New Hampshire RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 402 - Insurance Companies and Agents (RSA 402:1 to 402:84, as printed)
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Edition. NH RSA, official gencourt.state.nh.us merged chapter view fetched 2026-09-29; the RSA index page states "These RSAs are current through the 2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025." (re-read 2026-09-29)
Status. NH statutes, public domain (state government edict).
What this document is
New Hampshire RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 402 - Insurance Companies and Agents (RSA 402:1 to 402:84, as printed) is a state statute published by www.gencourt.state.nh.us. It is one of the New Hampshire documents that insurance license exam questions are written from, including new hampshire property & casualty, new hampshire personal lines practice questions. This page summarizes it and points to the official version, which is the text to rely on.
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- N.H. RSA 402:53 (Conversion by Agent)
“shall be received by him in his fiduciary capacity, and any agent, solicitor or broker who embezzles or fraudulently converts or appropriates to his own use, or, with intent to embezzle, takes, secretes or otherwise disposes of, or fraudulently withholds, appropriates, lends, invests or otherwise...”
- N.H. RSA 402:74, II (Controlled Insurance; Prohibited Interest)
“II. If any applicant for a license from the commissioner of insurance to act as an insurance agent or to do insurance business in the state receives in any calendar year more than 10 percent of his or its total commissions or premiums from insurance that the agent or company writes in that year,...”
- N.H. RSA 402:16-b (Insurance Referrals)
“Notwithstanding other provisions of this title, a person who has not complied with all applicable state insurance licensing and appointment laws and regulations may refer a party to a person who has complied with all applicable state insurance licensing and appointment laws and regulations, if the...”
- N.H. RSA 402:47 (Inducing Lapses)
“No insurance company, association or society, officer, director, agent, solicitor or broker, nor any person, firm, association, or corporation, shall make any misrepresentation, oral, written, or otherwise, or any misleading estimate of the dividends or share of surplus to be received thereon or...”
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- N.H. RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 417 - Unfair Insurance Trade Practices (complete chapter, RSA 417:1 to 417:31)State statute
- New Hampshire RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 415 - Accident and Health Insurance, individual policy provisions and general provisions (RSA 415:1 to 415:17 and 415:20 to 415:27)State statute
- New Hampshire RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 400-A - Insurance Department; general provisions applicable to all insurers (RSA 400-A:1 to 400-A:39-b)State statute
- New Hampshire RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 415 - Group and Blanket Accident and Health Insurance (RSA 415:18 to 415:19-c)State statute
- New Hampshire RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 408, Group Life Insurance subdivision (RSA 408:14 to 408:18)State statute
- New Hampshire RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 408-F - New Hampshire Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act of 2019 (RSA 408-F:1 to 408-F:20)State statute
- New Hampshire RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 408 - Life Insurance and Annuity Contracts, excluding the group life subdivision (RSA 408:1 to 408:13 and 408:19 to 408:37)State statute
- New Hampshire RSA Title XXXVII, Chapter 415-D - Long-Term Care Insurance Act (RSA 415-D:1 to 415-D:13)State statute