Latest New Hampshire Headlines

All the headlines from our New Hampshire Topic Page, ordered by recency.

N.H. Man Fined in Restaurant Insurance Fraud

Jul 12 2006 // A Portsmouth, N.H. man was fined and given a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to trying to defraud his insurance company, according to officials. The case goes back to 2003, when Jesse Gregoire got into a...

N.H. Family Sues Supermarket Over Bacteria Illness

Jul 12 2006 // An Epsom, N.H. couple is suing Shop & Stop, saying their 8-year-old son was infected and nearly killed by E.coli bacteria in meat bought at the one of the company’s Manchester stores. Eric Tsirovakas got sick...

N.H. Holiday Highway Patrol Stops 7,000 Drivers; Tickets 6,000; Arrests 38

Jul 7 2006 // New Hampshire state troopers might have writer’s cramp after a July Fourth holiday weekend in which they stopped 7,000 vehicles, wrote more than 6,000 tickets and made 38 drunken driving arrests. Extra holiday...

U.S. Approves $14 Million for N.H. Flood Victims

Jul 5 2006 // The federal government has approved nearly $14 million in grants and loans for New Ham[pshire residents and businesses hit by flooding in May. Since President Bush signed off on a disaster declaration for six of the...

Motorcycle Safety Is Second-Class; 29 States Now Say No to Helmet Laws

Jul 5 2006 // In Illinois and Iowa, motorists can get tickets for not wearing seat belts. In Connecticut, they are prohibited from talking on cell phones. And in New Hampshire, motorists can be fined if they are involved in an accident...

New Currents

Jul 3 2006 // Liberty expansion Liberty Mutual Group has begun construction of a 350,000 square foot office building located on 225 acres of land the company owns in Dover, New Hampshire. The company expects to begin occupying the...

Liberty expansion

Jul 3 2006 // Liberty Mutual Group has begun construction of a 350,000 square foot office building located on 225 acres of land the company owns in Dover, New Hampshire. The company expects to begin occupying the building in late...

Liberty Mutual Breaks Ground on New Building in N.H.

Jun 23 2006 // Liberty Mutual Group has begun construction of a 350,000 square foot office building located on 225 acres of land the company owns in Dover, New Hampshire. The company expects to begin occupying the building in late...

Safety Line Crossed During Deadly N.H. Motorcycle Week

Jun 22 2006 // It’s just a narrow yellow line, but crossing it has proved deadly for motorcycle riders during this year’s Bike Week in New Hampshire. Police say bikers crossing the center line into oncoming traffic...

People

Jun 19 2006 // InsurBanc, a financial services provider to the independent insurance agency community, announced that Scott A. Adamsons has joined the company as vice president of sales and business development. The Farmington,...

In N.H.’s positive climate, insurers free to focus on competition and technology

Jun 19 2006 // News Currents Insurers find the political and regulatory environment in New Hampshire favorable. “[I]t’s clear that in New Hampshire, we have a different marketplace than the other New England states....

In N.H.’s positive climate, insurers free to focus on competition and technology

Jun 19 2006 // News Currents Insurers find the political and regulatory environment in New Hampshire favorable. “[I]t’s clear that in New Hampshire, we have a different marketplace than the other New England states....

N.H. Alleges Fraud in ING Handling of State Retirement Plans

Jun 15 2006 // New Hampshire securities officials have charged units of Dutch financial services giant ING Groep NV with taking undisclosed payments for promoting poor investments to state employees in their individual retirement...

N.H. Gov. Lynch to Sign Premium Tax Cut Legislation

Jun 12 2006 // New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch is “inclined” to sign a measure cutting the state’s insurance premium tax in half, according to his communications director. Pamela Walsh told Insurance Journal the governor...

State Commissioners Elect N.H.’s Sevigny to Leadership Post

Jun 11 2006 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) unanimously elected New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny as secretary-treasurer of the association. The election was held at NAIC’s...

N.H. Governor Signs Measure Helping October Flood Victims

Jun 8 2006 // New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has signed into law a bill that will help people who lost their homes, and in some cases the land where their homes sat, in the October flooding. “It’s been a long road for many of...

New England’s flood recovery

Jun 5 2006 // Residents, business owners and public officials in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and southern Maine faced the daunting task of cleaning up after the worst flooding since the 1930s. The floods came after nearly a week of...

N.H. Adopts ID Theft Law

Jun 1 2006 // New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has signed into law legislation giving New Hampshire consumers new tools to protect themselves against identity theft. Senate Bill 334 allows victims of identity theft to ask their credit...

N.H. Joins States Requiring Cigarettes to be ‘Fire-Safe’

May 31 2006 // Joined by New Hampshire fire chiefs, New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch signed into law legislation that requires the sale of only “fire-safer” cigarettes in his state. “States across the nation are beginning...

Federal Disaster Aid Available for Flood Victims in Mass., N.H. and Maine

May 26 2006 // The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal disaster aid has been made available in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine to help people...