Latest New Hampshire Headlines

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People

Sep 24 2007 // The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices has named its officers and directors for the 2007-2008 term. The new NAPSLO president is Mary Ellen Rozzell, who is with Continental/Marmorstein & Malone...

N.H. motorcyclist covered by auto policy

Sep 24 2007 // An auto policy’s uninsured motorist coverage is triggered for a motorcyclist killed by a hit-and-run driver after being thrown onto the roadway from his bike, which was not insured, according to the New Hampshire...

N.H. motorcyclist covered by auto policy

Sep 24 2007 // An auto policy’s uninsured motorist coverage is triggered for a motorcyclist killed by a hit-and-run driver after being thrown onto the roadway from his bike, which was not insured, according to the New Hampshire...

N.H. Governor’s Veto of Civil Lawsuit Damages Bill Upheld

Sep 7 2007 // The New hampshire Legislature voted this week to sustain Gov. John Lynch’s vetoes of three bills, including one that would have restructured the way damages are decided in a civil lawsuit.The House voted 254-65 to...

N.H. Court: Motorcyle Hit-Run Victim Covered by Auto Uninsured Coverage

Aug 30 2007 // An auto policy’s uninsured motorist coverage is triggered for a motorcyclist killed by a hit-and-run driver after being thrown onto the roadway from his bike, which was not insured, according to the New Hampshire...

N.H. Agents Re-elect George as President; Wainwright President-Elect

Aug 21 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc. elected its officers for 2007-2008 at its August 21 annual meeting.Judith George, of Contoocook, N.H. was re-elected president. George is vice president of commercial...

N.H. Woman Faces Auto Fraud Charges

Aug 14 2007 // A 27-year-old Manchester, New Hampshire woman faces a court date later this month on charges she defrauded her auto insurance company. Attorney General Kelly Ayotte says Inge Lasut filed a claim with Progressive Northern...

N.H. town scraps public event insurance requirement

Aug 6 2007 // Faced with a possible First Amendment lawsuit, selectmen in Jaffrey, N.H., have rescinded their new guidelines requiring people or groups holding events on town property to buy $1 million insurance coverage.The New...

Two in N.H. Accused of Workers’ Compensation Benefit Fraud

Aug 1 2007 // Two New Hampshire residents have been indicted on fraud charges involving workers’ compensation insurance. Attorney General Kelly Ayotte says indictments were returned against Phillip Rice, 52, of Derry and Dorothy...

Fearing 1st Amendment Lawsuit, N.H. Town Scraps Insurance Requirement

Jul 30 2007 // Faced with a possible First Amendment lawsuit, selectmen in Jaffrey, New Hampshire have rescinded their new guidelines requiring people or groups holding events on town property to buy $1 million insurance coverage.The New...

N.H. Accepts Insurers Use of Credit to Price Auto Insurance

Jul 24 2007 // Most insurance companies doing business in New Hampshire base their customers’ insurance rates partly on their car loans, credit card balances and other debt.Five years ago, the state Insurance Department adopted...

N.H. Law Continues Health Insurance for Ex-Spouse After Divorce

Jul 23 2007 // New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has signed a law extending health insurance coverage to people who lose their insurance when their marriages break up.The law, which takes effect Jan. 1., requires insurance companies to let...

Business Moves

Jul 23 2007 // Willis, InsuranceNoodleWillis Group Holdings Limited, the global insurance broker, has acquired Chicago-based InsuranceNoodle, an Internet distributor of U.S. small business insurance. Terms of the transaction were not...

N.H. Gov. Lynch Vetoes Civil Damages Bill Opposed by Businesses, Towns

Jul 6 2007 // New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has vetoed a bill that would have limited the number of parties against whom damage awards from civil suits could be apportioned.“I cannot support this change in the law because it is...

N.H. passes tort reform measure

Jul 2 2007 // The New Hampshire House last month gave final approval to the bill that defines who can be sued and ordered to pay damages in a lawsuit, even after some lawmakers complained the language is confusing.The bill defines...

Merchants Preferred Debuts in N.H.

Jun 29 2007 // Merchants Mutual Insurance Co. announced that its recently formed subsidiary, Merchants Preferred Insurance Co., issued its first insurance policy, a commercial auto policy, in New Hampshire effective July 1,...

N.H. Gov. Lynch Undecided Over Civil Damages Bill Opposed by Insurers

Jun 28 2007 // New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch is in the middle of a battle over a bill to change the way juries can assign blame in lawsuits.Lynch has talked with business groups who are against the change and with trial lawyers who favor...

N.H. Coast Again Experiences Minor Earthquake

Jun 25 2007 // A minor earthquake shook people on New Hampshire’s Seacoast last Wednesday night.The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the quake was centered in North Hampton. It registered as a magnitude 1.0. No damage was...

N.H. Oil Firm Blames Shutdwn on Unpaid Insurance Bill

Jun 25 2007 // New Hampshire customers who were stranded after their oil company shut its doors in April confronted the company’s owners last Friday at a creditors’ hearing in Concord.Rumford Energy closed without warning,...

N.H. Bill Curbing Civil Lawsuits, Damages Reaches Governor’s Desk

Jun 15 2007 // A bill limiting who can be sued in the state is on its way to New Hampshire Governor John Lynch for his signature.The New Hampshire House this week gave final approval to the bill that defines who can be sued and ordered...