Latest New Hampshire Headlines
All the headlines from our New Hampshire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Two in N.H. Accused of Workers’ Compensation Benefit Fraud
Aug 1 2007 // Two New Hampshire residents have been indicted on fraud charges involving workers’ compensation insurance. Attorney General Kelly Ayotte says indictments were returned against Phillip Rice, 52, of Derry and Dorothy...
Fearing 1st Amendment Lawsuit, N.H. Town Scraps Insurance Requirement
Jul 30 2007 // Faced with a possible First Amendment lawsuit, selectmen in Jaffrey, New Hampshire have rescinded their new guidelines requiring people or groups holding events on town property to buy $1 million insurance coverage. The...
N.H. Accepts Insurers Use of Credit to Price Auto Insurance
Jul 24 2007 // Most insurance companies doing business in New Hampshire base their customers’ insurance rates partly on their car loans, credit card balances and other debt. Five years ago, the state Insurance Department adopted...
N.H. Law Continues Health Insurance for Ex-Spouse After Divorce
Jul 23 2007 // New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has signed a law extending health insurance coverage to people who lose their insurance when their marriages break up. The law, which takes effect Jan. 1., requires insurance companies to let...
Business Moves
Jul 23 2007 // Willis, InsuranceNoodle Willis Group Holdings Limited, the global insurance broker, has acquired Chicago-based InsuranceNoodle, an Internet distributor of U.S. small business insurance. Terms of the transaction were not...
N.H. Gov. Lynch Vetoes Civil Damages Bill Opposed by Businesses, Towns
Jul 6 2007 // New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has vetoed a bill that would have limited the number of parties against whom damage awards from civil suits could be apportioned. “I cannot support this change in the law because it is...
N.H. passes tort reform measure
Jul 2 2007 // The New Hampshire House last month gave final approval to the bill that defines who can be sued and ordered to pay damages in a lawsuit, even after some lawmakers complained the language is confusing. The bill defines...
Merchants Preferred Debuts in N.H.
Jun 29 2007 // Merchants Mutual Insurance Co. announced that its recently formed subsidiary, Merchants Preferred Insurance Co., issued its first insurance policy, a commercial auto policy, in New Hampshire effective July 1,...
N.H. Gov. Lynch Undecided Over Civil Damages Bill Opposed by Insurers
Jun 28 2007 // New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch is in the middle of a battle over a bill to change the way juries can assign blame in lawsuits. Lynch has talked with business groups who are against the change and with trial lawyers who...
N.H. Coast Again Experiences Minor Earthquake
Jun 25 2007 // A minor earthquake shook people on New Hampshire’s Seacoast last Wednesday night. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the quake was centered in North Hampton. It registered as a magnitude 1.0. No damage was...
N.H. Oil Firm Blames Shutdwn on Unpaid Insurance Bill
Jun 25 2007 // New Hampshire customers who were stranded after their oil company shut its doors in April confronted the company’s owners last Friday at a creditors’ hearing in Concord. Rumford Energy closed without warning,...
N.H. Bill Curbing Civil Lawsuits, Damages Reaches Governor’s Desk
Jun 15 2007 // A bill limiting who can be sued in the state is on its way to New Hampshire Governor John Lynch for his signature. The New Hampshire House this week gave final approval to the bill that defines who can be sued and ordered...
N.H. Joins Maine in Opposing Federal Real ID Program
Jun 12 2007 // Calling the federal Real ID Act “repugnant” to the state and federal constitutions, New Hampshire lawmakers voted to join other states — including neighboring Maine — in rejecting the federal Real ID Act as...
Earthquake Rattles New Hampshire Seacoast
Jun 5 2007 // New Hampshire’s Emergency Management Agency says a mild earthquake shook the state’s Seacoast area June 2. Many residents called police to report hearing explosions and authorities were trying to figure out...
N.H. addresses handling risks without Social Security Numbers
Jun 4 2007 // Personal auto insurance carriers in New Hampshire can’t refuse to quote a policy if the insured refuses to provide a Social Security Number for use in obtaining a credit score, according to Insurance Commissioner...
N.H. Clarifies Handling of Risks without Social Security Numbers
May 21 2007 // Personal auto insurance carriers in New Hampshire can’t refuse to quote a policy if the insured refuses to provide a Social Security Number for use in obtaining a credit score, according to Insurance Commisisoner...
Best Downgrades Merchants NH; Rates American European ‘B+’
May 18 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to “B+” (Good) from “A-” (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) to “bbb-” from “a-” of Merchants...
N.H. Woman Sues After Crash That Killed Unborn Daughter
May 16 2007 // A Hampton, N.H. woman who delivered a stillborn baby hours after a crash two years ago is suing the other driver. Kelly Marie was eight months pregnant when a pickup truck sideswiped her car. She delivered the baby girl...
FEMA Approves $1 Million for N.H. Households
May 14 2007 // More than $1 million in disaster assistance has been approved so far for New Hampshire residents hit by last month’s flooding. About 1,000 households have applied for help. So far, FEMA has approved about $1.1...
N.H. Agents Suggest Changes to Fiduciary, Licensing Rules
May 9 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc. recently said it supports two insurance department proposals and offered further recommendations to clarify fiduciary and licensing rules affecting agents. The...
