Latest New Hampshire Headlines
All the headlines from our New Hampshire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Liberty Mutual Expanding N.H. Operation
Mar 11 2005 // Liberty Mutual has announced a $40 million project to add 1,750 jobs as it expands its operation in the city. The Boston-based international insurance company, announced during a planning board meeting this week it plans...
N.H. Safety Chief Opposes Mandatory Seat Belts
Feb 25 2005 // The chief of the New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency says a bill to make seat belt use mandatory for adults is intrusive and unnecessary. Peter Thomson said during a hearing on the bill this week that about two-thirds of...
AUTO RATES FALLING:
Feb 21 2005 // New Hampshire drivers are benefiting from increased competition among auto insurers. Seven of the 11 auto insurance companies that have filed rate change requests with the state so far this year have asked for decreases,...
N.H. Auto Insurance Rates Falling
Feb 8 2005 // New Hampshire drivers are benefiting from increased competition among auto insurers. Seven of the 11 auto insurance companies that have filed rate change requests with the state so far this year have asked for decreases,...
N.H. Jury Awards $2.6M in Car Crash Suit, Citing Engineers for Faulty Intersection Design
Feb 7 2005 // A New Hampshire jury has awarded nearly $2.6 million to the family of a man killed in a 1999 car crash, saying the firm that redesigned the intersection where it happened was partly at fault. David DeBenedetto was killed...
Pilgrim to Write Flood Insurance as Part of WYO Program in Mass., N.H. and Conn.
Feb 1 2005 // Pilgrim Insurance, a unit of The Plymouth Rock Group of Companies, in Boston, has been accepted by the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration to participate in the Write Your Own Flood Program (WYO). This program...
Insurer Votes Not to Renew N.H. Woman’s Umbrella Over Political Activity
Jan 24 2005 // Helen Johnston is an 80-year-old retired pediatrician who hardly considers herself much of a risk for being sued. That’s not how her insurance company sees it, however. Johnston is losing extra coverage she bought...
N.H. Police Switch, Now Back Mandatory Seat Belts
Jan 13 2005 // The New Hampshire state police chiefs’ association has switched sides in the debate over broadening New Hampshire’s seat-belt law. For the first time, the chiefs support making seat-belt use mandatory for all,...
Best Affirms Ratings of Swiss Re America Group
Dec 28 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength ratings of “A+” (Excellent) of Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation, headquartered in Armonk N.Y., and its P/C insurance subsidiaries, which...
Negligent Criminal Acts Excluded from Yacht Policy, Court Rules in Case of N.H. Boating Death
Dec 21 2004 // A New Hampshire boater sued for wrongful death by the wife of a victim in an accident he caused was not covered under his yacht policy, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has ruled. The insured, Daniel...
COURT DENIES N.H. LOST WAGES:
Dec 20 2004 // Parents cannot sue to recover the wages they lost while caring for their disabled adult children, a federal judge has ruled. The order came in the case of Rhonda and Mark Smith of Swanzey, N.H., whose 19-year old son...
N.H. APPROVES COMP RATES:
Dec 20 2004 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department has approved a voluntary loss cost change with an average increase of 2.5 percent beginning Jan. 1, 2005. The increase is in line with that requested in a filing on behalf of...
From Maine to Virginia … What Happened in 2004
Dec 20 2004 // Leaving aside the insurance brokerage compensation investigations, the World Trade Center trial, the St. Paul-Travelers merger and the UnumProvident settlement, all of which have their roots in this region but grew to...
N.H. Summit to Focus on Drivers’ Medical Fitness
Dec 7 2004 // Medical people, police, lawmakers and drivers are preparing for a conference on safe driving this week in New Hampshire — tackling driver’s education and road design, but also looking at whether should drivers with...
N.H. Looks to Steer Debate to Drivers’ Medical Fitness to be Behind Wheel
Dec 6 2004 // Medical people, police, lawmakers and drivers are preparing for a conference on safe driving in New Hampshire–tackling traditional topics such as driver’s education and road design, but also looking at an...
Clarification: Merchants Group Inc. Holding Company Chief Resigns; Merchants Insurance CEO Zak Remains
Dec 3 2004 // The chief executive officer of Merchants Group, Inc., the Buffalo, N.Y-based holding company, has resigned, the company revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Stephen C. June resigned Nov. 30...
N.H. Comp Market Reflects Low Frequency, Slow Hiring, Workforce
Oct 25 2004 // Workers’ compensation writers in New Hampshire want an average 2.5 percent hike for voluntary market advisory loss costs and a 12.7 percent average increase in residual market premiums, according to the most recent...
Progressive Now Offering Commercial Auto in N.H.
Oct 22 2004 // As previously reported by Insurance Journal, The Progressive group of companies has begun offering commercial auto coverages in New Hampshire through more than 200 agents. The product is being marketing under its new Drive...
N.H. Weighs Cut in Insurers’ Premium Tax
Oct 14 2004 // New Hampsihre may be the first Eastern state to lower its tax on insurance companies as states continue to compete to attract more business. The issue is currently the subject of an economic impact study by Ernst &...
OSHA Cites N.H. Contractor for Cave-In Hazard
Sep 30 2004 // An Ashland, New Hampshire contractor’s alleged failure to supply cave-in protection at a Woodstock jobsite has resulted in $29,650 in proposed penalties from the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and...
