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NEW WORKSPACE: Peter Gillespie, senior vice president and branch manager for Cross Insurance Inc., stands at the entrance of the company’s new offices at The Foundry in Providence.  PBN PHOTO/MATTHEW MCNULTY

‘Low supply and low demand’: R.I. office market undergoing ‘repositioning’

Business Services 06/19/2026

On a sunny summer morning at the Foundry in Providence, Cross Insurance Inc. employees move past exposed brick walls and soaring 14-foot ceilings before...

America250-Enduring Success: FM

America250-Enduring Success 05/25/2026

(Editor’s note: This is the 10th installment in a weekly series featuring Rhode Island’s oldest companies as the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of...

GUIDING LIGHT: Erica Davies got her boutique travel firm, The Well Traveled Soul LLC, off the ground in 2022 after years of working in corporate America.  PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

She’s on a journey curating trips for clients

Business Women 05/22/2026

PBN Business Women Awards 2026 ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Erica Davies, The Well Traveled Soul LLC Cranston native Erica Davies spent two decades in the corporate world – from...

EXERCISING EFFICIENCY: Kimberly Hayes, head of global technology enablement services at FM, has prioritized bringing increased financial transparency and streamlined, cutting-edge processes to internal operations at the mutual insurer. PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Innovating while living authentically

Business Services 04/24/2026

PBN 2026 C-Suite Awards ENTERPRISE PRIVATE COMPANY (More than 500 employees): Kimberly Hayes FM head of global technology enablement services Kimberly Hayes, the head of global technology...

BankFive’s Medeiros, YMCA’s Coppolino and others honored at PBN’s 2026 C-Suite...

Business Services 04/17/2026

WARWICK – When Marc Coppolino started as the chief financial officer at the Greater Providence YMCA, the organization was in need of cleaning up,...

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...

THOMAS LAWSON DIED on March 7. He was CEO of FM Global from 2015 to 2021. / COURTESY FM

Former FM CEO Thomas Lawson dies at 69

Business Services 03/10/2026

PAWTUCKET - Thomas Lawson, former CEO of Johnston-based global commercial insurer FM Global, died on March 7. He was 69. Lawson's career at FM spanned...