All the headlines from our New Hampshire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 3 2004 // The state Senate has voted to require pre-litigation screening when patients sue doctors in hopes of weeding out frivolous cases and lowering malpractice insurance premiums.The Senate voted 19-3 to require that a panel...
Apr 29 2004 // As firefighters battled a fire that destroyed several downtown businesses in Berlin, N.H. last Sunday night, they also had to respond to a string of suspicious fires.“It was real crazy all night with back-to-back...
Apr 14 2004 // U.S. Senator John Sununu (R-N.H.) told independent agents that while prospects for asbestos reform are not bright, there is a good chance class action reform may emerge from this Congress.He also said that Rep. Mike...
Apr 2 2004 // While researching the safety of prescription drugs, New Hampshire Gov. Craig Benson ordered brand-name medicines from a Canadian online pharmacy for about half the cost of buying the same drugs in New Hampshire, he...
Mar 30 2004 // Exercising its new power, the New Hampshire Liquor Commission has suspended the Laconia Rod and Gun Club’s liquor license because the club had two illegal sale violations and no liquor liability insurance.Liquor...
Mar 29 2004 // Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Anthem BCBS) executives have informed a New Hampshire employer coalition that they will not respond to employer and employee requests to control costs and improve quality through the...
Mar 19 2004 // A New Hampshire bill mandating that medical malpractice cases be screened by a special panel before being allowed to go to court has won House approval, 203-113.A medical provider, judge and a lawyer would serve on the...
Mar 15 2004 // New Hampshire insurance professionals have set the date and agenda for their annual insurance education day. The All-Industry I-Day will be held April 15 at the Wayfarer Inn in Bedford.As part of the main industry panel on...
Mar 3 2004 // Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein rejected the state’s motion to have a judge, rather than a six-person jury, hear the case. The first trial against eight corporations that manufactured lead-based paints for...
Mar 3 2004 // The American Insurance Association has issued a bulletin noting that the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has finalized a rule on credit-based insurance scores (INS 3300) “that balances consumer protections...
Jan 19 2004 // A.M. Best announced that Best’s State Rate Filings now includes New Hampshire on its roster of available states.“The publication, which provides coverage of activities in the U.S. representing 90 percent of the...
Nov 6 2003 // The Banknorth Insurance Group, part of the Banknorth Group, Inc., announced that it will open a new office, located at 116 South River Road in Bedford, New Hampshire. The Banknorth Insurance Agency “will serve...
Oct 13 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced that a review of terrorism coverages offered by New Hampshire Insurance Company to brownstone property owners has resulted in an agreement with the...
Sep 29 2003 // The American Insurance Association has issued a bulletin which indicates that New Hampshire’s adoption of Rule INS 3701.01, implementing regulations for safeguarding customer under Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, is...
Sep 22 2003 // A bulletin from the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York State Inc. notes that “summer has come and gone. It’s time for calculators and textbooks—for the...
Aug 18 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents associations of New York and New Hampshire announced to members that the organizations had recently cooperated with Merchants Mutual Insurance Co. to review the company’s new,...
Aug 4 2003 // New Hampshire and Iowa traditionally hold the earliest primary elections of the presidential campaign, and doctors associations in the two states are planning to take advantage of the fact to promote medical malpractice...
Jul 10 2003 // New Hampshire and Iowa traditionally hold the earliest primary elections of the presidential campaign, and doctors associations in the two states are planning to take advantage of the fact to promote medical malpractice...
Jun 17 2003 // Based on his “no new taxes” platform, New Hampshire Governor Craig Benson has vetoed a bill that would have reportedly raised premium taxes for surplus lines insurers. “This bill would have been a...
Jun 12 2003 // The American Insurance Association praised the actions of The New Hampshire state legislature in approving a bill (HB 460) that adds terrorism as an exclusion under the state’s standard fire policy (SFP), which the...