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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. 
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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.
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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...

PBN’s 2025 Cybersecurity, AI & Tech Summit coming Oct. 9

WARWICK – The ever-evolving intersection of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and business innovation is among the topics to be discussed during Providence Business News’ 2025 Cybersecurity, AI...
THE REGULATOR: Cory King, Rhode Island’s health insurance commissioner, is overseeing changes to the state’s health care affordability standards requiring insurers to raise the amount they spend on primary care services and lower the number of prior authorization requirements. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Insurers face new rules to bolster primary care

Health care professionals are closely monitoring the fallout of new regulations the R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner established this year that are...
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