Latest New Hampshire Headlines
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Fire Warnings Issued in New Hampshire, Rhode Island
Apr 17 2012 // Dry, windy conditions and warm weather are prompting Northeastern state officials to issue advisories on an elevated risk of fire. Here is a roundup of fire warnings and latest reports of wildfires and brushfires from the...
Northern United Agents Alliance in N.H. Adds New Member
Apr 13 2012 // The Northern United Agents Alliance (NUAA), an independent agency partnership based in New Hampshire, added Barton Insurance Agency as a new member. Founded in 1954, Barton Insurance Agency has been offering insurance...
Dartmouth College in N.H. to Help With China Health Reform Effort
Apr 10 2012 // Dartmouth College is spending the next five years helping China improve its health care system through a partnership that officials say could pay off at home as well. China announced in 2009 it would pour $124 billion into...
N.H. Resident Pleads Guilty to Filing Fraudulent Claim
Mar 23 2012 // A New Hampshire woman pleaded guilty this month to filing a fraudulent claim on her renter’s policy. The suspicious claim was made in 2009 and was subsequently investigated by the New Hampshire insurance...
California Department of Insurance Takes Action Over Claims Handling
Mar 6 2012 // The California Department of Insurance has served an order to show cause, a statement of charges and a notice of penalty against the New Hampshire Insurance Co. and its authorized agent for claims processing, York Risk...
New Hampshire Bill Addresses Landowners’ Liability for Recreational Use
Mar 6 2012 // A lawsuit by a hunter seriously injured when a tree stand he was using collapsed has again prompted legislation to protect New Hampshire landowners from similar suits. The House could vote this week on a bill that says any...
New Hampshire, Other States Reach Settlement With Prudential
Feb 6 2012 // New Hampshire insurance officials are announcing a $17 million settlement reached by seven states and Prudential Insurance over the company’s use of the federal government’s master death files. New Hampshire...
New Hampshire Woman, Children Win $8.5M in Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Dec 19 2011 // A New Hampshire woman and her two children have won $8.5 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against a trucking company. A federal court jury in Concord concluded last Thursday that Loignon Champ-Carr Inc. negligently...
New Hampshire Man Convicted of Insurance Application Fraud
Dec 15 2011 // A New Hampshire man admits he committed insurance application fraud for reinstating his policy and then filing a claim for a fire-damaged woodchopper. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office says Jason Joyce of...
Four New Hampshire Agencies Form Regional Alliance
Dec 13 2011 // Four insurance agencies in New Hampshire announced the formation of a new partnership called Northern United Agents Alliance (NUAA). The agencies said the move will help combine their resources to meet the needs of a...
Storms Knock Out Power to Thousands in New Hampshire, Connecticut
Dec 9 2011 // Strong winds and a fast-moving mix of rain and snow have knocked out power to over 30,000 customers in New Hampshire. Many of the outages have been reported in the central part of the state Thursday morning. The National...
New Hampshire Governor Seeks Disaster Declaration
Nov 2 2011 // New Hampshire’s governor is requesting that an emergency be declared for the entire state for federal aid to help clean up from the weekend’s snowstorm that dumped more than 30 inches of snow on parts of the...
Massachusetts Trucker Convicted of Insurance Fraud
Sep 20 2011 // A Massachusetts truck driver has been convicted of insurance fraud in New Hampshire for lying about damage to his truck, according to officials. New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny and Attorney General...
Massachusetts-Based Arbella Insurance Appoints New Hampshire Director
Sep 15 2011 // Arbella Insurance Group, a Quincy, Mass.-based provider of business and personal insurance for the New England region, hired Robin Maddox as territory manager for the state of New Hampshire. Maddox previously worked as the...
Keep Properties Open, Lawmakers Urge New Hampshire Landowners
Sep 13 2011 // New Hampshire lawmakers are urging nervous landowners to leave their properties open to recreation while they work to improve their liability protections. State Rep. Gene Chandler, a Bartlett Republican, and state Sen....
New Hampshire AG Balks at Malpractice Fund Settlement
Sep 12 2011 // New Hampshire’s attorney general objected Friday to a proposed settlement in a tug-of-war over $110 million of surplus money in a state-created malpractice insurance fund because lawyers would get up to $27.5 million...
New Hampshire’s Mitchell to Hear Health Insurance Pools Case
Aug 24 2011 // New Hampshire Secretary of State William Gardner has named a Sandwich attorney to hear a dispute between a nonprofit organization and New Hampshire regulators over how the nonprofit manages health insurance pools for...
Hunter’s Lawsuit Stirs Landowner Liability Concern in New Hampshire
Aug 22 2011 // Some New Hampshire lawmakers worried a lawsuit by a hunter will prompt landowners to close their lands to hunting and other recreational activities will meet Tuesday to discuss how to tighten the state’s law...
New Hampshire Insurance Department Seeks New Logo Design
Aug 16 2011 // New Hampshire’s Insurance Department is seeking proposals for the design of a new logo to be used on a variety of publications and items. The scope of services requested includes supplying the blanks for exhibit...
New Hampshire City Probes 5 Fires as Arsons
Aug 10 2011 // Authorities in Manchester, New Hampshire are investigating five fires of the past week as possible arsons. The latest occurred Monday morning when firefighters battled a two-alarm blaze that gutted a vacant apartment...
