Latest New Hampshire Headlines
All the headlines from our New Hampshire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.H. Insurers Seek 2.5% Comp Rate Hike
Sep 22 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 for residual market premiums, according to the most recent...
N.H. GOVERNOR DEFENDS HEALTH LAW:
Sep 20 2004 // Gov. Craig Benson is defending legislation that allows health insurers in New Hampshire to set rates based on such risk factors as age and health as too new a law to be judged properly. Benson said the law has been working...
Toronto Bank Buying Majority of Banknorth
Sep 2 2004 // Officials at Banknorth Group, Inc. (NYSE: BNK) of Portland, Maine, and TD Bank Financial Group (TDBFG) of Toronto announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for TDBFG to acquire 51 percent of the outstanding...
N.H. Weighs Impact of New Group Rating
Aug 24 2004 // New Hampshire’s smallest businesses are being hit the hardest by a new law that allows health insurers to set rates based on such risk factors as age and health, state officials say. Officials said the nearly 25,000...
N.H. Court Finds State’s Ski Immunity Law Doesn’t Apply to Snow Tubing on Slopes
Aug 23 2004 // A ski area is not protected from a lawsuit brought by an injured snow tuber, the New Hampshire Supreme Court recently ruled. State law helps shield ski areas from lawsuits by saying a skier assumes the risk of injury by...
A.D. Davis now Banknorth in New Hampshire
Aug 3 2004 // A well-known name in the insurance agency business in New Hampshire is no longer. A. D. Davis Insurance Agency, the New Hampshire affiliate of Banknorth Insurance Group, announced that it will change its name to Banknorth...
In N.H. Governor’s Race, Four Candidates Differ On State’s Handling of Insurance Issues
Aug 2 2004 // Was it a good idea to let New Hampshire’s health insurers use workers’ health history in setting rates for the state’s smallest businesses? Republicans Craig Benson and Charles Tarbell say the jury is...
N.H. Court: Injured Snow Tuber Can Sue Ski Area
Jul 21 2004 // A ski area is not protected from a lawsuit brought by an injured snow tuber, the New Hampshire Supreme Court recently ruled. State law helps shield ski areas from lawsuits by saying a skier assumes the risk of injury by...
People and Places
Jul 5 2004 // Sidney Ferenc Sidney R. Ferenc and Steven M. Menzies were recently elected to new management positions by the board of directors of Applied Underwriters, headquartered in San Francisco. Ferenc assumes the position of...
N.H. Orders Audit of Insurance Broker Fees
May 27 2004 // The New Hampshire Legislature’s audit division will be looking into fees paid to brokers for handling the state’s insurance contracts. The joint legislative Fiscal Committee voted unanimously to approve the...
N.H. Med-Mal Reform Dies in Legislature
May 24 2004 // Though worried that medical malpractice insurance is driving doctors from the state and from specialties like obstetrics, New Hampshire lawmakers last week failed to agree on legislation to address the problem. The House...
N.H. Agents Upbeat at Annual Conference
May 21 2004 // Nearly 100 independent insurance agents and industry professionals from across New Hampshire took part in the Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc.’s annual conference in Concord, N.H. on May...
N.H. Commissioner Sevigny to Keynote PIANH Meeting
May 6 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc.’s annual conference will feature a keynote address by Commissioner Roger Sevigny of the New Hampshire Insurance Department. The annual conference will be held...
N.H. Advances Med-Mal Screening Panel
May 3 2004 // The state Senate has voted to require pre-litigation screening when patients sue doctors in hopes of weeding out frivolous cases and lowering malpractice insurance premiums. The Senate voted 19-3 to require that a panel...
Berlin, N.H. Battered by Suspicious Fires
Apr 29 2004 // As firefighters battled a fire that destroyed several downtown businesses in Berlin, N.H. last Sunday night, they also had to respond to a string of suspicious fires. “It was real crazy all night with back-to-back...
Sen. Sununu Updates N.H. Agents on Congress
Apr 14 2004 // U.S. Senator John Sununu (R-N.H.) told independent agents that while prospects for asbestos reform are not bright, there is a good chance class action reform may emerge from this Congress. He also said that Rep. Mike...
N.H. Gov. Benson Buys Prescription Drugs from Canada
Apr 2 2004 // While researching the safety of prescription drugs, New Hampshire Gov. Craig Benson ordered brand-name medicines from a Canadian online pharmacy for about half the cost of buying the same drugs in New Hampshire, he...
N.H. Liquor Agency Flexes New Suspension Power
Mar 30 2004 // Exercising its new power, the New Hampshire Liquor Commission has suspended the Laconia Rod and Gun Club’s liquor license because the club had two illegal sale violations and no liquor liability insurance. Liquor...
N.H. Firms Hit Anthem Rejection of Co-Payment Plan
Mar 29 2004 // Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Anthem BCBS) executives have informed a New Hampshire employer coalition that they will not respond to employer and employee requests to control costs and improve quality through the...
N.H. House Votes to Pre-Screen Malpractice Cases
Mar 19 2004 // A New Hampshire bill mandating that medical malpractice cases be screened by a special panel before being allowed to go to court has won House approval, 203-113. A medical provider, judge and a lawyer would serve on the...
