Latest New Hampshire Headlines
All the headlines from our New Hampshire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lee Named Branch VP for The Hanover in New Hampshire and Vermont
Jul 27 2010 // The Hanover has appointed Michael H. Lee as branch vice president for Commercial Lines for the company’s New Hampshire and Vermont markets. In this new role, Lee will lead the company’s efforts to strengthen...
New Hampshire Hikes Surplus Lines Taxes
Jul 19 2010 // Surplus lines taxes in New Hampshire have gone up 50 percent, as a law change passed earlier this year went into effect this month. The tax rate now stands at 3 percent of premiums, up from 2 percent. Originally, lawmakers...
New Hampshire Hikes Surplus Lines Taxes
Jul 13 2010 // Surplus lines taxes in New Hampshire have gone up 50 percent, as a law change earlier this year went into effect this month. The tax rate now stands at 3 percent of premiums, up from 2 percent. Originally, lawmakers had...
Jury Clears New Hampshire Transportation Department in Fatal Crash
Jun 3 2010 // A jury says the New Hampshire Transportation Department was not responsible for a 2007 Interstate 93 crash that killed a 6-year-old boy. A jury in Rockingham Superior Court returned the verdict following a civil trial. A...
New Hampshire Fight over Malpractice Fund Surplus Continues
May 26 2010 // The tug-of-war over surplus money in a state-created malpractice insurance fund intensified Monday, with the insurance commissioner seeking to change the fund’s rules and the policyholders heading back to court. The...
Masiello Opens Seacoast New Hampshire Office
May 24 2010 // New Hampshire-based Masiello Insurance Agency Inc. has opened a Seacoast office in the Granite State. The Hampton office, which serves both southern Maine and eastern New Hampshire, is operated by Joe Frechette — a...
Trucking Firm Suing New Hampshire in Crash That Killed Boy
May 24 2010 // A trial is underway in New Hampshire in a lawsuit brought against the state Department of Transportation by a Canadian trucking company involved a February 2007 crash that killed a 6-year-old boy. Fidele Tremblay claims...
Official: Machine was Origin of New Hampshire Explosions
May 17 2010 // The investigation into a series of explosions at a gun and ammunition manufacturing plant in far northern New Hampshire that killed two people has led to one machine, the state’s fire marshal said Saturday. Bill...
New Hampshire House Considers Permanent Lake Speed Limits
May 6 2010 // The New Hampshire House votes Wednesday whether to make boat speed limits permanent on the state’s largest lake. The House will consider a Senate bill that raises the daytime limit to 50 mph and the nighttime limit...
Feds Looking at New Hampshire Accident Involving Toyota SUV
Apr 28 2010 // Federal officials want to review a New Hampshire collision that killed four people, three in a Toyota Highlander. The Boston Globe reports the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration received two consumer complaints...
New Hampshire Home Has 2 Fires in 1 Day
Apr 12 2010 // Firefighters in Hampton Beach put out a fire at a multifamily home only to be called back for a second fire 30 minutes later. Authorities say the first blaze broke out about 4:30 a.m. Thursday. The second one occurred...
Ryer Named New Hampshire VP for Acadia Insurance
Apr 8 2010 // Maine-based Acadia Insurance Co. has named Leonard J. Ryer as its new regional vice president for the insurer’s New Hampshire operations. Ryer will help to develop and monitor the overall underwriting, marketing,...
New Hampshire Fire Damage Pegged at $9.5M
Apr 5 2010 // An investigator looking at a massive fire in February that destroyed a block of buildings along New Hampshire’s Hampton Beach estimates the damage to be at least $9.5 million. Hampton Fire Prevention Officer Jon True...
Investigator: Damage from New Hampshire Fire at Least $9.5M
Mar 22 2010 // An investigator looking at last month’s fire that destroyed a block of buildings along New Hampshire’s Hampton Beach estimates the damage to be at least $9.5 million. Hampton Fire Prevention Officer Jon True...
New Hampshire Court Refuses to Reconsider $110M Ruling
Mar 10 2010 // The New Hampshire Supreme Court has refused to reconsider its ruling rejecting the state’s claim to $110 million surplus from a fund that underwrites medical malpractice insurance. Gov. John Lynch spokesman Colin...
Hotel Fire Destroys Entire Block in New Hampshire
Mar 3 2010 // A fire that started in an unoccupied oceanfront hotel was fanned by hurricane-force winds and spread to several nearby buildings, engulfing and destroying an entire block of businesses on a stretch of Hampton Beach popular...
Man Sues State over New Hampshire Ice Storm Crash
Feb 16 2010 // A Massachusetts man has filed a lawsuit blaming the New Hampshire Department of Transportation and the town of Windham for a car crash during the massive December 2008 ice storm. Steven Ford of Lawrence, Mass., claims...
New Hampshire Asks Court to Reconsider $110M MedMal Ruling
Feb 11 2010 // New Hampshire is asking the state Supreme Court to reconsider rejecting its claim to $110 million in surplus from a fund that underwrites medical malpractice insurance. In a 3-2 decision last month, the court upheld...
N.H. Supreme Court: State Can’t Take Malpractice Reserves
Jan 28 2010 // New Hampshire’s highest court has ruled that state lawmakers cannot raid $110 million in reserves from the Joint Underwriting Association, which underwrites medical malpractice insurance in the state. The Supreme...
New Hampshire Avoids Malpractice Funds to Balance 2009 Books
Jan 25 2010 // New Hampshire is dipping into its savings — rather than a fund that underwrites malpractice insurance — for $80 million to close the books on the fiscal year that ended June 30. The state wanted to take $65...
