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EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION COSTS for employers in New England were $41.13 per hour in March, higher than both nationwide employer costs and Northeast employer costs for the month. / COURTESY BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

N.E. hourly compensation costs in March were $41.13

Economic Activity 06/20/2019

PROVIDENCE – Private employer compensation costs were $41.13 per hour in New England in March, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics this...

HAIL DAMAGE COSTS in the United States have elevated significantly since 2008. / BLOOMBERG NEWS

FM Global and others identify increasing hail damage costs since 2008

Economic Activity 06/17/2019

BOSTON – In 2008, the year the stock market crashed and Barack Obama won the presidency, the United States was hit with a weather...

MODEL EMPLOYEES: Staff members at The Hilb Group of New England show off their gaudy holiday sweaters.  / COURTESY THE HILB GROUP OF NEW ENGLAND

The Hilb Group of New England LLC

Financial Services 06/14/2019

Best Places to Work 2019 | MIDSIZE COMPANIES (50-149 employees): 17. The Hilb Group of New England LLC What modifications have you made to...

Narragansett Bay Insurance Co.

Financial Services 06/14/2019

Best Places to Work 2019 | MIDSIZE COMPANIES (50-149 employees): 13. Narragansett Bay Insurance Co. How would you describe the culture of your workplace?...

THE WHEEL DEAL: Members of the Starkweather & Shepley staff participate in the 2018 Bike MS: Ride the Rhode fundraiser in South Kingstown.  / COURTESY STARKWEATHER & SHEPLEY INSURANCE

Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc.

Financial Services 06/14/2019

Best Places to Work 2019 | MIDSIZE COMPANIES (50-149 employees): 8. Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. What three words best describe your staff? Passionate,...

PRETTY NEAT: Amica employees use their annual volunteer day to work with Clean Ocean Access to clear debris from the local shoreline.  / COURTESY AMICA MUTUAL INSURANCE

Amica Mutual Insurance Co.

Financial Services 06/14/2019

Best Places to Work 2019 | ENTERPRISE (500-plus employees): 4. Amica Mutual Insurance Co. What modifications have you made to your workplace to support...

KITCHEN HELP: Providence Mutual employees volunteer to cook dinners for families at the Ronald McDonald House in Providence.  / COURTESY PROVIDENCE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE

The Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Co.

Financial Services 06/14/2019

Best Places to Work 2019 | MIDSIZE COMPANIES (50-149 employees): 9. The Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Co. How would you describe the culture of...

Lax & Co. First Firm in RI to be Featured in...

Press Releases 05/02/2019

Lax & Co. is once again representing Rhode Island on the national stage in the life insurance industry. Firm President Ryan Alan Lax, along...

LISTEN AND LEARN: Participants during the first of two discussion panels at the 2019 PBN Spring Health Care Summit at the Providence Marriott talk about how the state’s health care and insurance systems must listen to and understand the whole person they purport to serve. From left: Marc Backon, president of Tufts Health Plan’s commercial division; Stephen Farrell, UnitedHealthcare of New England CEO; Dr. John Murphy, executive vice president of physician affairs at Lifespan; James E. Purcell, former CEO of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island and founder of the Returns on Wellbeing Institute; Shannon Shallcross, co-founder and CEO of BetaXAnalytics; and Neil D. Steinberg, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Panel: Many health, insurance services out of touch with user

Government 04/12/2019

To work better, the state’s health care and insurance systems must ramp up one critical skill: listening to and understanding the whole person they...