Latest New Hampshire Headlines

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Elias Begins Term as New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner

Jun 12 2018 // John Elias has begun his five-year term as Commissioner of the New Hampshire Insurance Department. He was nominated by Governor Chris T. Sununu and unanimously approved by the New Hampshire Executive Council in...

Workers’ Compensation Professionals Form Kids’ Chance of New Hampshire

Jun 4 2018 // Workers’ compensation professionals have created Kids’ Chance of New Hampshire, a 501c3 organization that provides scholarships for children of workers who are seriously injured or killed on the job.Sebastian...

New Hampshire Approves Elias as Insurance Commissioner to Succeed Sevigny

Jun 4 2018 // The New Hampshire Executive Council has unanimously approved John Elias as New Hampshire’s new commissioner for the Department of Insurance, succeeding Roger Sevigny who is set to retire June 11 after 16 years in the...

New Hampshire Approves Elias as Insurance Commissioner to Succeed Sevigny

May 18 2018 // The New Hampshire Executive Council has unanimously approved John Elias as New Hampshire’s new commissioner for the Department of Insurance, succeeding Roger Sevigny who is set to retire June 11 after 16 years in the...

Workers’ Compensation Professionals Form Kids’ Chance of New Hampshire

May 17 2018 // Workers’ compensation professionals have created Kids’ Chance of New Hampshire, a 501c3 organization that provides scholarships for the children of workers who are seriously injured or killed on the...

UPCIC Writes First Homeowners Policy, Launches Universal Direct in New Hampshire

Apr 6 2018 // Universal Insurance Holdings Inc.’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company (UPCIC), has commenced operations and written its first homeowners policy in New Hampshire. It has also...

Retiring Commissioner Sevigny Talks State Regulation, Being a Good Leader

Apr 2 2018 // New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny is planning to retire this summer after 16 years with the New Hampshire Insurance Department. His current term ends on June 11.Prior to his 16 years working as a regulator...

SIAA Hires Klemm as a Contracts Compliance Manager in New Hampshire

Mar 21 2018 // SIAA (Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance) has hired Gretchen Klemm as a contracts compliance manager at its Hampton, N.H., location. In this role, Klemm will manage the day-to-day interactions with independent agency...

Retiring Commissioner Sevigny Talks State Regulation, Being a Good Leader

Mar 19 2018 // New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny is planning to retire this summer after 16 years with the New Hampshire Insurance Department. His current term ends on June 11.Prior to his 16 years working as a regulator...

New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Sevigny Set to Retire This Summer

Mar 14 2018 // New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny is planning to retire this summer after 16 years with the New Hampshire Insurance Department. With his current term ending on June 11, he told Insurance Journal his advice...

Optisure Risk Partners Merges with New Hampshire’s Masiello Insurance Agency

Mar 9 2018 // Optisure Risk Partners of Manchester, N.H., has merged with Masiello Insurance Agency of Keene, N.H.Founded in 2015, Optisure is a provider of risk management and insurance, with more than $175 million in insurance...

SIAA Hires Smith as Director of Enterprise Applications in New Hampshire

Mar 6 2018 // SIAA (Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance) has hired Dan Smith as director of enterprise applications, a new position at its Hampton, N.H., location.SIAA is a national alliance of more than 6,750 signed independent...

Fire Damages Businesses at New Hampshire Strip Mall, Officials Investigate

Jan 19 2018 // Investigators are working to determine the cause of a fire that broke out at a New Hampshire strip mall.Fire officials say none of the stores were open at the time and there were no injuries. WMUR-TV reports firefighters...

Fire at New Hampshire Logging Business Destroys Several Buildings

Jan 10 2018 // A state official says a fire at a northern New Hampshire logging business has destroyed several buildings.WMUR-TV reports the fire started at about 2 a.m. Monday at A.B. Logging and Trucking in Lancaster, N.H. Executive...

New Hampshire’s SIAA Hires Carey to Business Insurance Advantage Program

Jan 10 2018 // Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA), a Hampton, N.H.-based alliance of independent insurance agencies in the U.S., has hired Lizah Carey as a business insurance development specialist for its Business Insurance...

Fire Officials Say New Hampshire Antique Store Destroyed in Four-Alarm Blaze

Jan 9 2018 // Firefighters say a four-alarm blaze quickly tore through and destroyed a New Hampshire antique store late this weekend.Officials say the fire began burning just after midnight Sunday at the Swanzey antique store. WMUR-TV...

FEMA Announces Federal Disaster Assistance for Several Northeast States

Jan 4 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the states of Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the...

Two Subcontractors Sue for Unpaid Bills on Pease Hangars in New Hampshire

Jan 2 2018 // Two subcontractors are suing the company fired by the New Hampshire National Guard for what it called substandard work on hangars at Pease Air National Guard Base. New Hampshire Public Radio reports that B.L. Mechanical of...

New Hampshire’s Northern United Agents Alliance Adds Three Members

Dec 21 2017 // The Northern United Agents Alliance (NUAA) has announced that Geo M. Stevens Insurance, Voyager Insurance Services LLC and Wieczorek Insurance have joined the NUAA as participating members, effective January 1,...

Vermont Man Whose Relatives Died Mysteriously Must Give Gun Info

Dec 11 2017 // A Vermont man whose mother and grandfather died in mysterious circumstances must turn over information related to a missing gun, as well as phone and other records, in a Rhode Island lawsuit over insurance on his sunken...