Latest New Hampshire Headlines
All the headlines from our New Hampshire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Hampshire Man Fights Insurance Company in Family Lawsuit
Jul 30 2009 // The owner of the property where a New Hampshire man was murdered is at odds with his insurance company over a wrongful death lawsuit from the man’s family. Michael Connors owned the Deerfield horse farm where Jack...
Ruling Expected Soon on Tapping New Hampshire Malpractice Fund
Jul 29 2009 // A judge is expected to rule this week whether New Hampshire can take $110 million from a malpractice insurance fund to balance the state budget. Judge Kathleen McGuire froze the fund last month until its ownership is...
New Hampshire Steam Plant Gets Big OSHA Fines
Jul 24 2009 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines of $104,200 against a New Hampshire steam generating plant following a January fire in which a worker was burned. OSHA says in the incident,...
Highway-Crash Suit Focuses on New Hampshire Police Reports
Jul 21 2009 // A Canadian trucking company suing the state of New Hampshire over winter road conditions that led to the Interstate 93 traffic death of a 6-year-old boy says the state is withholding police accident reports in an attempt...
Healthcare Providers: New Hampshire Can’t Take $110M Surplus
Jun 22 2009 // A coalition of more than 200 healthcare providers and policyholders has gone to court, saying the state has no right to take a $110 million surplus from a New Hampshire fund that underwrites malpractice insurance and use...
Lack of Waiver Voids Coverage for New Hampshire Climbing Gym
Jun 15 2009 // An insurer can deny liability coverage to a New Hampshire climbing gym because it failed to get a waiver from a climber who was later seriously hurt, the state’s Supreme Court has ruled. The decision centered on a...
Parents of New Hampshire Victim Seek Improved Construction Safety
Jun 5 2009 // A year after a New Hampshire man was killed on an Interstate 495 construction job, his parents are campaigning for new rules to improve workplace safety. Robert Augeri of Londonderry died last June on his 31st birthday...
Lack of Waiver Voids Coverage for New Hampshire Climbing Gym
Jun 1 2009 // An insurer can deny liability coverage to a New Hampshire climbing gym because it failed to get a waiver from a climber who was later seriously hurt, the state’s Supreme Court has ruled. The decision centered on a...
Former New Hampshire Insurance Agent Sentenced to Prison
May 20 2009 // A New Hampshire state employee has been sentenced to two years in federal prison and pay back more than $164,000 to clients she defrauded in her previous job as an insurance agent. Raye Ellen Douville of Bedford, who had...
Business Moves
May 18 2009 // Phenix Mutual, Motorists Mutual Concord, New Hampshire-based Phenix Mutual Fire Insurance Co. announced that it will become an affiliate of The Motorists Insurance Group, upon approval by regulators in New Hampshire and...
String of Suspicious Fires Strikes New Hampshire Town
May 13 2009 // Four fires — three considered suspicious — have kept firefighters busy in Berlin, New Hampshire over the past several days. Officials said Berlin has been dealing with chronic arson for the past seven years....
Gay Marriage Leaps ahead in Maine, New Hampshire
May 8 2009 // Jennifer Curran could only sit in the pews of her Roman Catholic church over the years and watch as bride after bride — friends, her two sisters — walked down the aisle. Now that her home state of Maine has...
Injured New Hampshire Brewery Worker Given Another Chance on Benefits
May 5 2009 // The New Hampshire Compensation Appeals Board (CAB) erred when it ruled that an Anheuser-Busch brewery worker was not entitled to benefits for his asbestos-related lung condition because he had failed to timely notify his...
Small Earthquake Hits New Hampshire’s Lakes Region
Apr 29 2009 // New Hampshire’s state geologist says a small earthquake recorded in the Lakes Region is the most recent in a long line of seismic activity. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that a quake with a Magnitude of 2.1 was...
Phenix Mutual Joins Motorists Insurance Group
Apr 28 2009 // Concord, New Hampshire-based Phenix Mutual Fire Insurance Co., will become an affiliate of The Motorists Insurance Group, Phenix announced. The agreement must be approved by regulators in New Hampshire and Ohio, where...
New Hampshire Reduces Fire Tower Hours
Apr 16 2009 // Due to budget cuts, the state of New Hampshire has laid off eight full-time fire tower wardens and has offered them part-time work, and only on days when the risk of fire is greatest. Brad Simpkins, interim director of the...
New Hampshire Man Faces Fraud Charge for Keeping Premiums
Mar 27 2009 // Court records show that a business owner in Hudson, New Hampshire faces a federal wire fraud charge alleging that he stole roughly $100,000 from a client. Scott Drohan, owner of Juskel Services, was released on personal...
N.H. Receives Lowest Crime Ranking; Nevada Ranks as Worst State
Mar 25 2009 // Three northeast states have the lowest crime rate, while Nevada, Louisiana and South Carolina have the highest crime rate, according to a new study. New Hampshire (1) received the lowest crime rate ranking again this year,...
New Insurance Firm Launched in New Hampshire
Mar 13 2009 // Two insurance industry veterans have partnered to launch a new insurance and consulting firm in Bow, New Hampshire. The new firm, GL Insurance Partners, was launched by James Guerin and George Lagos. GL focuses on...
New Hampshire Might Double Small Claims Court Limits
Mar 5 2009 // New Hampshire’s House is considering doubling small claims court limits to $10,000. The bill would require mediation in cases where claims exceed $5,000. Supporters said raising the damages limit will allow people...
