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PBN celebrates 40th anniversary with business community

Business Services 08/07/2026

PAWTUCKET – Providence Business News on Thursday celebrated four decades of providing business journalism to Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts at its 40th Anniversary...

The League of RI Businesses made a play to sidestep campaign...

Economic Activity 08/06/2026

Vanessa Lopez knew the odds were stacked against her. A first-time candidate going up against a three-term incumbent, Lopez realized she needed outside help to...

Amica raises $39,242 for ALS Rhode Island through annual CEO Challenge

Financial Services 08/03/2026

PROVIDENCE – Amica Mutual Insurance Co. raised $39,242 through its annual CEO Challenge benefiting ALS United Rhode Island, dedicating this year’s fundraiser to longtime...

Edmund ‘Ted’ Shallcross III / COURTESY AMICA MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.

Five Questions With: Edmund “Ted” Shallcross III

5Q 07/31/2026

Edmund ‘Ted’ Shallcross III Chairman, CEO and president, Amica Mutual Insurance Co. 1. You’ve stepped into the dual role of CEO and board chair. How...

PBN unveils 2026 Healthiest Employers of Rhode Island

Economic Activity 06/22/2026

PROVIDENCE – Twenty-seven organizations have been named as honorees in Providence Business News’ 2026 Healthiest Employers of Rhode Island Awards program. All the honorees for...

Amica names CEO Shallcross board chairman

Economic Activity 04/30/2026

LINCOLN – Edmund “Ted” Shallcross III’s leadership role at Amica Mutual Insurance Co. has expanded. Shallcross, who has been the Amica’s CEO and president since October...

A HEARTBEAT AWAY: Elizabeth Kelleher Dwyer, director of R.I. Department of Business Regulation, has been appointed president-elect of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and will take over the top role in 2027. At right is Megan Mihara, DBR principal program manager. PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Dwyer poised to give R.I. big voice on national level

Financial Services 03/27/2026

For the first time in more than a century, a Rhode Island insurance regulator has stepped into a top national role. Elizabeth Kelleher Dwyer, director...

TIME CONSCIOUS: Barry Dejasu of East Providence waits at Kennedy Plaza to make his R.I. Public Transit Authority bus home after arriving on a bus from Warwick, where he works. RIPTA service changes have made his commute longer and more complex. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

WEAKENED CONNECTIONS: RIPTA’s service cuts disrupting sectors of R.I. workforce

Cover Story 02/27/2026

For years, East Providence resident Barry Dejasu’s commute to Warwick followed the same routine: Leave the house at around 7:30 a.m., walk to the...

MAKING A POINT: Shameem Awan, second from right, senior assistant vice president of Amica Mutual Insurance Co., speaks during a panel discussion at Providence Business News’ 2025 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit and Awards Program on Dec. 4. Also on the panel, from left, are Monika P. Zuluaga, CEO and president of the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce; Tracey G. Wiley, executive director of diversity, equity and inclusion at Bally’s Corp.; and moderator Kevin Matta, senior director of people and culture at United Way of Rhode Island Inc. PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: Diversity effort evolving ‘beyond the surface level’

PBN Summit 12/19/2025

Kevin Matta has watched the definition of diversity, equity and inclusion evolve before his eyes in Rhode Island’s corporate community. In his six years of...