Latest Rhode Island Headlines
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Rhode Island Governor Vetoes Bill on Suing Car Insurance Companies
Jul 12 2019 // Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo has vetoed a bill that would have allowed individuals to sue auto insurers for triple damages if their vehicle is totaled. The Democratic governor says the bill, which is supported by...
Rhode Island Governor Signs Three Bills to Combat Opioid Overdoses, Deaths
Jul 11 2019 // Rhode Island’s governor has signed three bills to combat opioid overdoses and deaths. Democratic Governor Gina Raimondo signed 71 bills into law on Monday, including the bills to address opioids. The first bill will...
Jury Gets to Decide If One Insurer Acted in Bad Faith Against Another
Jun 5 2019 // A federal judge in Rhode Island has cleared the way for a trial to decide whether Columbia Casualty Insurance, in bad faith, put its own interest over its policyholder’s by gambling on a trial instead of settling a...
Paquin Insurance Agency Joins OceanPoint Insurance Agency in Rhode Island
Apr 24 2019 // Paquin Insurance Agency has joined OceanPoint Insurance Agency’s organization in Rhode Island. Paquin Agency Principal Rick Paquin has accepted a position as vice president for OceanPoint, and he and his brother,...
Rhode Island High Court Vacates Lower Court Decision in Drowning Case
Apr 22 2019 // The Rhode Island Supreme Court has vacated a lower court’s decision that ruled in favor of a swimming pool retailer sued by the parents of a 4-year-old boy who drowned in one of their pools. Raymond Oliver and...
Rhode Island’s Starkweather & Shepley Elects Lowe to Board of Directors
Apr 8 2019 // East Providence, R.I.-headquartered Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) has elected Elizabeth Lowe to the board of directors. Lowe, president of Custom House Risk Advisors (CHRA), is the first...
Woman Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Rhode Island Tech Company of $500K
Apr 4 2019 // A Massachusetts woman has pleaded guilty to defrauding a Rhode Island technology company out of more than $550,000 in reimbursements for business expenses. Jill Martinho entered her plea to wire fraud and willfully making...
Rhode Island’s Starkweather & Shepley Elects Meacham to Board of Directors
Apr 1 2019 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) has elected Patrick Meacham to the board of directors. Meacham, senior vice president of Transportation Risks Solutions, has more than 20 years of experience...
Rhode Island Horse Insurer Gets Three Years in Prison for $1.3M Fraud Scheme
Mar 14 2019 // A Rhode Island insurance agent who specializes in insuring horses has been sentenced to three years in prison for defrauding clients, insurance companies and finance companies out of $1.3 million. Federal prosecutors say...
Rhode Island’s Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Hires Hornsey
Mar 12 2019 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) has hired Shikha Hornsey as chief information officer based in East Providence, R.I. Hornsey will be responsible for formulating organizational growth through...
Police Say Intoxicated Driver Hit 41 Cars in Rhode Island
Mar 1 2019 // Rhode Island police have arrested a man they say was driving under the influence when he struck more than 40 other vehicles. Police say 45-year-old Christopher Paolissi, of Foster, was “zig-zagging” his pickup...
Insurers Seek to Deny Boat Owner’s Claim in Rhode Island Case
Feb 18 2019 // The National Liability & Fire Insurance Co. and the Boat Owners Association of the United States are suing a Vermont man in federal court in Rhode Island and are seeking to deny his claim on an $85,000 policy for his...
Narragansett Bay Insurance Company Relocates Corporate Offices in Rhode Island
Feb 13 2019 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (NBIC) has relocated its corporate offices to the Northwoods Office Park in Johnston, R.I. NBIC is a provider of homeowners insurance in Rhode Island and the Northeastern U.S., with...
Restoring Gas Heat in Rhode Island Could Take a Week or More
Jan 25 2019 // National Grid began the painstaking process Tuesday of going door-to-door to restore natural gas service to about 7,000 Rhode Island customers who were without heat on a day when temperatures weren’t expected to rise...
Rhode Island Restaurant Shut Down After Shooting
Jan 15 2019 // Providence, R.I., officials have temporarily shut down a restaurant where a patron opened fire. The city Board of Licenses says they held an emergency meeting Sunday and approved a request from city police to shut down La...
San Group Hires Terry as Regional Vice President for Connecticut, Rhode Island
Jan 10 2019 // Satellite Agency Network Group Inc. (SAN) has hired Mike Terry as regional vice president. In this role, Terry will be responsible for membership service, business development and insurance company relations for all SAN...
The Hilb Group Acquires Rhode Island’s Aloisio Insurance Associates
Jan 9 2019 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Rhode Island-based Aloisio Insurance Associates Inc. (AIA). AIA, a full-service insurance agency, primarily provides property and casualty insurance to individuals and businesses in...
FM Global Names Fidler SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer in Rhode Island
Dec 31 2018 // FM Global, a commercial and industrial property insurer, has named Deanna Fidler as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. In this role, she is based at FM Global’s corporate offices in Johnston,...
Rhode Island Equine Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty in $1.3M Fraud Scheme
Dec 13 2018 // A Rhode Island insurance agent and agency owner who specializes in providing equine insurance coverage has admitted to operating schemes which defrauded customers, insurance companies and finance companies of approximately...
Rhode Island Awards Contract to Run Autonomous Shuttles
Dec 5 2018 // The Rhode Island Department of Transportation has awarded a contract to begin a self-driving shuttle service in Providence. The agency said Monday that May Mobility in Ann Arbor, Mich., will operate the state’s first...
