The New Hampshire Insurance Department approved the original workers’ compensation voluntary loss cost filing made by the National Council on Compensation Insurance, consisting of an overall 8% decrease. Additionally, a decrease of 10.4% of the overall assigned risk...
The 2021 legislative session wrapped up in New Hampshire at the end of June. It was an interesting year amidst the pandemic, which required largely all remote hearings in the Legislature. The House and Senate passed H.B.1 and H.B.2 on June 24. These are the two budget...
As many of you know, the federal government established the Paycheck Protection Program to help businesses with payroll and other operating expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The PPP loan was designed to be forgiven, but what legislators did not take into...
PIANH President Lyle W. Fulkerson, Esq., and PIANH President-elect, Keith T. Maglia, met with representatives from each of New Hampshire’s congressional offices—including a thorough discussion with Democrat Rep. Chris Pappas—last Wednesday to discuss PIA’s federal...
The deadline for the New Hampshire Legislature to act on bills introduced this session was April 9, 2021—and some of the bills were left behind in limbo. This means they can be amended onto another bill later this year, or they can be re-introduced in the 2022...
Gov. Chris Sununu introduced his budget for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 to the state Legislature last week. In the budget—which is worth $13.4 billion, much of which is federal aid—Sununu proposed a voluntary and medical-leave insurance system. To get the system...
New Hampshire Republicans have control of the state Senate, House and Executive Council after the November election—following Democratic majorities in all three arenas the last two years. Gov. Chris Sununu was re-elected for his third term after defeating state Sen....