Latest New Hampshire Headlines
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Workers’ Comp Loss Costs, Assigned Risk Rates Going Down in N.H.
Dec 20 2006 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department has approved a workers’ compensation voluntary loss cost decrease of 0.9 percent on average along with a reduction in assigned risk rates of 0.6 percent. The new figures go into...
N.H. Family Sues Liquor Commission, Homeowner Over Drunk Driving Death
Dec 14 2006 // The family of a New Hampshire man killed in a drunken driving crash two years ago is suing the state Liquor Commission and the woman who owns the home where his friends were drinking that night. Randy Holmes, 24, was a...
N.H.Tells Families Caring for Disabled to Install Sprinklers
Dec 12 2006 // A family who takes care of a physically and mentally disabled person in their home has been told by fire officials they need sprinklers installed. Joe Sousa said he and his family have cared for a disabled person in their...
Would Float Railing Have Prevented N.H. Parade Tragedy?
Dec 6 2006 // A bill rejected by the state Legislature four years ago would have required a safety railing on parade floats — a measure that might have prevented the death of a 9-year-old boy in Portsmouth’s holiday parade. Some...
Study Identifies High Costs of Doing Business in Mass.
Oct 30 2006 // A new study by a Boston-based think tank shows that Massachusetts firms in nine selected industries including financial services have costs that are on average 20 percent to 30 percent higher than similar companies in...
N.H. Places ACA, Fraternal Benefit Society, in Temporary Rehabilitation
Oct 17 2006 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department and the Board of Directors of ACA Assurance jointly announced that ACA Assurance has temporarily been placed in rehabilitation. ACA Assurance is a Manchester, N.H.-based fraternal...
N.H. and Vt. Prevent Bridge Ice with High-Tech Sensor
Oct 16 2006 // Drivers heading into New Hampshire from Vermont on Interstate 89 this winter will have some high-tech help to keep them on the road. Crews this week finished installing a sophisticated system that uses sensors to detect...
Suit Against N.H.- Mass. Crematorium Becomes Class Action
Oct 16 2006 // A judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the owners of the Bayview Crematorium in Seabrook, New Hampshire, where dozens of families believed their loved ones’ remains were mistreated, can be classified as a...
N.H. audit blasts state’s anti-competitive insurance purchasing practices
Oct 9 2006 // The state of New Hampshire routinely bypasses competitive bidding for insurance contracts and awards them to incumbent producers, a state audit report that severely criticizes many of the state’s insurance practices...
Roger Sevigny, New Hampshire, Commissioner of Insurance
Oct 9 2006 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department was the first in the nation when it was created in 1851 with a mission to administer the state’s insurance laws. Roger Sevigny, current commissioner, was recently elected an...
News Currents
Oct 9 2006 // Flood policy purchases rising nationwide and in Eastern states The purchase of flood insurance in New Hampshire has risen by 26.2 percent since May of last year – a jump attributed to last October’s flooding...
N.H. Considers ‘Degraduated’ License, More Tests for Elderly Drivers
Sep 27 2006 // New Hampshire’s motor vehicles director wants elderly drivers to be tested more often. Virginia Beecher told the New Hampshire Sunday News she supports shortening the renewal time as drivers age. She said older...
N.H. Audit Blasts State Insurance Buying Practices
Sep 21 2006 // The state of New Hampshire routinely bypasses competitive bidding for insurance contracts and awards them to incumbent producers, a state audit report that severely criticizes many of the state’s insurance practices...
76 N.H. Families Still in Need After May Floods
Sep 5 2006 // A Rockingham County, N.H. relief agency estimates it will cost $3.8 million to help 76 families who haven’t been able to return to their homes since May’s flooding, but it could take months before the state can...
N.H. Town May Bill Driver’s Insurer for Gas Leak
Aug 24 2006 // Emergency officials in Salem, New Hampshire are considering billing a driver’s insurance company for a car crash that caused a propane leak last week and shut down part of Route 28 for over a day. Officials estimated...
Hail Damage Requires Extra Auto Salvage Inspectors in N.H.
Aug 23 2006 // New Hampshire has set up a temporary salvage inspection center to deal with the large number of cars and trucks pounded by hail last month. State inspectors are working once a week out of the Department of Motors Vehicles...
States Look to Copy N.H. Public Works Mutual Aid Network
Aug 18 2006 // About a decade ago, as he watched utility trucks from out of state help fix widespread power outages in New Hampshire, a light went on for Bow, New Hampshire’s public works director, Chum Cleverly. If power companies...
N.H. Flood Insurance Sales Up 26%
Aug 17 2006 // The purchase of flood insurance in New Hampshire has risen by 26.2 percent since May of last year — a jump attributed to October’s flooding and some updated maps that identified new areas at risk. Policy purchases...
Federal Grants for N.H. Flooding Top $8 Million
Aug 1 2006 // The federal government has provided New Hampshire with more than $8.2 million in relief grants for May’s floods. The Federal Emergency Management Agency reported providing the most grants, $780,059, to Salem...
Mt. Washington Names Brack N.H. Marketing Rep
Jul 28 2006 // Mt. Washington Assurance Corporation in New Hampshire has named Albert F. Brack, III as a marketing representative. In this role Brack will manage the firm’s relationships with independent insurance agencies in the...
