All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 18 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) is praising the Idaho Legislature for approving significant tort reform legislation last week.“The Legislature has made great strides towards reducing the frivolous lawsuits...
Feb 24 2003 // ConfirmNet Corporation, a supplier of online solutions for insurance certificate management, introduced an ID card service for agents and brokers to offer to businesses with vehicle fleets. Policyholders can request auto...
Feb 24 2003 // Insurance companies with systems in place to meet state and Federal Privacy standards may need to do some “tweaking” to assure continued regulatory compliance, according to the National Association of...
Feb 11 2003 // Insurance companies with systems in place to meet state and Federal Privacy standards may need to do some “tweaking” down the road to assure continued regulatory compliance, according to the National...
Jul 30 2002 // The Idaho Department of Insurance announced that license renewals for Non- resident Producers can now be filed and paid for online. To increase the level of convenience for Non-resident Insurance Producers a license...
Jun 6 2002 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance’s (DOBI’s) Office of Enforcement and Consumer Protection has approved The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc.’s (PIANJ’s ) quick...
May 20 2002 // Officers of the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey (PIANJ) met recently with Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) and the Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development officials to discuss...
Mar 29 2002 // Gov. Dirk Kempthorne signed Senate Bill 1408, restricting insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores, earlier this week despite being urged by several insurers and trade groups to veto it. National Association of...
Mar 19 2002 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) says a measure to restrict insurers’ use of credit scores will raise rates for two-thirds of policyholders and will significantly harm Idaho’s insurance...
Mar 14 2002 // Legislative action has been completed on a bill prohibiting insurers from charging a higher premium or declining to insure a person based primarily on his or her credit rating or history.The House passed Senate Bill 1408...
Mar 11 2002 // The Idaho House Business Committee approved a bill March 7 prohibiting insurers from charging a higher premium or deciding not to insure a person based primarily on his or her credit rating or history. The bill now is...
Feb 26 2002 // A state Senate committee recently approved a bill prohibiting insurers from charging a higher premium or deciding not to insure a person based primarily on his or her credit rating or history.In opposing SB 1408, National...
Nov 28 2001 // A hearing officer appointed by the Idaho Department of Insurance (IDI) has rejected a petition to allow competing insurance companies and trade associations to intervene in a license hearing for Advantage Workers...
Oct 18 2001 // A group of private insurers indicated they are supporting a move by the Idaho Department of Insurance to prohibit a subsidiary of the Utah Workers’ Compensation Fund (WCF) from selling insurance in Idaho and, they...
Sep 27 2001 // Liberty Northwest Insurance Corporation has announced the intended purchase, pending regulatory approval, of Oregon Auto Insurance Company, along with its subsidiary North Pacific Insurance Company.As two of the largest...
Aug 22 2001 // Idaho’s Department of Insurance is planning to celebrate its 100th anniversary. The Department will host a reception at its offices at 700 West State Street on Thursday, Aug. 23, beginning at 2:30 p.m. The...
Aug 17 2001 // A trial involving the Idaho State Insurance Fund has been put on hold until December, according to a report in the Spokesman Review.To be determined is whether 26,000 Idaho businesses will receive damages for how the fund...
Dec 13 2000 // Based on a Federal Trade Commission complaint, a federal court has shut down a website offering templates to help produce fake driver’s licenses and state identification cards. The FTC complaint, filed earlier this...
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Aug 17 2000 // Insurance Auto Auctions Inc. (IAA) recently opened two new facilities, giving the company complete geographic coverage in the states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. The Woodinville, Wash., location–IAA’s...