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N.H. to Examine Health Insurers’ Substance Abuse Treatment Coverage

Dec 1 2015 // New Hampshire’s Insurance Department is examining whether insurance companies are appropriately covering substance abuse services as required by law. The probe comes as New Hampshire seeks to expand treatment and...

New Hampshire Lawmakers Expected to Create Drug-Focused Task Force

Nov 17 2015 // New Hampshire state lawmakers are expected to create a task force aimed at tackling New Hampshire’s substance abuse crisis when they return to Concord, New Hampshire, on Wednesday for a special session.If all goes...

N.H. GOP Leaders Say Substance Abuse Proposals Need More Work

Nov 13 2015 // New Hampshire’s Republican lawmakers said they would rather create a legislative task force during a special session planned for next week to study some of Gov. Maggie Hassan’s proposals to combat the...

N.H. Insurance Department Hearing Examines Health Care Costs Trends

Nov 9 2015 // Health insurance premiums in New Hampshire increased relatively little for small and large businesses in 2014, while rates in the individual market went up significantly more, according to state-hired consultants.New...

New Hampshire Approves Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease of 5.9%

Oct 28 2015 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department announced that it has approved the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s advisory loss cost and rating values filling to be effective Jan. 1, 2016. The approved voluntary...

New Hampshire’s Bipartisan Summit Examines Coastal Flooding

Oct 26 2015 // Elected officials from 18 states — representing some 95,000 miles of coastline — gathered in New Hampshire on Saturday, Oct. 24, for a bipartisan summit on coastal flooding.Some of those who attended the Rising...

New Hampshire’s HBL Group Joins North American Insurance Alliance

Sep 4 2015 // North American Insurance Alliance (NAIA), an agency alliance based in Rangeley, Maine, announced that HBL Group LLC of Barrington, New Hampshire, has joined the alliance as a member agency. HBL Group is owned by partners...

New Hampshire to Wind Down Med Mal JUA

Aug 17 2015 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department announced on July 24 that following a court order, Insurance Commissioner Roger A. Sevigny has been officially named as receiver of the New Hampshire Medical Malpractice Joint...

NCCI Seeks Worker’s Comp Loss Costs, Rates Decrease in New Hampshire

Aug 13 2015 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI ) recently delivered a workers’ compensation loss cost filing to the New Hampshire Insurance Department.NCCI said in its July 31 filing that based upon its review...

New Hampshire Removes Cap on Producer Raffles

Aug 3 2015 // New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan recently signed into law H.B. 171 (“An Act Relative to Rebating”) that would remove the annual $1,000 cap on contests, sweepstakes, raffles or drawings conducted by insurance...

N.H. to Begin Winding Down Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association

Jul 27 2015 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department announced on July 24 that the Merrimack County Superior Court issued an order appointing Insurance Commissioner Roger A. Sevigny as receiver of the New Hampshire Medical Malpractice...

New Hampshire’s ‘Hands-Free’ Driving Law in Effect

Jul 20 2015 // New Hampshire is now the 15th state to bar drivers from using hand-held cellphones while driving.The new “hands-free” law, in effect as of July 1, applies to all hand-held devices, including GPS units, tablets...

New N.H. Law Removes $1,000 Annual Cap on Raffles for Producers

Jul 16 2015 // New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan recently signed into law H.B.171 (“An Act relative to rebating”) that would remove the annual $1,000 monetary cap on contests, sweepstakes, raffles or drawings conducted by...

N.H. Seeks to Update Insurance Rules for Health Care Provider Networks

Jul 13 2015 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department is moving forward with changing its rules for health care provider networks, but some insurance companies aren’t yet sold on a key part of the proposed approach.Department...

New Hampshire Law Grants Immunity to People Who Report Overdoses

Jul 10 2015 // As part of New Hampshire’s effort to address the ongoing drug abuse problem, Gov. Maggie Hassan has signed a bill that will spare people from criminal prosecution in certain cases if they are reporting a drug...

N.H. Law Banning Drivers’ Use of Hand-Held Devices Goes Into Effect

Jul 2 2015 // New Hampshire is now the 15th state to bar drivers from using hand-held cellphones while driving.The new “hands-free” law, in effect as of Wednesday, July 1, applies to all hand-held devices, including GPS...

New Hampshire Fire Marshal’s Office Urges Fireworks Safety

Jun 29 2015 // Officials from the New Hampshire fire marshal’s office are urging residents and visitors alike to use caution in buying and using fireworks as the July Fourth holiday weekend approaches.They encourage people to buy...

Santo Insurance & Financial Services Hires Kimball as Insurance Agent in N.H.

Jun 17 2015 // Michael Kimball Santo Insurance & Financial Services, an independent insurance agency in Salem, New Hampshire, hired Michael Kimball as an insurance agent. In his new position, Kimball will design customized insurance...

Court Revives Suit in N.H. School’s Missing Policy Case

Jun 15 2015 // The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has revived a New Hampshire school’s lawsuit seeking to prove that it is still covered by an insurance policy from almost 50 years ago even though there are no longer...

N.H. Senate Votes Not to Change Oversight of Public Risk Pools

Jun 8 2015 // The New Hampshire Secretary of State’s office will not immediately lose its oversight of public risk pools as initially proposed in the state Senate’s budget. Senators voted to study the issue rather than...