All the headlines from our New Hampshire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 9 2006 // Flood policy purchases rising nationwide and in Eastern statesThe purchase of flood insurance in New Hampshire has risen by 26.2 percent since May of last year – a jump attributed to last October’s flooding and...
Sep 27 2006 // New Hampshire’s motor vehicles director wants elderly drivers to be tested more often.Virginia Beecher told the New Hampshire Sunday News she supports shortening the renewal time as drivers age. She said older...
Sep 21 2006 // The state of New Hampshire routinely bypasses competitive bidding for insurance contracts and awards them to incumbent producers, a state audit report that severely criticizes many of the state’s insurance practices...
Sep 5 2006 // A Rockingham County, N.H. relief agency estimates it will cost $3.8 million to help 76 families who haven’t been able to return to their homes since May’s flooding, but it could take months before the state can...
Aug 24 2006 // Emergency officials in Salem, New Hampshire are considering billing a driver’s insurance company for a car crash that caused a propane leak last week and shut down part of Route 28 for over a day.Officials estimated...
Aug 23 2006 // New Hampshire has set up a temporary salvage inspection center to deal with the large number of cars and trucks pounded by hail last month. State inspectors are working once a week out of the Department of Motors Vehicles...
Aug 18 2006 // About a decade ago, as he watched utility trucks from out of state help fix widespread power outages in New Hampshire, a light went on for Bow, New Hampshire’s public works director, Chum Cleverly.If power companies...
Aug 17 2006 // The purchase of flood insurance in New Hampshire has risen by 26.2 percent since May of last year — a jump attributed to October’s flooding and some updated maps that identified new areas at risk.Policy purchases...
Aug 1 2006 // The federal government has provided New Hampshire with more than $8.2 million in relief grants for May’s floods. The Federal Emergency Management Agency reported providing the most grants, $780,059, to Salem...
Jul 28 2006 // Mt. Washington Assurance Corporation in New Hampshire has named Albert F. Brack, III as a marketing representative. In this role Brack will manage the firm’s relationships with independent insurance agencies in the...
Jul 24 2006 // News CurrentsWhile states adopt seat belts laws, 29 still balk at motorcycle helmets In Illinois and Iowa, motorists can get tickets for not wearing seat belts. In Connecticut, they are prohibited from talking on cell...
Jul 20 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc.’s NumberOne Comp Program, which offers a variety of monoline workers’ compensation market options to association members, has been upgraded to provide...
Jul 12 2006 // A Portsmouth, N.H. man was fined and given a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to trying to defraud his insurance company, according to officials. The case goes back to 2003, when Jesse Gregoire got into a...
Jul 12 2006 // An Epsom, N.H. couple is suing Shop & Stop, saying their 8-year-old son was infected and nearly killed by E.coli bacteria in meat bought at the one of the company’s Manchester stores.Eric Tsirovakas got sick...
Jul 7 2006 // New Hampshire state troopers might have writer’s cramp after a July Fourth holiday weekend in which they stopped 7,000 vehicles, wrote more than 6,000 tickets and made 38 drunken driving arrests. Extra holiday...
Jul 5 2006 // The federal government has approved nearly $14 million in grants and loans for New Ham[pshire residents and businesses hit by flooding in May.Since President Bush signed off on a disaster declaration for six of the...
Jul 5 2006 // In Illinois and Iowa, motorists can get tickets for not wearing seat belts. In Connecticut, they are prohibited from talking on cell phones. And in New Hampshire, motorists can be fined if they are involved in an accident...
Jul 3 2006 // Liberty expansionLiberty Mutual Group has begun construction of a 350,000 square foot office building located on 225 acres of land the company owns in Dover, New Hampshire. The company expects to begin occupying the...
Jul 3 2006 // Liberty Mutual Group has begun construction of a 350,000 square foot office building located on 225 acres of land the company owns in Dover, New Hampshire. The company expects to begin occupying the building in late...
Jun 23 2006 // Liberty Mutual Group has begun construction of a 350,000 square foot office building located on 225 acres of land the company owns in Dover, New Hampshire.The company expects to begin occupying the building in late 2007....