R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-1-44: Prohibition on the pledging of stock.

No domestic insurance company, and no holding company as defined in § 27-35-1(6), shall pledge its own stock, or any stock of any domestic insurance company subsidiary, without the prior written consent of the director of business regulation. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any of these pledges in effect prior to August 5, 1996.