New Hampshire News

Lack of Waiver Voids Coverage for New Hampshire Climbing Gym

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 lawsuit between …

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Northeast’s ProMutual to Buy Michigan Medical Liability Insurer FinCor

Massachusetts-based medical liability insurance company Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Co., known as ProMutual, will acquire medical liability insurer and risk management company FinCor and its subsidiaries. ProMutual, a member of ProMutual Group, said it is is acquiring Lansing, Michigan, based …

Parents of New Hampshire Victim Seek Improved Construction Safety

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 when a Mack …

WKF&C Adds E&S Coastal Wind Coverage in 4 New England States

Melville, New York-based managing general agent WKF&C Agency Inc. if offering an expanded coastal wind facility for E&S property lines in four New England states. The expansion adds extra capacity for risks including, restaurants, shopping centers, industrial buildings and and …

Lack of Waiver Voids Coverage for New Hampshire Climbing Gym

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 lawsuit between …

Direct Writers Continue Battle for Massachusetts Auto Market

Allstate Announces Plan to Begin Writing After Generation-Long Hiatus Direct writers continue to target the Massachusetts personal auto insurance market, as one major national carrier announced it has written its first policy in the state and another says it will …

It Figures

$9 Million Minimum value of settlements that the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware estimates it will have to pay to over child sexual abuse cases. The diocese says it may have to sell assets to pay them, although they won’t …

Judge Tosses Most Supermarket Data Breach Claims

Only those customers who weren’t reimbursed for fraudulent charges may sue the Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain over a data breach that exposed 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers to computer hackers, a federal judge has ruled. The decision by …

Entitled to Fail

It is quite possible that some of the executives caught up in the corporate scandals at AIG, the automakers, Wall Street firms and some life insurers are victims of their own sense of entitlement. The same might be said of …