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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...
AFFORDABLE POLICIES: Rep. Joseph J. Solomon Jr., D-Warwick, has sponsored a pet insurance bill to help filter out bad actors in the market and make policies more affordable. 
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Pet insurance market booming, legislation looks to rein in bad practices

An industry born from the first policy taken out in 1982 for the TV celebrity collie Lassie is now a multibillion-dollar market, growing so...

DBR’s Dwyer honored by National Association of Insurance Commissioners

CRANSTON – The director of the R.I. Department of Business Regulation was one of three people to receive the Raymond G. Farmer Award for...

Business group awarded $300K to support health care payment reform

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The Rhode Island Business Group on Health has been awarded $300,000 by Arnold Ventures LLC, a philanthropic organization that looks to...

Consumer Watchdog blasts insurance industry over fossil fuel investments

PROVIDENCE – While many in the insurance industry lament the impacts of global warming, the nation’s top insurance companies remain heavily invested in the...
A NEW RESEARCH report by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America claims that bills now before the state House and Senate could raise Rhode Island auto insurance rates to the highest in the nation by banning the use of high-quality aftermarket parts for collision repairs.

Bills on auto parts could raise car repair costs, insurance rates,...

PROVIDENCE – A new research report by an insurance group claims that bills now before the state House and Senate could raise Rhode Island...
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