Latest New Hampshire Headlines
All the headlines from our New Hampshire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Katrina Prompts N.H. Officials to Review State’s Disaster Preparedness
Sep 6 2005 // The scope of the destruction and despair in the South has New Hampshire legislators poised to ask plenty of questions about how prepared the state is to handle unspeakable disaster. While agreeing the state is better...
New Hampshire Insurance Requests Rate Hike In South Florida
Aug 1 2005 // New Hampshire Insurance Co. has asked state insurance regulators for permission to increase rates for its homeowner and condominium policies. Should state regulators give approval, the company’s premiums for...
Citing N.H. Med-Mal Market as Non-Competitive, Analyst Urges Prior Approval of Future Rates
Jul 19 2005 // The malpractice insurance market for doctors, hospitals and other medical professionals in New Hampshire is lacking competition such that a law allowing the insurance commissioner to approve any future rate hikes should be...
Mt. Washington Offers N.H. Agents ISO’s Home Valuation Program
Jul 19 2005 // Independent agents of Mt. Washington Assurance Corporation can now use the Web-based ISO HomeValue to estimate the costs associated with rebuilding structures in the event of a total loss. Developed by ISO subsidiary AIR...
N.H. Gov. Lynch Signs Big Changes for Small Group Health into Law
Jul 7 2005 // Surrounded by supporters, Gov. John Lynch this week signed into law a bill that promises to dramatically change the way health insurance companies set rates for small businesses in New Hampshire. Lynch said he was...
News Briefs
Jul 4 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Romney Would Require Insurance: Gov. Mitt Romney would require every person in the state to have health insurance under his plan for universal health coverage, which he has dubbed the Safety Net Care...
N.H. Jury Awards $2.6 Million in Teen Overdose Malpractice Case
Jun 28 2005 // A New Hampshire jury has awarded $2.6 million to the family of a teen who died after a massive aspirin overdose in 2001. But it’s not clear how much John and Gaie Mitchell will receive, because shortly before the...
Workers’ Comp Code Corrections in N.H. Lead to Refunds
Jun 19 2005 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department reported that a number of businesses should begin getting workers’ compensation insurance refunds beginning next month. The workers compensation rating organization, the...
N.H. Approves Pre-Trial Medical Malpractice Screening Panel
Jun 14 2005 // New Hampshire lawmakers have approved pretrial screening panels in medical malpractice lawsuits in hopes of controlling rising insurance costs for doctors. Many argued doctors are being driven from the state by the rising...
N.H. Lawmakers Approve Gov. Lynch’s Small Group Insurance Reforms
Jun 10 2005 // Health insurance rates for small businesses in New Hampshire will undergo another sea change after the House voted to support the governor’s reform plan. The reform is expected to help businesses with older or sicker...
State Laws Vary on Driving Distractions
May 23 2005 // New Hampshire is the only state that doesn’t require adult motorists to wear seat belts, but it does ticket drivers for eating, drinking, talking on a cell phone or fussing with their makeup while behind the...
State Laws Vary on Driving Distractions
May 23 2005 // New Hampshire is the only state that doesn’t require adult motorists to wear seat belts, but it does ticket drivers for eating, drinking, talking on a cell phone or fussing with their makeup while behind the...
INSURERS APPLAUD DEFEAT OF FAULT BILL:
Apr 18 2005 // The New Hampshire Senate’s decision to kill a trial lawyer-supported bill that would have required well-insured defendants with little liability to pay the lion’s share of legal judgments has been hailed as a...
Lawsuits Prompt Push to Expand Ski Areas’ Legal Exemption in N.H.
Apr 18 2005 // Louis Cecere had been snowboarding for half his life by age 21. But the skills he honed over a decade wouldn’t be enough to keep him alive until 22. He was snowboarding on Jan. 3, 2004, with friends at Loon...
States Try Narrow and Broad Approaches to Curbing Driving Distractions
Apr 4 2005 // New Hampshire is the only state that doesn’t require adult motorists to wear seat belts, but it does ticket drivers for eating, drinking, talking on a cell phone or fussing with their makeup while behind the...
Commentary: The Inevitable Hour
Apr 4 2005 // Bidding Farewell to AIG’s Legendary Hank Greenberg In America, nothing fails like success, wrote novelist Budd Schulberg. That thought, among others, was on my mind as reports swirled around that Hank Greenberg,...
Small Group Health Reforms Move Forward in N.H.
Apr 1 2005 // New Hampshire small businesses looking for relief from rising health insurance costs now have proposed changes approved by both the House and the Senate. The House this week approved a plan that would stop insurers from...
N.H. Weighs Single Judge Med-Mal Screening
Mar 31 2005 // New Hampshire state senators seem more interested in a House plan to address the cost of medical malpractice insurance than a bill from one of their own. The proposal before the Senate Judiciary Committee is based on a...
N.H. Advances Small Business Health Reform
Mar 28 2005 // New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch’s plan to help small businesses facing stiff health insurance costs passed its first hurdle last week in the Senate. The new plan steps back from reforms enacted just over a year ago...
N.H. Social Clubs Struggle to Meet Fire Code
Mar 16 2005 // Social clubs in New Hampshire say they are struggling to comply with orders to install automatic sprinkler systems. In response to a 2003 fire that killed 100 people at a nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., New Hampshire...
