Latest New Hampshire Headlines
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New Hampshire Youth Centers Seeking Coverage for Child Abuse Claims Sue Insurer
Oct 21 2025 // Two New Hampshire nonprofits that ran youth facilities for the state are suing their insurer seeking defense and indemnity coverage for child abuse lawsuits filed against them. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co., the...
Gun-Owning New Hampshire Teen Sues School Officials Who Searched His Truck
Oct 20 2025 // A New Hampshire teenager sued his former high school principal and others Thursday, alleging they illegally searched his truck based solely on his status as a gun owner. Jack Harrington, 18, graduated from...
New Hampshire Supreme Court: Law Erasing Limit on Abuse Claims Is Not Retroactive
Oct 17 2025 // A 2020 Granite State law removing the statute of limitations for sexual abuse claims is not retroactive, the New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled. The state’s high court found that applying the 2020 law...
New Hampshire’s Davis & Towle Acquires Tassey Group
Oct 15 2025 // Davis & Towle Insurance Group, headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire, has acquired Tassey Group Insurance in Berlin, which is about 115 miles north of Concord. Davis & Towle also announced the merger of Tassey...
New Hampshire Receives First $8 Million Check From 3M Co. PFAS Water Settlement
Sep 25 2025 // New Hampshire has received an initial payment of close to $8 million from the 3M Company’s nationwide PFAS settlement of public drinking water systems claims. Attorney General John M. Formella said the funds will be...
New Hampshire Approves 6.1% Workers’ Comp Rate Cut for 2026
Aug 6 2025 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has approved an average 6.1% reduction in voluntary workers’ compensation loss costs effective January 1, 2026. The assigned risk pool for risks not insured in the...
New Hampshire Gunmaker Immunity Law Could Factor Into Sig Sauer Lawsuit
Jul 23 2025 // A 2-month-old law in New Hampshire that makes it harder to sue gunmaker Sig Sauer was discussed in court Monday, but it hasn’t yet been incorporated into the latest case accusing the company of negligence. Attorneys...
New Hampshire to Offer Mobile Driver’s Licenses
Jul 1 2025 // New Hampshire residents will soon be able to carry an electronic version of their driver’s license in their cell phones or other devices, although they will still have to also keep a physical license on their person...
Gunmaker Sig Sauer Asks For and Gets Liability Protection in New Hampshire
Jun 23 2025 // Faced with mounting lawsuits over a popular pistol, New Hampshire-based Sig Sauer asked for — and got — protection in the form of a new state law that makes it harder to take the gunmaker to court. Supporters in the...
New Hampshire Motorists Warned of Licensing and Traffic Violation Scam
Jun 13 2025 // New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella is alerting residents to an active scam targeting consumers through fraudulent text messages falsely claiming to be from the the state’s Division of Motor Vehicles...
People Moves: Former NH Commissioner Nicolopoulos Joins Davis & Towle as CEO
Jun 3 2025 // Chris Nicolopoulos Davis & Towle Insurance Group, headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire, named former New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner, Christopher Nicolopoulos as the agency’s new chief executive...
Free Speech Beats Zoning in Spat Over New Hampshire Pastry Shop Painting
May 28 2025 // A New Hampshire town’s attempt to force a bakery to remove or alter its painting that shows sunbeams shining down on a mountain range of doughnuts, a muffin, a cinnamon roll and other pastries is unconstitutional, a...
New Hampshire to Pay $2.25M to Mother of 5-Year-Old Killed by Father
May 27 2025 // New Hampshire has agreed to pay $2.25 million to the mother of Harmony Montgomery, a 5-year-old girl whose father was convicted of murdering her. Crystal Sorey filed a negligence lawsuit against the state last May accusing...
Davis & Towle Acquires New Hampshire’s Tobey & Merrill Insurance
May 16 2025 // Insurance agency Davis & Towle Insurance Group, headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire, announced its acquisition of Tobey & Merrill Insurance in Hampton. While the agency will operate under Davis &...
New Hampshire Regulates Use of Technology in Auto Claims, Property Underwriting
May 5 2025 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has issued a bulletin clarifying insurers’ obligations when using virtual claims adjustment systems to assess automobile damage. That guidance came in response to a...
New Hampshire Settles Second Youth Center Abuse Case for $4.5M
Apr 29 2025 // New Hampshire has agreed to pay $4.5 million to a woman who accused a youth detention center staffer of raping her in storage closet just before he handed out candy to other children as a reward for good behavior. Natasha...
Heavily-Forested New Hampshire Enters Wildfire Season
Apr 25 2025 // Despite rain statewide this month, the New Hampshire Forest Protection Bureau reports that 72% of the Granite State is currently experiencing abnormally dry conditions. The bureau is reminding the public that spring is the...
New Hampshire Regulates Use of Technology in Auto Claims, Property Underwriting
Apr 18 2025 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has issued a bulletin clarifying insurers’ obligations when using virtual claims adjustment systems to assess automobile damage. That guidance came in response to a...
New Hampshire PFAS Case Sent Back to State Court
Apr 11 2025 // The First Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked the 3M Co.’s attempt to remove New Hampshire’s PFAS chemical case to federal court. The appeals court affirmed a 2023 order by the U.S. District Court for the...
New Hampshire Settles Youth Center Abuse Claim for $10 Million
Mar 24 2025 // The New Hampshire attorney general’s office has agreed to a $10 million settlement in the case of a man who alleged that he was gang-raped in a stairwell at the state’s youth detention center in the...
