All the headlines from our New Hampshire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 28 2016 // A 72-year-old New Hampshire woman who says Bill Cosby raped her in 1965 has withdrawn her civil defamation lawsuit against the comedian after a federal judge had allowed the case to move forward.Kristina Ruehli’s...
Jun 27 2016 // A state law requiring criminal background checks on drivers of ride-hailing companies took effect this week with Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan’s signature.The law also requires ride-hailing companies like Uber and...
Jun 20 2016 // The death of a 2-year-old boy at a Walt Disney World resort in an alligator attack has brought back some frightening memories for a New Hampshire man who was grabbed by a gator at a Disney campground in 1986, when he was...
Jun 20 2016 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department issued a consumer alert on June 6 concerning health insurance denials and mammograms.The department said that since Jan. 1, it has heard from 67 New Hampshire women who received...
Jun 6 2016 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department has issued a consumer alert Monday on health insurance denials and mammograms.The department said that since Jan. 1, it has heard from 67 New Hampshire women who received notice from...
May 23 2016 // Confie, Automobile Insurance Specialists Inc., Trinity Insurance LLC, Whitehead Insurance Inc.Confie has acquired three insurance agencies in Las Vegas, South Florida, and Washington State. Confie acquired the assets of:...
May 19 2016 // The Main Street America Group has expanded its private passenger auto insurance program to Connecticut and New Hampshire.Highlights of the Main Street Protection Auto program, which was first launched in South Carolina and...
May 18 2016 // As New Hampshire considers mandatory drug prevention education in all grades, the state’s opioid crisis has heightened the sense of urgency for existing programs that largely target teens.A proposal to require at...
May 16 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Exxon Mobil Corp’s appeal of a $236 million judgment against the oil company in a case brought by the state of New Hampshire over groundwater contamination linked to a...
May 2 2016 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance says it is seeing generally stable trends in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont — five New England states where NCCI serves as a licensed rating...
May 2 2016 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York (IIABNY) announced that president and CEO Richard Poppa will retire at the end of 2016 after leading the association for 20 years.Poppa has served as IIABNY’s...
Apr 29 2016 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department has created a lost life policy locator service to assist Granite State residents and their families in locating life policies and annuity contracts that have been purchased in the...
Apr 28 2016 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance says it is seeing generally stable trends in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont — five New England states where NCCI serves as a licensed rating and...
Apr 21 2016 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America has awarded Tom Minkler with the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor the association bestows on one of its members, during the annual Big “I”...
Apr 12 2016 // The Hilb Group, a middle market insurance agency based in Richmond, Virginia, announced Tuesday that it has acquired Clark-Mortenson Insurance, a New Hampshire-based insurance and financial services agency. The terms of...
Mar 22 2016 // New Hampshire insurance regulators are working with their counterparts in Maine to monitor a financially struggling health insurance cooperative that serves both states.Community Health Options, based in Lewiston, Maine,...
Mar 21 2016 // A report says New Hampshire’s coastal communities’ exposure to future flood risks is significant, and now’s the time to plan to minimize that.The New Hampshire Coastal Risk and Hazards Commission spent 2...
Mar 15 2016 // The New Hampshire House is giving initial approval to a bill that would regulate drivers of Uber and other ridesharing services in the state.Some taxi companies complain the service is not subject to the same strict...
Mar 4 2016 // New Hampshire consumers can now compare prices on dental care and prescription drugs in addition to medical procedures through a state government website designed to help them save money on health care costs.The New...
Feb 29 2016 // Jim Cassell Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent property/casualty insurance agencies in the Northeast, has hired Jim Cassell as regional vice president for New Hampshire and Maine. In this...