Latest New Hampshire Headlines
All the headlines from our New Hampshire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Hampshire Senate Passes Bill to Boost Workplace Safety
Apr 22 2019 // The 2016 death of a Northfield Highway Department worker has led to the passage of bill aimed at improving workplace safety for New Hampshire’s public sector employees. The bill, which passed the House last month and...
Warmth, Snowmelt, Rain Raise Flood Concerns in New England
Apr 22 2019 // A combination of warm weather, rain and melting snow was feeding floodwaters in low-lying areas of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine on Saturday. No injuries were reported, but in Vermont the Stowe swift water rescue team...
New Hampshire Health Fair Addresses Concerns Over Chemicals in Water
Apr 5 2019 // The public is invited to meet with national, state and community partners to learn more about contaminants that have been found in water and other community health issues. The Southern New Hampshire PFAS Community Health...
Business Moves
Apr 1 2019 // National Brightway Insurance Brightway Insurance, a national property/casualty insurance retailer selling through a network of franchised independent agencies, launched its new Independent Agent Program with its first...
New Hampshire’s The Concord Group Promotes McCabe, Nolin
Mar 28 2019 // The Concord Group Insurance Companies has appointed Daniel L. McCabe as the president and CEO of the Concord, N.H.-based company. McCabe will serve on the board and executive committee. Most recently, McCabe acted as...
New Hampshire High Court Rules Board Wrong to Deny Workers’ Comp for Medical Pot
Mar 8 2019 // The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled that a labor appeals board was wrong to determine that workers’ compensation insurance can’t reimburse an employee for the cost of medical marijuana. The court found...
Insurers Seek to Deny Boat Owner’s Claim in Rhode Island Case
Feb 18 2019 // The National Liability & Fire Insurance Co. and the Boat Owners Association of the United States are suing a Vermont man in federal court in Rhode Island and are seeking to deny his claim on an $85,000 policy for his...
The MEMIC Group Promotes Greco to Business Segment Leader in Northeast
Jan 31 2019 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has promoted Dustin Greco to business segment leader to support the company’s continued growth of the small business market in the Northeast. Greco’s...
New Hampshire’s Optisure Risk Partners Hires Roy to Business Insurance Division
Jan 31 2019 // Optisure Risk Partners, a national insurance and risk management firm headquartered in Manchester, N.H., has hired Jackie Roy as an account executive in the business insurance division, providing professional and...
Police Say New Hampshire Fatal Crashes Highest in More Than a Decade
Jan 28 2019 // State police say New Hampshire saw more fatal crashes last year than in any year since 2004. WMUR-TV reports New Hampshire State Police said in a report released Friday that there were 145 fatal crashes in 2018. That...
Amity Insurance Agency Forms Strategic Alliance with New Hampshire Bar Association
Jan 24 2019 // Amity Insurance Agency Inc., a Quincy, Mass.-based full service agency, has formed a strategic alliance with the New Hampshire Bar Association. The announcement was made by Roy Solomon, president and owner at Amity...
New Hampshire’s Optisure Risk Partners Hires Soden
Jan 16 2019 // Optisure Risk Partners, a Manchester, N.H.-based provider of risk management and insurance, has hired Greg Soden as vice president of revenue development. In this role, Soden will work as part of the executive leadership...
New Hampshire’s SAN Group Hires Stockwell
Nov 6 2018 // Satellite Agency Network Group Inc. (SAN), a Hampton, N.H.-based alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeastern U.S., has hired Jessica Stockwell as agency development field specialist. In this role,...
New Hampshire Restaurant Accused in Crash Death of Three Men Faces Trial
Oct 25 2018 // A Chinese restaurant in New Hampshire accused of over-serving alcohol to three men who later died in a 2016 crash is now on trial. Prosecutors argue 21-year-old Malachi Davis, 21-year-old Hunter Vars and 20-year-old Jack...
New Hampshire Insurance Company Trains Workers on Overdose Reversal Drug
Oct 18 2018 // Employees at one of New Hampshire’s community mental health centers are getting trained to administer overdose reversal drugs. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care on Friday held a training session for employees at Riverbend...
The Main Street America Group Promotes Waters in New Hampshire
Oct 8 2018 // The Main Street America Group, a Jacksonville, Fla.-headquartered super-regional property and casualty insurance carrier, has promoted Jerry Waters to vice president and chief accounting officer, effective...
The Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Elects Officers
Oct 1 2018 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc. (PIANH) has announced its officers for 2018-2019 at its annual meeting during the PIANH Symposium18, held at the 100 Club in Portsmouth, N.H. Lyle W. Fulkerson of...
New Hampshire’s Optisure Risk Partners Hires Needham
Sep 19 2018 // Optisure Risk Partners, based in Manchester, N.H., has hired Beth Needham as insurance operations manager and best practices leader. In this role, she will serve as a contributing member of the Optisure leadership team,...
New Hampshire Hotel Sued Over Legionnaire’s Disease Outbreak
Sep 11 2018 // Two Massachusetts women are suing a New Hampshire hotel at the center of a Legionnaire’s disease outbreak. WMUR-TV reports that Louise Pare, of Gardner, Mass., and Celeste Billington, of Templeton, Mass., were...
New Hampshire’s Beals Insurance Agency Joins The Northern United Agents Alliance
Aug 23 2018 // Beals Insurance Agency LLC has joined the Northern United Agents Alliance (NUAA) as a participating member. With offices in Bedford and Londonderry, N.H., Beals Insurance is a full-service independent insurance agency...
