All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 23 2007 // The Hartford, Berkshire Hathaway, First StateThe Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced that its First State Management Group has formed a strategic relationship with certain members of the Berkshire Hathaway...
Apr 10 2007 // Consumers are more concerned with getting identity safeguards than financial loss reimbursement from online banks, a new study suggests.The study also reveals that that 9 out of 10 web users are willing to sacrifice...
Apr 9 2007 // Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has vetoed two bills related to insurance, totaling five vetoes for the 2007 Legislature.In vetoing a bill to boost state employee benefits, Otter said the state should be...
Apr 9 2007 // Crescent City, Calif., agency shut down Two Pelican Bay State Prison correctional officers have been arrested for stealing insurance premium payments and issuing bogus documents to customers of their insurance agency, some...
Apr 9 2007 // Despite the impression given by cases in the news, identity theft appears to be actually dropping.The 2007 Identity Fraud Survey Report released by Javelin Strategy & Research provides information about the reduction...
Apr 9 2007 // Crescent City, Calif., agency shut downTwo Pelican Bay State Prison correctional officers have been arrested for stealing insurance premium payments and issuing bogus documents to customers of their insurance agency, some...
Apr 9 2007 // Idaho Governor vetoes bills on worker benefits, uninsured motorist coverageIdaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has vetoed two bills related to insurance, totaling five vetoes for the 2007 Legislature. In vetoing a...
Apr 3 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has taken legal action against Fort Worth-based RadioShack Corporation for exposing its customers to identity theft.According to documents filed by the AG on April 2, 2007, RadioShack...
Mar 30 2007 // Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter announced another veto, his fifth of the 2007 Legislature, saying a bill to boost state employee benefits violated Idaho’s policy of concentrating on boosting wages.The bill...
Mar 29 2007 // Former Bend, Ore., resident Robert Pratt, 39, was sentenced for conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said. Fourth District Judge Ronald Wilpur sentenced Pratt to seven years in prison and...
Mar 26 2007 // A bill to require Idaho insurers to offer coverage for accidents involving underinsured drivers passed the Senate, overcoming objections from two insurance agents who said it could increase costs.The measure was scheduled...
Mar 26 2007 // Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has vetoed his fourth bill of 2007, this time killing a measure to force insurance companies to offer motorists policies that protect them against underinsured drivers in the event...
Mar 26 2007 // Idaho Senate passes bill to require underinsured motorists coverageA bill to require Idaho insurers to offer coverage for accidents involving underinsured drivers passed the Senate, overcoming objections from two insurance...
Mar 15 2007 // Merck & Co.’s painkiller Vioxx contributed to an Idaho postal worker’s heart attack, a jury in Atlantic City has ruled, reversing the verdict in the man’s first trial and hitting Merck with a total...
Mar 8 2007 // A bill to require Idaho insurers to offer coverage for accidents involving underinsured drivers passed the Senate, overcoming objections from two insurance agents who said it could increase costs.The measure now goes to...
Feb 11 2007 // The Maine Legislature declared that it would refuse a congressional order to change its drivers’ licenses so they can serve as national identification cards.Supporters of a recent nonbinding resolution say the...
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Feb 6 2007 // A sixth person has been charged in Oklahoma in an investigation of an alleged identity theft crime ring, according to the office of Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson’s office.Scott Richard Poor, 50, was...
Feb 2 2007 // Despite the impression given by cases in the news, identity theft appears to be actually dropping.The 2007 Identity Fraud Survey Report released by Javelin Strategy & Research provides information about the reduction...
Feb 1 2007 // Maryland must comply with the federal Real ID Act, Transportation Secretary nominee John D. Porcari told the Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.The Real ID Act mandates that states verify documents proving an applicant is a...