Latest New Hampshire Headlines
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Wal-Mart Ordered to Pay New Hampshire Pharmacist $31M in Bias Case
Jan 29 2016 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc was ordered by a federal jury in New Hampshire to pay $31.22 million to a pharmacist who claimed she was fired because of her gender and in retaliation for complaining about safety conditions. The...
New Hampshire’s Raffle Law Takes Effect
Jan 15 2016 // New Hampshire’s new law removing the monetary cap on prize values at promotional raffles and other similar events conducted by insurance producers went into effect this month. H.B.171 (“An Act relative to...
Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Licensed in New Hampshire
Dec 16 2015 // Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company (UPCIC) received a certificate of authority from the New...
NAIA Adds Strategic Benefit & Insurance Advisors as Member Agency in N.H.
Dec 4 2015 // North American Insurance Alliance (NAIA), an agency alliance based in Rangeley, Maine, announced that Strategic Benefit & Insurance Advisors (SBIA) of Bedford, New Hampshire, has joined as a member agency. SBIA has...
N.H. to Examine Health Insurers’ Substance Abuse Treatment Coverage
Dec 1 2015 // New Hampshire’s Insurance Department is examining whether insurance companies are appropriately covering substance abuse services as required by law. The probe comes as New Hampshire seeks to expand treatment and...
New Hampshire Lawmakers Expected to Create Drug-Focused Task Force
Nov 17 2015 // New Hampshire state lawmakers are expected to create a task force aimed at tackling New Hampshire’s substance abuse crisis when they return to Concord, New Hampshire, on Wednesday for a special session. If all goes...
N.H. GOP Leaders Say Substance Abuse Proposals Need More Work
Nov 13 2015 // New Hampshire’s Republican lawmakers said they would rather create a legislative task force during a special session planned for next week to study some of Gov. Maggie Hassan’s proposals to combat the...
N.H. Insurance Department Hearing Examines Health Care Costs Trends
Nov 9 2015 // Health insurance premiums in New Hampshire increased relatively little for small and large businesses in 2014, while rates in the individual market went up significantly more, according to state-hired consultants. New...
New Hampshire Approves Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease of 5.9%
Oct 28 2015 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department announced that it has approved the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s advisory loss cost and rating values filling to be effective Jan. 1, 2016. The approved voluntary...
New Hampshire’s Bipartisan Summit Examines Coastal Flooding
Oct 26 2015 // Elected officials from 18 states — representing some 95,000 miles of coastline — gathered in New Hampshire on Saturday, Oct. 24, for a bipartisan summit on coastal flooding. Some of those who attended the...
New Hampshire’s HBL Group Joins North American Insurance Alliance
Sep 4 2015 // North American Insurance Alliance (NAIA), an agency alliance based in Rangeley, Maine, announced that HBL Group LLC of Barrington, New Hampshire, has joined the alliance as a member agency. HBL Group is owned by partners...
New Hampshire to Wind Down Med Mal JUA
Aug 17 2015 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department announced on July 24 that following a court order, Insurance Commissioner Roger A. Sevigny has been officially named as receiver of the New Hampshire Medical Malpractice Joint...
NCCI Seeks Worker’s Comp Loss Costs, Rates Decrease in New Hampshire
Aug 13 2015 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI ) recently delivered a workers’ compensation loss cost filing to the New Hampshire Insurance Department. NCCI said in its July 31 filing that based upon its review...
New Hampshire Removes Cap on Producer Raffles
Aug 3 2015 // New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan recently signed into law H.B. 171 (“An Act Relative to Rebating”) that would remove the annual $1,000 cap on contests, sweepstakes, raffles or drawings conducted by insurance...
N.H. to Begin Winding Down Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association
Jul 27 2015 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department announced on July 24 that the Merrimack County Superior Court issued an order appointing Insurance Commissioner Roger A. Sevigny as receiver of the New Hampshire Medical Malpractice...
New Hampshire’s ‘Hands-Free’ Driving Law in Effect
Jul 20 2015 // New Hampshire is now the 15th state to bar drivers from using hand-held cellphones while driving. The new “hands-free” law, in effect as of July 1, applies to all hand-held devices, including GPS units, tablets...
New N.H. Law Removes $1,000 Annual Cap on Raffles for Producers
Jul 16 2015 // New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan recently signed into law H.B.171 (“An Act relative to rebating”) that would remove the annual $1,000 monetary cap on contests, sweepstakes, raffles or drawings conducted by...
N.H. Seeks to Update Insurance Rules for Health Care Provider Networks
Jul 13 2015 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department is moving forward with changing its rules for health care provider networks, but some insurance companies aren’t yet sold on a key part of the proposed approach. Department...
New Hampshire Law Grants Immunity to People Who Report Overdoses
Jul 10 2015 // As part of New Hampshire’s effort to address the ongoing drug abuse problem, Gov. Maggie Hassan has signed a bill that will spare people from criminal prosecution in certain cases if they are reporting a drug...
N.H. Law Banning Drivers’ Use of Hand-Held Devices Goes Into Effect
Jul 2 2015 // New Hampshire is now the 15th state to bar drivers from using hand-held cellphones while driving. The new “hands-free” law, in effect as of Wednesday, July 1, applies to all hand-held devices, including GPS...
