Latest Rhode Island Headlines
All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Rhode Island Hospitals Adopt Process to Limit Surgical Error
Jul 2 2009 // All 14 hospitals in Rhode Island have agreed to adopt a uniform set of precautions to prevent surgeons from operating on the wrong body part or committing other grievous errors. Doctors and hospital officials said Tuesday...
Albaret Joins Hunter Insurance in Rhode Island
Jun 24 2009 // Emmanuel Albaret has joined Manville, Rhode Island-based insurance agency, Hunter Insurance, Inc. as an account executive. Albaret specializes in commercial lines of insurance. He has seven years of experience in the...
New Rhode Island Law Saves Residents Money When Storms Loom
Jun 19 2009 // A new law could save homeowners money when a hurricane off the Atlantic coast churns up weather strong enough to damage homes in Rhode Island but never reaches the state. Legislation signed last week by Gov. Don Carcieri...
Rhode Island Man Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion in Connecticut
Jun 19 2009 // A Rhode Island man has pleaded guilty to fraud and tax evasion charges involving the theft of furniture from The Hartford insurance company. Thirty-five-year-old Michael Young of Coventry, R.I., pleaded guilty Wednesday to...
Rhode Island Getting $2.3M in Stimulus for Flood Protection
Jun 9 2009 // Rhode Island is receiving $2.3 million in stimulus funds to protect towns against flooding. The state’s congressional delegation announced Thursday that the money will go toward projects in Cranston and West...
Rhode Island Surgeon Operates on Wrong Part of Mouth
Jun 1 2009 // Officials at a Providence, Rhode Island hospital group say an oral surgeon began operating on the wrong part of a patient’s mouth last month before discovering the error. It’s the fifth wrong-site surgery in...
Business Moves
May 4 2009 // AIG, AIU American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has taken the first step to position the rebranding of its insurance units as an independent entity, AIU Holdings. AIG has transgered the company to a special purpose...
Rhode Island, Paint Cos. Await Decision on Lawsuit Costs
Mar 30 2009 // The Rhode Island Supreme Court may have derailed the state’s lawsuit against former lead paint companies last summer, but one critical issue still remains — and it’s worth millions of dollars. A judge...
Gowrie Group Opens Rhode Island Office
Mar 11 2009 // Wetsbrook, Connecticut-based insurance agency The Gowrie Group has officially opened its Newport, Rhode Island office. The office is located in the newly renovated 1831 Aquidneck Mill, which shares a 2.5 acre waterfront...
Rhode Island Judge OKs Plan for Sharing Club Fire Settlement
Mar 10 2009 // Survivors of a deadly nightclub fire and relatives of the 100 people killed are moving closer to sharing a $176 million court settlement. A federal magistrate judge on Friday approved a proposal for distributing the money...
Rhode Island Judge Asked to OK Club Fire Settlement Plan
Feb 10 2009 // Lawyers for the survivors and relatives of the 100 people killed in a nightclub fire almost six years ago asked a judge Friday to approve a formula to distribute proceeds from a $176 million settlement. The lawyers said in...
Rhode Island Town Wants Help Paying Nightclub Fire Agreement
Feb 3 2009 // The Rhode Island town where a nightclub fire killed 100 people in 2003 says it needs help from the state to pay a $10 million settlement to survivors of the blaze and relatives of those who died. West Warwick plans to ask...
Rhode Island Judge: Lead Paint Companies Owed Restitution
Jan 28 2009 // The state of Rhode Island must reimburse more than $242,000 to three companies that succeeded in overturning a jury verdict that could have forced them to spend billions of dollars cleaning up homes contaminated by lead...
Proposal for Splitting Money in Rhode Island Club Fire Case
Jan 12 2009 // A law school professor has submitted a plan for distributing $176 million in settlement money among the more than 300 people who sued after a Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 100 people. The proposal from Francis...
Ex-Beacon Mutual VP Faces New Rhode Island Indictment
Dec 22 2008 // A former vice president at Rhode Island’s dominant workers’ compensation insurer, who was indicted two years ago for conspiracy and insurance fraud, is facing a new indictment. David R. Clark, the former vice...
Rhode Island Top Court to Hear Arguments in Club Fire Case
Dec 8 2008 // Rhode Island’s highest court is hearing arguments on whether to release jury questionnaires in the case of Station nightclub co-owner Michael Derderian, who was charged after a 2003 fire that killed 100 people. The...
Rhode Island Senate Proposes Crack Down on Drunken Driving
Dec 4 2008 // A Rhode Island state senator says he will introduce three bills in response to a federal report that said the Ocean State is not doing enough to crack down on drunken driving. The National Transportation Safety Board...
Feds: Rhode Island Not Doing Enough to Fight Drunk Driving
Dec 2 2008 // Federal transportation officials say Rhode Island’s efforts to curb drunken driving are falling short. The National Transportation Safety Board this week said that the Ocean State is one of bottom three states in the...
Eastern Insurance Hires Chase and Dunlop
Nov 24 2008 // Natick, Massachusetts-based insurance agency Eastern Insurance Group has appointed David H. Chase Jr. and Craig E. Dunlop as vice presidents in commercial lines sales. Both will be based out of Eastern’s new branch...
Ex-Rhode Island DMV Clerk Guilty of Making Fake Drivers Licenses
Nov 14 2008 // A former clerk at the Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles has been convicted of making fake drivers’ licenses that were sold to illegal immigrants and criminals. A federal jury deliberated for about 90 minutes on...
