Latest New Hampshire Headlines
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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...
N.H. All-Industry I-Day Set for April 15
Mar 15 2004 // New Hampshire insurance professionals have set the date and agenda for their annual insurance education day. The All-Industry I-Day will be held April 15 at the Wayfarer Inn in Bedford. As part of the main industry panel...
New Hampshire Judge Clears Way for Enhanced Damages in Drunk Driving Cases
Mar 3 2004 // Rhode Island Judge Rules Jury Retrial in Lead Paint Industry Suit A jury will hear the retrial of a landmark lawsuit against the lead paint industry, a Rhode Island judge ruled. Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein...
AIA Notes N.H. Adoption of New Credit Rule
Mar 3 2004 // The American Insurance Association has issued a bulletin noting that the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has finalized a rule on credit-based insurance scores (INS 3300) “that balances consumer protections...
A.M. Best Adds N.H. to State Rate Filings
Jan 19 2004 // A.M. Best announced that Best’s State Rate Filings now includes New Hampshire on its roster of available states. “The publication, which provides coverage of activities in the U.S. representing 90 percent of...
Banknorth to Open New Insurance Agency in Bedford, N.H.
Nov 6 2003 // The Banknorth Insurance Group, part of the Banknorth Group, Inc., announced that it will open a new office, located at 116 South River Road in Bedford, New Hampshire. The Banknorth Insurance Agency “will serve...
NYSID Reviews N.H. Terrorist Coverage
Oct 13 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced that a review of terrorism coverages offered by New Hampshire Insurance Company to brownstone property owners has resulted in an agreement with the...
AIA Finds N.H. Privacy Rule Consistent with GLBA
Sep 29 2003 // The American Insurance Association has issued a bulletin which indicates that New Hampshire’s adoption of Rule INS 3701.01, implementing regulations for safeguarding customer under Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, is...
PIA CT, NH, NJ and NY Join Fall Return to School
Sep 22 2003 // A bulletin from the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York State Inc. notes that “summer has come and gone. It’s time for calculators and textbooks—for the...
PIA in N.Y., N.H. Provides Input on Merchants’ New Agency Agreement
Aug 18 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents associations of New York and New Hampshire announced to members that the organizations had recently cooperated with Merchants Mutual Insurance Co. to review the company’s new,...
N.H., Iowa Doctors to Promote Med-Mal Reform in Early Primary States
Aug 4 2003 // New Hampshire and Iowa traditionally hold the earliest primary elections of the presidential campaign, and doctors associations in the two states are planning to take advantage of the fact to promote medical malpractice...
N.H. Doctors to Promote Med-Mal Reform in Early Primary States
Jul 10 2003 // New Hampshire and Iowa traditionally hold the earliest primary elections of the presidential campaign, and doctors associations in the two states are planning to take advantage of the fact to promote medical malpractice...
N.H. Governor Vetoes Surplus Lines Tax Increase
Jun 17 2003 // Based on his “no new taxes” platform, New Hampshire Governor Craig Benson has vetoed a bill that would have reportedly raised premium taxes for surplus lines insurers. “This bill would have been a...
AIA Lauds Passage of NH Standard Fire Policy Excluding Terrorist Coverage
Jun 12 2003 // The American Insurance Association praised the actions of The New Hampshire state legislature in approving a bill (HB 460) that adds terrorism as an exclusion under the state’s standard fire policy (SFP), which the...
AIA Notes N.H. Regulatory Modernization Bill Goes to Governor
Jun 3 2003 // The American Insurance Association issued a bulletin noting that the New Hampshire legislature has passed an insurance regulatory modernization bill (HB 684) that “will provide benefits to consumers and insurers...
NAII Lauds N.H. Senate’s Passage of Regulatory Modernization Bill
May 29 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers praised the New Hampshire Senate on passing H.B. 684, an insurance regulatory modernization bill that the NAII said “will make it easier for insurers and consumers to...
NH Commissioner Sees Softening Market Conditions
May 27 2003 // New Hampshire Insurance Department Commissioner Paula Rogers, the keynote speaker at the Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc.’s annual conference held at the Marriott Courtyard and Grappone Conference...
NH Commissioner Files to Liquidate Home Insurance
May 14 2003 // On May 8 the New Hampshire Insurance Department announced that Commissioner Paula T. Rogers has filed a Petition with the Superior Court of Merrimack County for her appointment as Liquidator of The Home Insurance Company....
