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April 28, 2006

Beacon agrees to release hard drives

WARWICK -- Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. today has agreed to give state examiners access to 19 computer hard drives, including one from its former CEO Joseph A. Solomon.

Beacon had previously refused to give up the hard drives, which have been stored in an evidentiary vault in Kent County Superior Court since the state began investigating alleged abuses within the state's largest workers' compensation insurer. Beacon had argued that the records contain confidential information.

But according to an agreement submitted today in Superior Court and signed by Judge Melanie Wilk Thunberg, Beacon will release 19 hard drives.

Still in question, however, is whether three other hard drives and some e-mail tapes will be released.

While a Beacon-funded investigation determined evidence of abuses within the company, the state Department of Business Regulation still plans to pursue a separate forensic audit.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 2:39 PM | Permalink

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