A Patchogue, N.Y.-based insurance adjustment company is opening an office to serve the northern and western portions of New Jersey, according to company officials.

Rhode Island’s insurance commissioner rejected Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island’s (BCBSRI) request for a 2.4% rate increase on its Direct Pay products, and instead issued a 1.1% rate decrease.

A Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.-based insurance company acquired a Wakefield, RI.-based employee benefit consulting and brokerage firm specializing in middle-market businesses.

Two Rhode Island men, including a lawyer, were charged with allegedly stealing the identities of terminally-ill patients and elderly to obtain more than $25 million from insurance companies and bond issuers.

Insurers must be quick and fair throughout the claims process, communicating more with customers, to improve people’s satisfaction when making an auto insurance claim, a new study says.

A health insurer was banned from operating in Rhode Island for three years and ordered to pay more than $2.3 million in restitution after allegedly engaging in illegal underwriting practices.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) granted a second round of awards totaling $109 million to 28 states and Washington, D.C., to further implement federal health reform.

Four Rhode Island people, including an unlicensed insurance adjuster, pleaded guilty to conspiring to collect an insurance claim on an uninsured home with flood damage.

Employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) eroded “significantly” in the last decade, although federal health reform is expected to reverse the decline for small employers, two studies say.

A Rhode Island radio personality and a a former town council president are expected to admit this week to their roles in an insurance fraud scheme involving damage to a home and pool, according to media reports.