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Vermont Man Whose Relatives Died Mysteriously Denies Allegations

Dec 8 2017 // A Vermont man denied in court papers Wednesday allegations that he killed his millionaire grandfather in 2013 and claims he doesn’t know the whereabouts of his mother who disappeared after a boat they were on sank...

Construction Firm Disputes OSHA in Work at New Hampshire Power Plant

Dec 4 2017 // A construction company says it will challenge violations and nearly $330,000 in fines proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration over possible mercury exposure at Eversource’s Schiller Station in...

Maritime Program Group Hires Roper to New Hampshire Office

Nov 28 2017 // Maritime Program Group Inc. (MPG) of Westbrook, Conn., has hired Matthew Roper as manager of its Commercial Recreational Marine program.In this role, Roper assumes responsibility for the growth, development and...

$1.3M Settlement in New Hampshire Paralyzed School Football Player Case

Nov 20 2017 // A New Hampshire city and its insurance carriers have agreed to pay a former high school football player who was paralyzed in a 2010 practice $2,000 a month as part of a $1.3 million settlement of his negligence lawsuit.The...

New Hampshire House Committee Rejects Marijuana Legalization Bill

Nov 16 2017 // A bill that would legalize marijuana in New Hampshire has been rejected by a House committee.The Concord Monitor reports the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee on Tuesday voted not to recommend the bill to the...

Prime Insurance to Write Specialty Lines in New Hampshire, Rhode Island

Nov 15 2017 // Prime Holdings Insurance Services Inc. (Prime Holdings) announced that its subsidiary, Prime Insurance Company (Prime), recently received approval to write specialty lines insurance coverage in New Hampshire and Rhode...

Prime Authorized to Write Surplus Lines in New Hampshire and Rhode Island

Nov 15 2017 // Salt Lake City, UT, Chicago, Illinois, November 15, 2017- Prime Holdings Insurance Services, Inc. (“Prime Holdings”) announced that its subsidiary, Prime Insurance Company (“Prime”), recently...

New Hampshire’s SAN Group Hires Landry to AccessPlus Department

Nov 13 2017 // Satellite Agency Network Group Inc. (SAN), a Hampton, N.H.-based alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast, recently hired Karen Landry as commercial lines placement specialist for its AccessPlus...

HPM Insurance Acquires New Hampshire’s Byse Agency

Nov 13 2017 // HPM Insurance, an Amherst, N.H.-headquartered insurance agency, has acquired Byse Agency Inc. of Laconia, N.H.Byse Agency has met the insurance needs of individuals and businesses since its incorporation in 1932 and has...

New Hampshire’s Optisure Risk Partners Promotes Arnold

Oct 23 2017 // Optisure Risk Partners, a Manchester, N.H.-based insurance broker, has promoted Christopher Arnold to vice president of its Sutton James Aviation division.In this role, Arnold will continue to work with Sutton James...

AmWINS Acquiring 15 Insurance Programs from Willis Towers Watson

Oct 16 2017 // Specialty broker AmWINS Group reports it has agreed to acquire 15 insurance programs from broker Willis Towers Watson.Among the programs being acquired by AmWINS are MountainGuard, which provides underwriting, claims and...

Driverless Car Bill Under Consideration in New Hampshire

Oct 16 2017 // A bill under consideration for the next legislative session would allow car manufacturers to test automated vehicles on New Hampshire roads by January 2019.The Concord Monitor reports under the proposal, anyone with a...

A.I.M. Mutual Hires Walker and Carr in New Hampshire

Oct 5 2017 // A.I.M. Mutual has hired Kim Walker and Brendan Carr to its injury prevention consulting team in New Hampshire. Both Walker and Carr have worked extensively in the loss control and safety fields, most recently for The...

New Hampshire Workers’ Comp Rates May Decrease for Sixth Year in a Row

Oct 2 2017 // New Hampshire employers could pay less for their workers’ comp insurance next year because of a filing that lowers rates and loss cost factors insurers use to develop prices. This move would mark the sixth year in a...

New Hampshire Workers’ Comp Rates May Decrease for Sixth Year in a Row

Sep 12 2017 // New Hampshire employers could pay less for their workers’ compensation insurance next year because of a filing that lowers the rates and loss cost factors insurers use to develop prices. This move would mark the...

New Hampshire’s G&A Insurance Joins Northern United Agents Alliance

Aug 28 2017 // The Northern United Agents Alliance (NUAA) of Concord, N.H., has announced that G&A Insurance of Dover, N.H., has joined the NUAA as a participating member. G&A Insurance is a locally-owned, full-service agency...

Trump Approves Disaster Assistance for New Hampshire

Aug 15 2017 // President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a major disaster declaration for New Hampshire and will provide federal emergency assistance following severe storms that hit the state last month.The storms dropped more than an...

New Hampshire Sues Purdue Pharma Over Opioid Marketing Practices

Aug 9 2017 // New Hampshire sued OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP on Tuesday, joining several state and local governments in accusing the drugmaker of engaging in deceptive marketing practices that have helped fuel a national opioid...

New Hampshire’s Optisure Risk Partners Hires Eifert

Aug 3 2017 // Optisure Risk Partners, a Manchester, N.H.-based insurance broker, has hired Randy Eifert as senior vice president of its Private Client Group and as Risk Management Practice leader.Eifert will provide executive leadership...

New Hampshire Officials: June Had Highest Number of Overdose Cases in 2017

Jul 6 2017 // New Hampshire authorities say they’ve responded to more overdoses in June than any other month in 2017 so far, with a total of 117 suspected overdoses reported.American Medical Response says 92 of the 117 June...