New Hampshire News

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 …

String of Suspicious Fires Strikes New Hampshire Town

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. WMUR reports some have said that …

Vandals Cause $50K Damage to Used Car Lot

The owner of a used car lot in New Boston, New Hampshire says vandals caused $50,000 damage by smashing windows, filling cars with fire extinguisher foam and spray-painting taillights. Jon Lewis, owner of Jon’s Route 114 Auto Sales, says at …

Gay Marriage Leaps ahead in Maine, New Hampshire

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

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 employer of his occupational disease. The …

Gays Say Maine Marriage Law Can Be ‘Unbearable’

Diane Sammer and her partner, Pam Dennis, were careful to sign papers giving Sammer power of attorney over Dennis’ affairs. Yet after Dennis died of a heart attack and her body was to be cremated, the undertaker refused to accept …

What Agents Want

Money is the lifeblood of any business. But when it comes to running insurance agencies, money isn’t the main thing that principals look for when they do business with a certain carrier. Claims handling, it turns out, is the truly …

People

Manchester, New Hampshire based Aspen Insurance Agency has named Patrick Martell as an account executive. Martell has held several key positions in his 20-year insurance career, most recently in a sales capacity for a local insurance agency. He previously worked …

What Agents Want

Money is the lifeblood of any business. But when it comes to running insurance agencies, money isn’t the main thing that principals look for when they do business with a certain carrier. Claims handling, it turns out, is the truly …

People

Joseph Tracy has been named president of Travelers Inland Marine business unit. Tracy, who joined Travelers in 2006, most recently served as chief underwriting officer for the Inland Marine business unit. Prior to joining Travelers, Tracy was the head of …