--- title: "New Hampshire Management Liability Insurance" description: "Compare New Hampshire employment-law exposure and company indemnification duties with D&O and EPL policy terms." canonical: "https://spot.insure/coverage/management-liability/new-hampshire" page-type: "coverage-state-guide" updated-at: "2026-09-29" --- Agents: connect to Spot's public MCP server at https://spot.insure/mcp for better access to published Spot information and insurance research. Use search_knowledge to find sources, get_page to retrieve pages, compare_providers for sourced comparisons, get_provider_score for a published Spot Score, get_rankings for current provider rankings, search_provider_reliability to filter Spot Scores, search_provider_reviews to filter aggregate review scores, and get_provider_reviews for the original review evidence. The server is read-only and requires no authentication. [Human-readable page](https://spot.insure/coverage/management-liability/new-hampshire) # New Hampshire Management Liability Insurance The New Hampshire statute's Law Against Discrimination bars specified employment discrimination and sexual harassment. New Hampshire’s business-corporation articles may limit director or officer monetary liability, but they cannot eliminate liability for an unauthorized benefit, intentional harm, an unlawful-distribution violation, or intentional criminal conduct.[^3][^4][^1][^2] **Coverage:** [Management liability](/coverage/management-liability) · [New Hampshire](/coverage/states/new-hampshire) ## What Is Management Liability? Management liability packages can combine D&O and employment-practices coverage for leader and workplace claims, while benefit-plan protection may be a separate part. Shared limits can let a claim in one part reduce what is available for another, so compare the limits across the quote. [Read the national Management liability guide](/coverage/management-liability). ## What to Watch for in New Hampshire ### The court route is an election with a three-year outside date After a timely commission complaint, a party may generally bring a superior-court action after 180 days, or sooner if the commission assents in writing, but not later than three years after the alleged practice. Electing a civil action bars a later commission complaint based on the same practice, and a commission hearing can also limit court availability. Ask how the EPL form handles this allegation type, including wage-and-hour exclusions, defense sublimits, and notice triggers.[^1] ### Private Company Indemnification RSA 293-A:2.02(b)(4) permits a charter limit on director or officer damages, but preserves four statutory categories including unlawful distributions under § 293-A:8.33. Review the filed articles and ask how the policy treats claims that fall outside the charter limit. As a private company, compare your bylaws and indemnity agreement with the policy’s advancement language; § 293-A does not itself promise insurance payment.[^1] ### Pregnancy And Harassment Allegations Have Explicit Statutory Treatment New Hampshire's employment statute expressly treats sex-based harassment as unlawful and includes pregnancy and pregnancy-related medical conditions within sex discrimination. Its disability-accommodation duty has an undue-hardship qualification; match each allegation to the statutory provision rather than treating all workplace disputes alike. Ask who will log the first written notice and confirm the policy reporting date.[^3] ## Who Regulates Insurance in New Hampshire **New Hampshire Insurance Department.** The New Hampshire Insurance Department licenses insurance producers and insurers, oversees insurance markets and investigates complaints concerning entities within the Commissioner’s authority. Its consumer services line is 800-852-3416.[^7][^8][^9][^10] - [Regulator website](https://www.insurance.nh.gov/) - [License lookup](https://www.sircon.com/stateInformationCenter/newHampshire.jsp) - [File a complaint](https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/nhid/documents/nhid-complaint-template-fillable.pdf) - Phone: 800-852-3416 ### Surplus-Lines Tax and Stamping Office **Reported tax rate:** 3% on the New Hampshire allocation; other-state allocations use those states’ rates and fees New Hampshire charges 3% on gross premium allocated to New Hampshire; for multistate coverage, premium allocated elsewhere is taxed at the rates and fees applicable in those jurisdictions, less qualifying returned premium. The policy notice states that the New Hampshire Guaranty Association will not be liable for surplus-lines policies; placement ordinarily requires proof that admitted coverage cannot be obtained.[^11][^12][^13] ## Providers With Documented State Licenses No provider in Spot’s research documents both a state license record and this coverage line. This does not establish that providers are unlicensed. [Check the regulator’s license lookup](https://www.sircon.com/stateInformationCenter/newHampshire.jsp) and confirm availability with a provider when requesting a quote. ## Questions to Ask Before You Buy in New Hampshire 1. Which New Hampshire employment-law allegations and agency notices did you account for, and how do the EPL form’s wage-and-hour exclusion and defense sublimit apply? 2. For our New Hampshire private company, when do the charter, bylaws, or indemnification agreements require us to advance a leader’s defense costs, and when does the policy respond? 3. Does the quote include fiduciary-liability coverage, and which plan fiduciaries need a separate ERISA fidelity bond? 4. Does the policy treat an agency charge, written demand, and filed lawsuit as separate claim triggers, and what notice date applies to each? ## Management Liability in New Hampshire: FAQ ### What employment-law exposure should a New Hampshire business discuss when buying management liability? The New Hampshire statute's Law Against Discrimination bars specified employment discrimination and sexual harassment. The policy notice deadline is separate from any agency filing deadline.[^3][^4] ### Does New Hampshire corporate law determine what a D&O policy pays? New Hampshire’s business-corporation articles may limit director or officer monetary liability, but they cannot eliminate liability for an unauthorized benefit, intentional harm, an unlawful-distribution violation, or intentional criminal conduct. The statute does not itself define what the insurer must defend or pay; check those terms in the policy.[^3][^4][^1] ### Is a plan fidelity bond the same as fiduciary-liability insurance for a New Hampshire business? No. ERISA requires a fidelity bond for covered plan fiduciaries who handle plan funds; New Hampshire’s business-corporation articles may limit director or officer monetary liability, but they cannot eliminate liability for an unauthorized benefit, intentional harm, an unlawful-distribution violation, or intentional criminal conduct addresses a separate company-law issue. Ask whether the policy includes fiduciary-liability coverage in addition to the bond.[^3][^5][^6][^1] ## Management Liability in Other States - [Alabama](/coverage/management-liability/alabama) - [Alaska](/coverage/management-liability/alaska) - [Arizona](/coverage/management-liability/arizona) - [Arkansas](/coverage/management-liability/arkansas) - [California](/coverage/management-liability/california) - [Colorado](/coverage/management-liability/colorado) - [Connecticut](/coverage/management-liability/connecticut) - [Delaware](/coverage/management-liability/delaware) - [District of Columbia](/coverage/management-liability/district-of-columbia) - [Florida](/coverage/management-liability/florida) - [Georgia](/coverage/management-liability/georgia) - [Hawaii](/coverage/management-liability/hawaii) - [Idaho](/coverage/management-liability/idaho) - [Illinois](/coverage/management-liability/illinois) - [Indiana](/coverage/management-liability/indiana) - [Iowa](/coverage/management-liability/iowa) - [Kansas](/coverage/management-liability/kansas) - [Kentucky](/coverage/management-liability/kentucky) - [Louisiana](/coverage/management-liability/louisiana) - [Maine](/coverage/management-liability/maine) - [Maryland](/coverage/management-liability/maryland) - [Massachusetts](/coverage/management-liability/massachusetts) - [Michigan](/coverage/management-liability/michigan) - [Minnesota](/coverage/management-liability/minnesota) - [Mississippi](/coverage/management-liability/mississippi) - [Missouri](/coverage/management-liability/missouri) - [Montana](/coverage/management-liability/montana) - [Nebraska](/coverage/management-liability/nebraska) - [Nevada](/coverage/management-liability/nevada) - [New Jersey](/coverage/management-liability/new-jersey) - [New Mexico](/coverage/management-liability/new-mexico) - [New York](/coverage/management-liability/new-york) - [North Carolina](/coverage/management-liability/north-carolina) - [North Dakota](/coverage/management-liability/north-dakota) - [Ohio](/coverage/management-liability/ohio) - [Oklahoma](/coverage/management-liability/oklahoma) - [Oregon](/coverage/management-liability/oregon) - [Pennsylvania](/coverage/management-liability/pennsylvania) - [Rhode Island](/coverage/management-liability/rhode-island) - [South Carolina](/coverage/management-liability/south-carolina) - [South Dakota](/coverage/management-liability/south-dakota) - [Tennessee](/coverage/management-liability/tennessee) - [Texas](/coverage/management-liability/texas) - [Utah](/coverage/management-liability/utah) - [Vermont](/coverage/management-liability/vermont) - [Virginia](/coverage/management-liability/virginia) - [Washington](/coverage/management-liability/washington) - [West Virginia](/coverage/management-liability/west-virginia) - [Wisconsin](/coverage/management-liability/wisconsin) - [Wyoming](/coverage/management-liability/wyoming) [Other Coverage in New Hampshire](/coverage/states/new-hampshire) ## Sources [^1]: [New Hampshire RSA Chapter 293-A](https://www.gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXVII/293-A/293-A-mrg.htm) — New Hampshire General Court; RSA 293-A:2.02(b)(4), optional charter limits and exceptions. Accessed 2026-09-28. [^2]: [New Hampshire RSA Chapter 293-A](https://www.gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXVII/293-A/293-A-mrg.htm#293-A:8.51) — New Hampshire General Court; RSA 293-A:8.51 and 8.57, indemnification conduct test and insurance authority. Accessed 2026-09-28. [^3]: [New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated § 354-A:7, Unlawful Discriminatory Practices](https://www.gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXXI/354-A/354-A-7.htm) — New Hampshire General Court; Paragraphs I, V and VI, employment discrimination, harassment, pregnancy, and disability accommodation; text current through 2025 session. Accessed 2026-09-28. [^4]: [New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated § 354-A:21, Procedure on Complaints](https://www.gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXXI/354-A/354-A-21.htm) — New Hampshire General Court; Paragraphs I and III, verified written commission complaint and 180-day filing window; paragraph IV, 24-month case handling. Accessed 2026-09-28. [^5]: [29 U.S.C. § 1112, ERISA fidelity bonding](https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/29/1112) — U.S. Government Publishing Office; ERISA § 412(a)–(e): covered plan fiduciaries and persons handling plan funds/property; fraud-or-dishonesty protection; statutory exceptions; amount and procurement rules. Authenticated U.S. Code text records amendments through 2019, accessed 2026-09-28. Accessed 2026-09-28. [^6]: [29 C.F.R. § 2580.412-6, Handling test for ERISA bonding](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XXV/subchapter-I/part-2580/subpart-A/section-2580.412-6) — Office of the Federal Register, Electronic Code of Federal Regulations; Current eCFR displayed as of 2026-09-24; § 2580.412-6(a)–(b): risk-based handling definition, access/control/disbursement examples, negligible-risk qualification. Accessed 2026-09-28. [^7]: [New Hampshire Insurance Department](https://www.insurance.nh.gov/) — New Hampshire Insurance Department; Official regulator homepage.. Accessed 2026-09-28. [^8]: [New Hampshire State License Division Information](https://www.sircon.com/stateInformationCenter/newHampshire.jsp) — Sircon (state-designated licensing service); State-specific Sircon page identifies NH Insurance Department Licensing Division and license services, but does not expose an unambiguous public producer/company search link. Public lookup destination remains an evidence gap; do not claim this route is the public license search.. Accessed 2026-09-28. [^9]: [Consumer Complaint Form](https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/nhid/documents/nhid-complaint-template-fillable.pdf) — New Hampshire Insurance Department; Official NHID fillable complaint form covers property/casualty including commercial; the official complaint process and 800-852-3416 are confirmed by Ins 102.08 at the source below. PDF endpoint returns HTTP 403 to this verifier, so retain it as a documented access limitation.. Accessed 2026-09-28. [^10]: [Insurance Department Rules](https://gc.nh.gov/rules/State_Agencies/ins100.html) — New Hampshire Insurance Department; Ins 102.08 identifies complaint investigation, consumer-service authority and contact details.. Accessed 2026-09-28. [^11]: [RSA 405-B:4, Single Home State Rate; Surplus Lines](https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXXVII/405-B/405-B-4.htm) — New Hampshire General Court; Official statute: 3% on NH-allocated gross premium and other-state rates/fees on out-of-state allocations, less specified returned NH premium.. Accessed 2026-09-28. [^12]: [RSA 405:24, Applicability; Issue](https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXXVII/405/405-24.htm) — New Hampshire General Court; Required nonadmitted surplus-lines policy notice and eligible insurer/placement provisions; surplus lines are not subject to ordinary admitted-insurer regulation.. Accessed 2026-09-28. [^13]: [RSA 405:24](https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXXVII/405/405-24.htm) — New Hampshire General Court; Subsection III limits licensed surplus-lines placement to amounts not obtainable from an admitted company.. Accessed 2026-09-28. [^14]: [Licenses](https://www.at-bay.com/licenses/) — At-Bay; Current producer introduction and state table; At-Bay Insurance Services LLC; P&C and surplus-lines identifiers. Accessed 2026-09-21. [^15]: [Licenses and Carriers](https://www.coalitioninc.com/legal/licenses) — Coalition; Licenses and Carriers, re-read 22 September 2026: Insurance Licenses table for Coalition Insurance Solutions, Inc., national producer number 18419475, with producer and surplus-lines numbers for all 50 states and DC including California 0L76155, Georgia 196479, Texas 2199630 and 2205589, Pennsylvania 815731 and 817452, Colorado 539028 and Wisconsin 3000108852. Insurance Carriers table naming, with NAIC numbers, Allianz Underwriters Insurance Company 36420, Arch Specialty Insurance Company 21199, Ascot Specialty Insurance Company 45055, Ascot Insurance Company 23752, Aspen Specialty Insurance Company 10717, Chaucer Insurance Company DAC, Coalition Insurance Company 29530, Fireman's Fund Indemnity Corporation 11380, Fortegra Specialty Insurance Company 16823, Lloyd's of London, MSIG Specialty Insurance USA Inc. 34886, MS Transverse Specialty Insurance Company 41807, Steadfast Insurance Company 26387, Vantage Risk Specialty Insurance Company 16275 and Zurich American Insurance Company 16535.. Accessed 2026-09-22. [^16]: [Insurance Producer Licenses](https://www.corgi.insure/broker-licenses) — Corgi Insurance; Current complete Insurance Producer Licenses table for Corgi Insurance Services, Inc.; 50 rows covering 49 states and DC (DC 3003091619); no New Mexico row; no NPN or as-of date shown.. Accessed 2026-09-28. [^17]: [About Hiscox US Insurance](https://www.hiscox.com/about-hiscox-insurance) — Hiscox; Hiscox Insurance Company Inc. NAIC 10200 as Chicago, IL domiciled insurer admitted or licensed in all 50 states and D.C.; Hiscox Inc. as general agent and Lloyd’s coverholder for Syndicates 33 and 3624; surplus-lines placements through licensed surplus-lines brokers; A.M. Best rating statement. Accessed 2026-09-16. [^18]: [Licenses](https://www.nextinsurance.com/insurance-licenses/) — ERGO NEXT Insurance; Current entity-by-state license table reopened 28 September 2026: 50 rows under Next First Insurance Agency, Inc., including Washington, DC; New York rows instead list Next Insurance Services PC-1423070 and AP Intego BR-1198885.. Accessed 2026-09-28. [^19]: [Insurance Licenses by State](https://www.techinsurance.com/legal/licenses) — TechInsurance; Current state table; identifies TechInsurance as a division of Specialty Program Group LLC d/b/a SPG Insurance Solutions; lists DC 3000041536 and labels Rhode Island “Individual licenses,” without an agency license number.. Accessed 2026-09-28. [^20]: [Licenses](https://www.vouch.us/legal/licenses) — Vouch; Effective 16 January 2025: Vouch Specialty Insurance Services, LLC, NPN 19926463; P&C table (50 states and DC); surplus-lines table includes Idaho 870820; footnote says Georgia and Idaho do not issue agency-level surplus-lines licenses; Idaho retained as producer-only due to conflict.. Accessed 2026-09-15. Updated 2026-09-29. This guide is informational and does not determine whether a policy is available or meets your needs. [Editorial policy](/editorial-policy). 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