All the headlines from our New Hampshire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 7 2005 // A New Hampshire jury has awarded nearly $2.6 million to the family of a man killed in a 1999 car crash, saying the firm that redesigned the intersection where it happened was partly at fault.David DeBenedetto was killed...
Feb 1 2005 // Pilgrim Insurance, a unit of The Plymouth Rock Group of Companies, in Boston, has been accepted by the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration to participate in the Write Your Own Flood Program (WYO). This program...
Jan 24 2005 // Helen Johnston is an 80-year-old retired pediatrician who hardly considers herself much of a risk for being sued.That’s not how her insurance company sees it, however. Johnston is losing extra coverage she bought...
Jan 13 2005 // The New Hampshire state police chiefs’ association has switched sides in the debate over broadening New Hampshire’s seat-belt law.For the first time, the chiefs support making seat-belt use mandatory for all,...
Dec 28 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength ratings of “A+” (Excellent) of Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation, headquartered in Armonk N.Y., and its P/C insurance subsidiaries, which...
Dec 21 2004 // A New Hampshire boater sued for wrongful death by the wife of a victim in an accident he caused was not covered under his yacht policy, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has ruled.The insured, Daniel...
Dec 20 2004 // Parents cannot sue to recover the wages they lost while caring for their disabled adult children, a federal judge has ruled. The order came in the case of Rhonda and Mark Smith of Swanzey, N.H., whose 19-year old son...
Dec 20 2004 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department has approved a voluntary loss cost change with an average increase of 2.5 percent beginning Jan. 1, 2005. The increase is in line with that requested in a filing on behalf of...
Dec 20 2004 // Leaving aside the insurance brokerage compensation investigations, the World Trade Center trial, the St. Paul-Travelers merger and the UnumProvident settlement, all of which have their roots in this region but grew to...
Dec 7 2004 // Medical people, police, lawmakers and drivers are preparing for a conference on safe driving this week in New Hampshire — tackling driver’s education and road design, but also looking at whether should drivers with...
Dec 6 2004 // Medical people, police, lawmakers and drivers are preparing for a conference on safe driving in New Hampshire–tackling traditional topics such as driver’s education and road design, but also looking at an...
Dec 3 2004 // The chief executive officer of Merchants Group, Inc., the Buffalo, N.Y-based holding company, has resigned, the company revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.Stephen C. June resigned Nov. 30 from...
Oct 25 2004 // Workers’ compensation writers in New Hampshire want an average 2.5 percent hike for voluntary market advisory loss costs and a 12.7 percent average increase in residual market premiums, according to the most recent...
Oct 22 2004 // As previously reported by Insurance Journal, The Progressive group of companies has begun offering commercial auto coverages in New Hampshire through more than 200 agents. The product is being marketing under its new Drive...
Oct 14 2004 // New Hampsihre may be the first Eastern state to lower its tax on insurance companies as states continue to compete to attract more business.The issue is currently the subject of an economic impact study by Ernst &...
Sep 30 2004 // An Ashland, New Hampshire contractor’s alleged failure to supply cave-in protection at a Woodstock jobsite has resulted in $29,650 in proposed penalties from the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and...
Sep 22 2004 // Workers’ compensation writers in New Hampshire want an average 2.5 percent hike for voluntary market advisory loss costs and a 12.7 percent average increase for residual market premiums, according to the most recent...
Sep 20 2004 // Gov. Craig Benson is defending legislation that allows health insurers in New Hampshire to set rates based on such risk factors as age and health as too new a law to be judged properly. Benson said the law has been working...
Sep 2 2004 // Officials at Banknorth Group, Inc. (NYSE: BNK) of Portland, Maine, and TD Bank Financial Group (TDBFG) of Toronto announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for TDBFG to acquire 51 percent of the outstanding...
Aug 24 2004 // New Hampshire’s smallest businesses are being hit the hardest by a new law that allows health insurers to set rates based on such risk factors as age and health, state officials say.Officials said the nearly 25,000...