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Martha L. Wofford

Driving Forces: Martha L. Wofford

Martha L. Wofford Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island CEO and president IN MANY WAYS, the direction of Rhode Island’s healthcare sector depends heavily...
Karl Wadensten

Healthcare should measure outcomes, not just approvals

Ten days ago, my 82-year-old mother-in-law, Jane, was living a remarkably active and independent life. She walked regularly, swam at the YMCA and did water...

America250-Enduring Success: FM

(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...

R.I. monthly unemployment falls to 4.5% in April

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in April was 4.5%, down from 4.7% in March, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said...

America250-Enduring Success: Starkweather & Shepley

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

R.I. monthly unemployment rises to 4.7% in March

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in March was 4.7%, up from 4.6% in February, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training...
RHODE ISLAND’S seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in February was 4.6%, up from 4.5% in January, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training. / AP FILE PHOTO/LYNNE SLADKY 

R.I. monthly unemployment rises to 4.6% in February

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in February was 4.6%, up from 4.5% in January, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training...
RHODE ISLAND’S seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January was 4.5%, up from 4.4%, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training. / AP FILE PHOTO/LYNNE SLADKY 

R.I. unemployment rises to 4.5% in January despite adding jobs

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up to 4.5% in January even though the state added 400 jobs month over month,...
RIGHTS OR WRONG? Deputy House Speaker Raymond A. Hull, D-Providence, is supporting legislation that would require insurers to outline policyholders’ rights in simple terms to help in understanding, but at least one industry group objects to the additional regulation. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Insurance ‘bill of rights’ aims to end coverage confusion

Jeff Brooks, a Newport Realtor with Hogan Associates Christie’s International Real Estate, is the first to acknowledge that he should have known better. Despite his...
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

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...
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