Latest New Hampshire Headlines
All the headlines from our New Hampshire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Markets
Mar 24 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...
N.H. Lawyer Who Sought ‘Out-of-Court’ Settlements Convicted of Extortion
Mar 24 2008 // A New Hampshire lawyer who says he was just trying to settle a case has been convicted of extortion. Daniel Hynes of Manchester told a Concord hair salon to pay him $1,000 15 months ago or face a lawsuit because its...
New Markets
Mar 24 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...
Appeal Likely in $1.75 Million New Hampshire Medical Malpractice Case
Mar 11 2008 // A Concord (New Hampshire) surgeon ordered to pay $1.75 million to a man who lost his sight during surgery for a broken leg plans to appeal the jury’s decision. A Merrimack County Superior Court jury last week sided...
Granite State Reports Progress Curbing Teen Drinking
Mar 10 2008 // The rate of underage drinking by high school students has decreased in New Hampshire, as well as the number of outlets selling alcohol to minors, according to a report by a nonprofit advocacy group. However, alcohol...
Heavy Snow Taking Toll on Roofs in New Hampshire
Mar 4 2008 // Fire officials are warning New Hampshire residents to clear the snow and ice off their roofs. With rain forecast for Tuesday, the extra weight may be too much for some roofs. Snow is being blamed for two roof cave-ins over...
N.H. Reports Progress in Curbing Underage Drinking
Mar 3 2008 // The rate of underage drinking by high school students has decreased in New Hampshire, as well as the number of outlets selling alcohol to minors, according to a report by a nonprofit advocacy group. However, alcohol...
N.H. Fire Marshal Warns on Recalled Gas Heaters
Feb 28 2008 // New Hampshire’s fire marshal is drawing attention to a recall of several models of direct vent wall furnaces that are commonly used in vacation homes, cottages and one-room additions. William Degnan says the heaters,...
Redesigned N.H. Insurance Web Site Offers Home, Auto Rate Comparisons
Feb 20 2008 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department has a newly-designed Web site that promises easier navigation and offers an expanded price comparison service for consumers called the New Hampshire Rate Resource. Now, consumers can...
Sen. Sununu Exits Banking Committee
Jan 29 2008 // One of the U.S. senators who has sponsored legislation to give insurance companies the option of being regulated by the federal government instead of by states is leaving the Senate Banking Committee that deals with many...
10 Tips for Mass. Insurance Agents Moving into Competitive Market
Jan 29 2008 // Massachusetts independent agents are facing a challenge to hang onto their whopping 86 percent market share in personal lines as the state embarks upon a new competitive auto insurance system that will bring some of the...
N.H. Debates $100 Fine for Text-Messaging While Driving
Jan 25 2008 // New Hampshire is debating making it illegal for drivers to send text messages on cell phones or type on laptop computers. You still could talk on a cell phone while driving. Assistant Safety Commissioner Earl Sweeney told...
N.H. Reports Patriot Health Insurance to be Liquidated
Jan 23 2008 // New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny announced that Patriot Health Insurance Co. which was placed in rehabilitation on Dec.12, 2007, will be liquidated in a proceeding supervised by the Merrimack County...
Former N.H. Flight Attendant Settles Claim Over Sept. 11 Firing
Jan 18 2008 // A former United Airlines flight attendant has settled a suit claiming she was wrongfully fired after close friends and colleagues were killed on a jet hijacked during the September 11 terrorist attacks. Deborah Jackson...
Vermont Rethinks Law Curbing Drug Firms’ Use of Prescription Data
Jan 17 2008 // A new Vermont law restricting the drug industry’s use of data on doctors’ drug prescribing habits is facing a federal lawsuit and a new round of scrutiny. The law, which was amended in the waning days of last...
N.H. Man Took Insurance Monies for Items He Never Replaced
Jan 11 2008 // A 60-year-old New Hampshire man has been convicted of insurance fraud for taking money to replace items destroyed in a fire when he never replaced them, according to state officials. Attorney General Kelly Ayotte said...
N.H. Fixes Workers’ Compensation Law for Contractors
Jan 3 2008 // As promised, New Hampshire lawmakers made changes to a controversial workers’ compensation measure affecting small contractors one of their first orders of business for 2008. Meeting in Concord on Jan. 2, the House...
N.H. Construction Firm Pays $158K Haz Waste Settlement
Dec 21 2007 // A New Hampshire judge has approved a hazardous waste violation settlement that will see a Pembroke construction company pay a $157,500 fine. The state alleged Venture Construction, Inc., transported and stored hazardous...
MVP Insurance Assumes Policies as Patriot Health Falters in N.H.
Dec 14 2007 // New Hampshire insurance regulators have begun supervising the operations of Patriot Health Insurance Co. and another insurer will take over its policies and operations. Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny says MVP Health...
N.H. Man Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Theft
Dec 11 2007 // A 52-year-old New Hampshire man has pleaded guilty to theft in a workers’ compensation case. Attorney General Kelly Ayotte says Philip Rice of Derry was sentenced to serve six months in jail with the sentence...
