Latest New Hampshire Headlines
All the headlines from our New Hampshire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.H., Iowa Doctors to Promote Med-Mal Reform in Early Primary States
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...
N.H. Doctors to Promote Med-Mal Reform in Early Primary States
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...
N.H. Governor Vetoes Surplus Lines Tax Increase
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...
AIA Lauds Passage of NH Standard Fire Policy Excluding Terrorist Coverage
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...
AIA Notes N.H. Regulatory Modernization Bill Goes to Governor
Jun 3 2003 // The American Insurance Association issued a bulletin noting that the New Hampshire legislature has passed an insurance regulatory modernization bill (HB 684) that “will provide benefits to consumers and insurers...
NAII Lauds N.H. Senate’s Passage of Regulatory Modernization Bill
May 29 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers praised the New Hampshire Senate on passing H.B. 684, an insurance regulatory modernization bill that the NAII said “will make it easier for insurers and consumers to...
NH Commissioner Sees Softening Market Conditions
May 27 2003 // New Hampshire Insurance Department Commissioner Paula Rogers, the keynote speaker at the Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc.’s annual conference held at the Marriott Courtyard and Grappone Conference...
NH Commissioner Files to Liquidate Home Insurance
May 14 2003 // On May 8 the New Hampshire Insurance Department announced that Commissioner Paula T. Rogers has filed a Petition with the Superior Court of Merrimack County for her appointment as Liquidator of The Home Insurance Company....
State National’s SNIC Authorized Nationwide
May 8 2003 // Effective April 18, New Hampshire became the 50th state to grant State National Insurance Company approval to write insurance. State National Insurance Company (SNIC) is an A. M. Best “A” rated affiliate of...
PIANH Gears Up for 2003 Annual Conference
Apr 15 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc. will hold its 2003 annual conference May 21, at the Marriott Courtyard and Grappone Conference Center, Concord, N.H. Last year nearly 100 industry representatives...
NAII Lauds House Passage of N.H. Regulatory Modernization Bill
Mar 27 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers praised New Hampshire’s House of Representatives for passing H.B. 684, which it strongly supports, calling it “a bill that will make it easier for insurers and...
REM to Continue Providing Services to Home Insurance in Rehabilitation
Mar 7 2003 // Risk Enterprise Management Limited (REM) announced that one of its run-off clients, Home Insurance Company (The Home), was placed into voluntary Rehabilitation pursuant to an Order of Rehabilitation by the Superior Court...
REM to Continue Providing Services to Home Insurance in Rehabilitation
Mar 6 2003 // Risk Enterprise Management Limited (REM) announced that one of its run-off clients, Home Insurance Company (The Home), was placed into voluntary Rehabilitation pursuant to an Order of Rehabilitation by the Superior Court...
Two Bills Up for Hearing in N.H. House Commerce
Mar 4 2003 // Two significant insurance-related bills are up for hearing this week in the New Hampshire House Commerce Committee. “These two bills couldn’t be more contradictory,” Gerald Zimmerman, senior counsel for...
NAII Supports NH Insurance Regulatory Reform Bill
Jan 21 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers has issued a statement strongly supporting the new insurance regulations contained in a Bill introduced last week in the New Hampshire legislature by Rep. John Hunt,...
NAII Supports N.H. Supreme Court Reversal of Uninsured Driver Ruling
Jan 13 2003 // The New Hampshire Supreme Court recently reversed a lower court ruling that permitted compensation under uninsured motorist coverage to an employee who was injured by a co-worker while both were on the job. “The...
NAII Decries N.H. Court Ruling on Workers’ Comp Interest Payments
Nov 5 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) objected to a recent New Hampshire Supreme Court ruling determining that interest on workers’ compensation payments run from the date of loss rather than the...
Fitch Affirms Merchants Mutual & Merchants N.H. ‘A-‘ IFS Rating
Aug 7 2002 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed its ‘A-‘ insurer financial strength rating (IFS) of Merchants Mutual Insurance Company (Merchants Mutual) and Merchants Insurance Company of New Hampshire, Inc. (Merchants New...
NH Supreme Court Upholds Proportional Damage Award Limits
Jul 1 2002 // The New Hampshire Supreme Court has upheld a state law limiting the payment of damages to the percentage of fault in cases where a defendant has been found less than 50 percent liable for the injuries. A report from the...
NAII Satisfied with NH Legislative Session
May 20 2002 // Gerald L. Zimmerman, senior counsel for the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) indicated that the industry was satisfied with the outcome of the New Hampshire 2002 legislative session, which ended last...
