Latest New Hampshire Headlines
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Prime Insurance to Write Specialty Lines in New Hampshire, Rhode Island
Nov 15 2017 // Prime Holdings Insurance Services Inc. (Prime Holdings) announced that its subsidiary, Prime Insurance Company (Prime), recently received approval to write specialty lines insurance coverage in New Hampshire and Rhode...
Prime Authorized to Write Surplus Lines in New Hampshire and Rhode Island
Nov 15 2017 // Salt Lake City, UT, Chicago, Illinois, November 15, 2017- Prime Holdings Insurance Services, Inc. (“Prime Holdings”) announced that its subsidiary, Prime Insurance Company (“Prime”), recently...
New Hampshire’s SAN Group Hires Landry to AccessPlus Department
Nov 13 2017 // Satellite Agency Network Group Inc. (SAN), a Hampton, N.H.-based alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast, recently hired Karen Landry as commercial lines placement specialist for its AccessPlus...
HPM Insurance Acquires New Hampshire’s Byse Agency
Nov 13 2017 // HPM Insurance, an Amherst, N.H.-headquartered insurance agency, has acquired Byse Agency Inc. of Laconia, N.H. Byse Agency has met the insurance needs of individuals and businesses since its incorporation in 1932 and has...
New Hampshire’s Optisure Risk Partners Promotes Arnold
Oct 23 2017 // Optisure Risk Partners, a Manchester, N.H.-based insurance broker, has promoted Christopher Arnold to vice president of its Sutton James Aviation division. In this role, Arnold will continue to work with Sutton James...
AmWINS Acquiring 15 Insurance Programs from Willis Towers Watson
Oct 16 2017 // Specialty broker AmWINS Group reports it has agreed to acquire 15 insurance programs from broker Willis Towers Watson. Among the programs being acquired by AmWINS are MountainGuard, which provides underwriting, claims and...
Driverless Car Bill Under Consideration in New Hampshire
Oct 16 2017 // A bill under consideration for the next legislative session would allow car manufacturers to test automated vehicles on New Hampshire roads by January 2019. The Concord Monitor reports under the proposal, anyone with a...
A.I.M. Mutual Hires Walker and Carr in New Hampshire
Oct 5 2017 // A.I.M. Mutual has hired Kim Walker and Brendan Carr to its injury prevention consulting team in New Hampshire. Both Walker and Carr have worked extensively in the loss control and safety fields, most recently for The...
New Hampshire Workers’ Comp Rates May Decrease for Sixth Year in a Row
Oct 2 2017 // New Hampshire employers could pay less for their workers’ comp insurance next year because of a filing that lowers rates and loss cost factors insurers use to develop prices. This move would mark the sixth year in a...
New Hampshire Workers’ Comp Rates May Decrease for Sixth Year in a Row
Sep 12 2017 // New Hampshire employers could pay less for their workers’ compensation insurance next year because of a filing that lowers the rates and loss cost factors insurers use to develop prices. This move would mark the...
New Hampshire’s G&A Insurance Joins Northern United Agents Alliance
Aug 28 2017 // The Northern United Agents Alliance (NUAA) of Concord, N.H., has announced that G&A Insurance of Dover, N.H., has joined the NUAA as a participating member. G&A Insurance is a locally-owned, full-service agency...
Trump Approves Disaster Assistance for New Hampshire
Aug 15 2017 // President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a major disaster declaration for New Hampshire and will provide federal emergency assistance following severe storms that hit the state last month. The storms dropped more than an...
New Hampshire Sues Purdue Pharma Over Opioid Marketing Practices
Aug 9 2017 // New Hampshire sued OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP on Tuesday, joining several state and local governments in accusing the drugmaker of engaging in deceptive marketing practices that have helped fuel a national opioid...
New Hampshire’s Optisure Risk Partners Hires Eifert
Aug 3 2017 // Optisure Risk Partners, a Manchester, N.H.-based insurance broker, has hired Randy Eifert as senior vice president of its Private Client Group and as Risk Management Practice leader. Eifert will provide executive...
New Hampshire Officials: June Had Highest Number of Overdose Cases in 2017
Jul 6 2017 // New Hampshire authorities say they’ve responded to more overdoses in June than any other month in 2017 so far, with a total of 117 suspected overdoses reported. American Medical Response says 92 of the 117 June...
Research Finds New Hampshire Seacoast Roads Under Rising Sea Level Threat
Jun 19 2017 // Research out of the University of New Hampshire has found that some roads, as far as two miles from the shore, are facing a new hazard that currently cannot be seen by drivers – rising groundwater caused by...
Research Finds New Hampshire Seacoast Roads Under Rising Sea Level Threat
Jun 2 2017 // Research out of the University of New Hampshire has found that some roads, as far as two miles from the shore, are facing a new hazard that currently cannot be seen by drivers – rising groundwater caused by...
New Hampshire Governor Requests Disaster Assistance for March Storm
May 22 2017 // New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu has requested that President Donald Trump issue a major disaster declaration and provide federal emergency assistance for the blizzard and severe winter storm that happened in...
Police, Advocates Clash Over New Hampshire Pot Decriminalization Bill
Apr 18 2017 // With Republican Gov. Chris Sununu on board, advocates for marijuana decriminalization hope this is the year New Hampshire joins its New England neighbors in removing criminal penalties for possessing pot. But the measure...
No Joke: Snow Hits Northern New England on April Fools’ Day
Apr 3 2017 // People across northern New England woke up to a foot of heavy, wet snow on parts of the region Saturday and conducted weekend business as more fell throughout the day. The storm caused power outages and numerous highway...
