Latest Rhode Island Headlines
All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
R.I. OFFICIAL SEEKS BAN ON FEES:
Nov 22 2004 // In the wake of the ongoing insurance brokerage probe involving bid rigging and incentive payments, Rhode Island Secretary of State Matt Brown is proposing legislation to prohibit insurance industry “incentive...
Insurers Oppose Broadening R.I. Inspection Liability
Nov 18 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) filed a motion for permission to file an amicus brief with the Rhode Island District Court to challenge the potential expansion of the state’s statute...
R.I. Official Plans Bill Banning ‘Incentive Fees’
Nov 5 2004 // In the wake of the ongoing insurance brokerage probe involving bid rigging and incentive payments, Rhode Island Secretary of State Matt Brown is proposing legislation to prohibit insurance industry “incentive...
R.I. LEAD LAW CHANGES SOUGHT:
Oct 25 2004 // Implementation of a landmark lead paint law has been delayed in Rhode Island until next July, and now critics and some supporters say it should also be modified. The Lead Hazard Mitigation Act, which became law in 2002,...
PAWTUCKET MUTUAL CANCELS IN N.Y.:
Oct 25 2004 // The New York Supreme Court recently affirmed the position of Rhode Island regulators that decisions on policy cancellations involving a rehabilitating insurer must be handled within their state rehabilitation court and not...
R.I. MED-MAL HIKE SOUGHT:
Oct 11 2004 // Medical malpractice insurers in Rhode Island are seeking state approval for new rate hikes, over the protest of doctors who say insurance costs have caused some physicians to quit or curtail their practices. The Department...
Pawtucket Mutual Cancellations in Effect in New York
Oct 6 2004 // The New York Supreme Court recently affirmed the position of Rhode Island regulators that decisions on policy cancellations involving a rehabilitating insurer must be handled within their state rehabilitation court and not...
R.I. Fire Marshal Struggles to Meet Tough Code
Sep 29 2004 // Rhode Island Fire Marshal Irving Owens’ office has struggled with deadlines for stringent fire-safety measures approved after a deadly West Warwick nightclub fire. Owens’ five-year term ran out in July and one...
R.I. Lowers Workers’ Comp System Assessment
Aug 18 2004 // Rhode Island officials have decreased the premium assessment that insurers must charge to cover the costs of administering the state’s workers compensation system. Effective July 15, 2004, the Workers’...
R.I. Court to Decide Next Week on Personal Liability of Nightclub Owners for $1 Million Workers’ Comp Penalty
Aug 12 2004 // The Rhode Island Workers Compensation Court has refused to dismiss a case by state labor officials that seeks to hold the owners of The Station nightclub personally liable for their failure to purchase workers compensation...
RHODE ISLAND ADOPTS FLEX RATING:
Aug 9 2004 // Rhode Island lawmakers recently passed a bill to relax regulation of personal lines insurance rates—flex-rating measure allowing insurers to increase or decrease rates by no more than 5 percent within a one-year period...
Rhode Island Wants Nightclub Owners Held Personally Liable for Failure to Carry Workers’ Comp
Aug 6 2004 // The owners of The Station nightclub of Warwick should be held personally liable for failing to have workers’ compensation insurance for their employees, the state of Rhode Island argued this week in Workers’...
More than 200 Plaintiffs Sue over R.I. Nightclub Fire
Jul 26 2004 // More than 200 people affected by Rhode Island’s deadliest nightclub fire are suing the state, club owners, Budwesier, makers of foam soundproofing material, an insurance company and other defendants, alleging that...
R.I. ADOPTS FLEX-RATING:
Jul 19 2004 // Rhode Island has relaxed its regulation of personal lines insurance rates. The House and Senate approved a flex-rating measure allowing insurers to increase or decrease rates by no more than 5 percent within a one-year...
Rhode Island’s Beacon Mutual Pursues Expansion Plan
Jul 14 2004 // Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., Rhode Island’s largest workers’ compensation insurance writer that was formed in 1990 as a state fund, is taking steps to write coverage outside of the state. The Warwick company...
R.I. Weighs Fire Sprinkler Rule Extensions
Jul 12 2004 // Rhode Island businesses unprepared to meet deadlines for installing sprinklers were supposed to face penalties this month, under stringent fire-safety rules political leaders hailed as the toughest in the nation. Few, if...
More Layoffs at Pawtucket Mutual in R.I.
Jul 8 2004 // Following the decision to cancel all of its remaining policies by next month, the Pawtucket Mutual Insurance Co. announced it would layoff 36 employees this week due to the reduced workload. The 155-year-old company is now...
R.I. Gov. Carcieri Vetoes Car Rental Policy Change
Jul 7 2004 // Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri has vetoed a measure that would have restricted the state’s auto insurers’ ability to encourage the use of lower cost preferred providers for rental cars. The General Assembly...
R.I. Approves Flex Rating for Personal Lines
Jul 7 2004 // Rhode Island lawmakers have passed a bill to relax regulation of personal lines insurance rates in the state. The House and Senate have approved a flex-rating measure allowing insurers to increase or decrease rates by no...
R.I.’s Beacon Mutual to Expand into Other States for Workers’ Comp
Jul 5 2004 // Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., Rhode Island’s largest workers’ compensation insurance writer that was formed in 1990 as a state fund, is taking steps to write coverage outside of the state. The Warwick company...
