All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 25 2009 // The State Auto Insurance Companies, based in Columbus, Ohio, now offer customized Marriage Identity Services, enhancing the lineup of identity protection services available to State Auto policyholders.Through a partnership...
Sep 21 2009 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Misc. Medical Malpractice Market Detail: NAS...
Sep 7 2009 // The best way insurance agents can teach employers about workers’ compensation is to get to know their business.Idaho insurance agent Doug Nielsen vividly remembers the moment he realized the importance of job safety...
Aug 25 2009 // The Idaho Supreme Court is considering whether a judge was wrong to throw out a jury decision awarding $750,000 to a woman whose two-year-old son died after surgery to repair a dog bite wound.Attorneys for Melinda Coombs...
Aug 17 2009 // Federal officials announced the indictment of a Miami man in what they say is the largest identity theft ring ever exposed in the U.S.Albert Gonzales, 28, was indicted for conspiring to hack into computer networks...
Jul 23 2009 // Idaho’s Department of Insurance is hosting a free producer law class covering consumer complaint/property and casualty review, the idaho individual high risk pool, stranger-originated life insurance/life insurance...
Jun 10 2009 // Liberty Mutual Group’s Agency Markets business unit announced that one of its member companies, Liberty Northwest, has sold the renewal rights for most of its direct-sold workers’ compensation policies written...
Jun 2 2009 // New York-based program manager Insight Catastrophe Group has launched a new division that will provide identity theft programs to personal and commercial lines insurance carriers.The new program includes two supplemental...
Jun 1 2009 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Staffing Firms Market Detail: World Wide...
May 11 2009 // Two years ago, Nestor Carrillo could fit the demands for his Mexican candies and tortillas into one truck as he drove products to a handful of stores across Idaho. Carrillo now has four trucks, three employees and delivers...
May 5 2009 // A bogus Twitter account set up five weeks ago in the name of Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has been shut down — only to reopen with the real governor sending out tweets.The popular social networking and...
May 1 2009 // The Idaho House voted 50-16 to change how Idaho State Insurance Fund pays dividends to workers’ compensation policy holders.The measure has already cleared the Senate and now goes to Gov. C.L. “Butch”...
May 1 2009 // An Indiana bill that would strengthen protections against identity theft is poised to win final approval from the Indiana General Assembly and move to the governor’s desk.House Enrolled Act 1121, the identity-theft...
Apr 24 2009 // Idaho Department of Insurance William Deal is cautioning the insurance industry on the use of producer of record letters. A producer of record letter refers to a written statement signed by an insured advising an insuerer...
Apr 22 2009 // Columbus, Ohio-based Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. announced it is offering educational resources to commercial lines policyholders to help them comply with new federal regulations concerning data security and identity...
Apr 17 2009 // The Idaho Senate resurrected a bill to reform how the State Insurance Fund pays dividends to its workers compensation policy holders, but this new version won’t affect a lawsuit alleging the fund’s managers...
Apr 16 2009 // The 2009 Idaho Legislature has passed, and Gov. C.L. Butch Otter has signed into law, two bills affecting the insurance coverage requirements for all-terrain vehicles, specialty off-highway vehicles, utility type vehicles...
Apr 10 2009 // Idaho’s Senate Commerce and Human Resources Committee voted 5-4 on April 7 to kill a bill that trial lawyers insisted was aimed at scuttling their three-year-old class-action lawsuit against the Idaho State Insurance...
Apr 3 2009 // A Moscow, Idaho, hospital is suing the motorist who crashed into a fire hydrant and sent thousands of gallons of water into the hospital in 2007. Court documents say the water caused more than $10,000 in damages. Darrel...
Mar 18 2009 // Officials in northern Idaho say more than $2 million in federal stimulus money will be used in the region to prevent catastrophic wildfires and create 55 jobs. The U.S. Forest Service and the Idaho Department of Lands say...