Latest Rhode Island Headlines
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Massachusetts Mom Sues Rhode Island Bakery over Tainted Pastries
Apr 6 2011 // A Massachusetts woman is suing a Rhode Island bakery alleging that its pastries gave her son salmonella. Attorneys for Erin Carrera filed the lawsuit Monday against DeFusco’s Bakery in Johnston. Carrera, of Rehoboth,...
Rhode Island Bakery Linked to 56 Salmonella Cases
Apr 4 2011 // Fifty-six people have fallen ill with suspected cases of salmonella amid an outbreak that may be linked to a Rhode Island bakery. That’s up from 39 people as of three days ago. The Rhode Island Department of Health...
Rhode Island Ponders Forcing Insurers to Buy Driving Records
Apr 4 2011 // Budget-strapped Rhode Island is considering a new way to raise money: Force insurers to buy official driving reports from the state, at $20 a driver. The move — part of a budget amendment that would alter laws...
Rhode Island Ponders Forcing Insurers to Buy Driving Records
Mar 25 2011 // Budget-strapped Rhode Island is considering a new way to raise money: Force insurers to buy official driving reports from the state, at $20 a driver. The move — part of a budget amendment that would alter laws...
Rhode Island Town Not Liable for $4.3M in Damages in Bullying Suit
Mar 25 2011 // A Rhode Island Superior Court judge has ruled that the town of Johnston does not have to pay $4.3 million in damages awarded to a girl who says she was bullied and beaten by a police detective’s daughter and two...
Worker at Rhode Island Business Dies
Mar 17 2011 // Authorities say they are investigating the death of a worker at a North Kingstown company. Police say the 26-year-old man was moving equipment at Composite Rigging Co. on Tuesday when a cable snapped and hit him in the...
Rhode Island Attorney General Opposes Workers’ Comp Rate Hike
Mar 11 2011 // Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin said he opposed a 3.9 percent workers’ comp rate hike being sought by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for the state. NCCI’s calculations...
Former Rhode Island Town Councilman Admits Taking Bribes
Mar 3 2011 // A former North Providence town councilman has pleaded guilty to corruption charges, admitting he solicited tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for votes to approve zoning changes as well as his role in an...
Dad of Rhode Island Motorcyclist in Crash Sues Insurer
Feb 14 2011 // The father of a Rhode Island motorcyclist who was killed in May by a driver running a red light has sued his insurance company. The Westerly Sun reports that Richard “Robin” Foote’s lawsuit challenges a...
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Feb 7 2011 // OneBeacon Technology Insurance appointed Mary Fisk-Bieker as vice president and central and eastern territories underwriting manager. She brings more than 25 years of insurance experience to OneBeacon, 23 years of which...
GreenWood Partners with Cook for Injured on Duty Coverage in Mass., R.I.
Feb 1 2011 // GreenWood International Insurance Services, Inc (GWI) is has chosen Cook & Co. of Marshfield, Mass. to provide claim and distribution support for police and fire injured on duty policies within the Massachusetts and...
Bikash to Oversee Planning at Gencorp
Jan 26 2011 // Rhode Island-based Gencorp Insurance Group has appointed Robert Bikash to oversee the company’s financial and administrative planning. Bikash most recently served as finance director and business manager of a...
Rhode Island Bill Would Require Landscapers to Carry Insurance
Jan 19 2011 // A bill filed by a Rhode Island lawmaker would require landscapers to register with the state and carry at least $100,000 in public liability and property damage insurance. The bill was sponsored last week by state Sen....
USI Acquires Mastors & Servant in Rhode Island
Dec 23 2010 // New York-based USI Holdings has closed on its acquisition of Mastors & Servant Risk Services, a Rhode Island-based brokerage that specializes in commercial property/casualty, bonds and employee benefits insurance for...
Rhode Island Drivers Who Pay Tickets by Mail Escape Scrutiny
Dec 14 2010 // An analysis finds some Rhode Island drivers are moving unnoticed through the system and staying behind the wheel despite multiple violations. The Providence Journal reports Sunday that some drivers’ lengthy records...
Four Plead Not Guilty in High Profile Insurance Fraud Case in R.I.
Dec 5 2010 // Four people pleaded not guilty last month in U.S. District Court in an alleged scheme to rip off an insurance company of nearly $50,000, including a former North Providence town councilman facing corruption charges in a...
Prosecutors: Friends Killed Rhode Island Man for Insurance Settlement
Dec 1 2010 // Two Fall River men accused of killing and robbing their friend have been ordered held without bail. Charles Mendez and Tacoma Massie pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges Monday at their arraignment in Fall River...
Rhode Island Charges Ex-Providence Politician with Fraud
Nov 22 2010 // A former North Providence councilman already accused of corruption was indicted Thursday along with three others, including an on-air radio personality, of trying to rip off an insurance company by intentionally damaging a...
Rhode Island Launches Online Worker’s Comp Verification
Nov 16 2010 // Rhode Island is the latest New England state to launch an online system that lets businesses and consumers verify whether an organization has workers’ compensation insurance coverage. The verification site is a...
Rhode Island Grand Jury Indicts Former Beacon Mutual CEO
Oct 18 2010 // A Grand Jury has indicted the former head of Rhode Island’s dominant workers’ compensation insurer, charging him with stealing from Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. Attorney General Patrick Lynch said that Joseph...
