Latest New Hampshire Headlines
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New Hampshire Approves NCCI’s Filing for WC Advisory Loss Cost Decrease
Oct 18 2013 // New Hampshire’s insurance department this week approved the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s advisory loss cost and rating values filing, to be effective Jan. 1, 2014. NCCI filed its request in...
Allstate Plans to Hire New Agents in Penn., Conn., Maine, R.I., N.H.
Sep 30 2013 // Allstate Insurance Company announced last week that the company is planning to hire new insurance agents in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. The insurer would hire approximately 455 new...
New Hampshire’s Minkler New Chairman of Big ‘I’
Sep 30 2013 // New Hampshire independent agent Thomas J. Minkler has been inaugurated as the new chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”), with David Walker as...
New Hampshire’s Attorney General Sues Shell Oil for $2.4M Cleanup Costs
Sep 5 2013 // New Hampshire’s attorney general is suing Shell Oil Co. seeking reimbursement of $2.4 million in cleanup costs, saying the company did not disclose that it had insurance coverage for those costs. Attorney General...
New Hampshire Court Outlines Drunk Defense in Workers’ Comp Claims
Aug 22 2013 // The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled that intoxication must be determined to be the cause of an accident for it to be a defense against a workers’ compensation claim. The court sent Thomas Phillips’ case...
SAN Group Creates 2 New Management Positions in New Hampshire
Aug 13 2013 // Satellite Agency Network Group Inc., an alliance of independent property/casualty insurance agencies in the Northeast, created two new management positions within their Hampton, N.H., headquarters: chief operating officer...
NCCI Filing Seeks Decrease in N.H. Workers’ Comp Loss Costs, Assigned Risk Rates
Aug 9 2013 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) recently delivered a workers compensation loss cost filing to the New Hampshire Insurance Department. Based upon its review of the most recently available data, NCCI...
N.H. Insurance Department Finds Way to Accept $5M Grant
Aug 6 2013 // The New Hampshire insurance department announced on Aug. 2 that it has found a way around Republican legislative efforts to block New Hampshire from spending a $5 million grant educating consumers about the federal health...
People – East
Jun 17 2013 // New Hampshire’s Executive Council has unanimously confirmed the reappointment of Roger Sevigny to another five-year term as the state’s insurance commissioner. New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan nominated Sevigny...
N.H. Commissioner Sevigny’s Reappointment Confirmed by Exec Council
Jun 6 2013 // New Hampshire’s Executive Council has unanimously confirmed on Wednesday the reappointment of Roger Sevigny to another five-year term as the state’s insurance commissioner.New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner...
N.H.-Based Northern United Agents Alliance Announces New Agency Member
Jun 4 2013 // The Northern United Agents Alliance (NUAA) announced the addition of Kinney Insurance Agency, based in South Hero, Vt., as the newest member of the alliance. For more than 25 years, Kinney Insurance Agency, with office...
Cross Insurance Hires Construction Risk Specialist in New Hampshire
May 31 2013 // Cross Insurance, an insurance brokerage and subsidiary of Bangor, Maine-based Cross Financial Corp., announced the hiring of Mike Guarino as a producer in the firm’s Manchester, N.H. office. Guarino has been in the...
N.H. Gov. Nominates Sevigny to Continue to Serve as Insurance Commissioner
May 17 2013 // New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan nominated Roger Sevigny to another five-year term as the state’s insurance commissioner. The governor formally made the nomination Wednesday at the Executive Council meeting. The...
New Hampshire Jury Finds Exxon Mobil Liable for $236.4M in U.S. Pollution Suit
Apr 9 2013 // A New Hampshire jury on Tuesday found Exxon Mobil Corp liable for $236.4 million in a civil lawsuit that charged the oil company had polluted groundwater in the state with a gasoline additive used to reduce smog in the...
Lloyd’s Sues N.H. Utility Company, Says Electrical Glitch Caused Fire
Mar 29 2013 // The insurer for a business at New Hampshire’s Hampton Beach has sued a utility, saying a February 2010 fire that destroyed a block of businesses was sparked by an electrical glitch. The suit says before the fire, an...
New Hampshire Officials Warn Snow Poses Roof Collapse Danger
Feb 28 2013 // New Hampshire emergency management officials are warning the third major snowstorm in a month is increasing the danger that roofs could collapse under the weight of the snow New Hampshire Acting Director of Homeland...
Bipartisan Optimism As Sweet As Maple Syrup at Workers’ Comp Conference
Feb 28 2013 // The political stalemate in Washington regarding the deficit and sequestration is not as dire or depressing as most people and pundits proclaim, and is in fact a positive sign that the country is grappling with important...
SeaFire Insurance Seeks Agency Partners in New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine
Feb 12 2013 // SeaFire Insurance Services said it is actively seeking new agency partners in New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine for its exclusive auto dealer and repair insurance program. SeaFire said it will consider appointments for...
Northeast Blizzard Hit Like a Hurricane
Feb 10 2013 // A blizzard packing hurricane-force winds hammered the northeastern United States on Saturday, cutting power to 700,000 homes and businesses, shutting down travel and leaving at least nine people dead. The mammoth storm...
Maritime Program Group Names VP of Recreational Marine Division in N.H.
Feb 7 2013 // Maritime Program Group recently appointed Dana Downes as vice president of the recreational marine division. He is based in Manchester, N.H. Downes assumes the overall responsibilities for all commercial recreational...
