Costs Increase of 2.5% for Industrial Classes
May 19 2014 // Rhode Island’s Department of Business Regulation, Insurance Division, on May 15 approved a +2.5 percent overall increase in advisory loss costs for workers’ compensation for industrial classes and an overall...
R.I. Issues Bulletin on Implementing Auto Insurance Verification System
May 15 2014 // Rhode Island regulators recently issued a bulletin notifying the state’s auto insurers of their filing requirements and deadlines for the Rhode Island Insurance Verification System (RIIVS) to track uninsured...
Authorities Say Clamp Snapped in R.I. Aerial Circus Accident
May 6 2014 // Investigators looking into why eight circus acrobats plummeted to the ground during an aerial hair-hanging stunt in Providence, R.I., have found that a clamp snapped, a public safety official said Monday. “We have...
