New Hampshire News

Keep Properties Open, Lawmakers Urge New Hampshire Landowners

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. Andy Sanborn, a Henniker Republican, are heading up …

New Hampshire AG Balks at Malpractice Fund Settlement

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 of it. Attorney General Michael Delaney wrote …

New Hampshire’s Mitchell to Hear Health Insurance Pools Case

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 public workers. Gardner said he selected Don …

Hunter’s Lawsuit Stirs Landowner Liability Concern in New Hampshire

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 protecting landowners from liability. State Rep. …

New Hampshire Insurance Department Seeks New Logo Design

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 banner and table cover printing. …

New Hampshire City Probes 5 Fires as Arsons

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 building on Notre Dame Avenue. Chief James Burkush …

Dispute over NH Insurance Plans to Go to Hearing

A dispute between New Hampshire regulators and a nonprofit group over how it manages health insurance risk pools for public workers and retirees is headed for a state hearing. The state Bureau of Securities Regulation released its final report Tuesday …

HUB Acquires N.H. Benefits Firm

Hub has acquired the assets of Workplace Benefit Solutions (WBS) a Manchester, New Hampshire-based employee benefit brokerage and consulting firm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. WBS will become part of Hub International New England, and its employees will …

Whistleblower Sues N.H. Insurance Regulators

A health policy analyst with the New Hampshire Insurance Department who was fired after challenging her bosses over a federal health care contract is now suing them under the state’s whistleblower statute. Concord attorney Chuck Douglas told The Associated Press …

New Hampshire Association Repaying $17M

A nonprofit that manages New Hampshire’s public employees’ health insurance risk pool is repaying the health insurance pool $17 million diverted to support a workers’ compensation program. The Local Government Center’s board announced Thursday it will repay its HealthTrust the …