All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 3 2018 // Dean Cameron, director of the Idaho Department of Insurance, has been elected secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.Cameron is the first Idaho Insurance Commissioner ever elected to...
Nov 5 2018 // An eastern Washington man found not guilty of three counts of involuntary manslaughter in a criminal trial following a boating crash on Lake Coeur d’Alene in northern Idaho has been ordered to pay $600,000 in a civil...
Oct 31 2018 // A resident of Richardson, Texas, who recognized a suspected arsonist from a television news report has been awarded a $500 check for his call that will lead to the arrests of three suspects in the fire of the Owens Sausage...
Oct 29 2018 // Mike Cunningham has been named new co-owner of Shook-Leavitt Insurance Agency in Idaho, which will now do business as Leavitt Inland Pacific Insurance Services. Amy Shook remains with the agency as manager and a licensed...
Oct 29 2018 // A fraud investigation initiated by the Idaho Department of Insurance lead to the criminal prosecution of a local trucking company owner who pocketed insurance premiums.DOI investigators teamed with the state Attorney...
Oct 2 2018 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has proved a 4.2 percent drop in workers’ compensation insurance rates effective Jan. 1, 2019. The proposed rate change comes from the National Council on Compensation Insurance, and...
Oct 1 2018 // Parents of a former Boise charter school student are suing the school, claiming administrators created a hostile environment by failing to adequately respond after their daughter reported she had been sexually assaulted by...
Sep 25 2018 // The Idaho Supreme Court has heard arguments in a case that could determine whether individuals have the right to sue if they think someone implied, but didn’t outright say, something defamatory.The issue arose in a...
Sep 5 2018 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Harman Agency LLC.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Pepper Harman, owner of Harman Agency, will join Hub Northwest and report to Garth Hamilton, chief sales officer of...
May 7 2018 // The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that a lower court must once again review a slip-and-fall lawsuit against Walmart.Diane Brooks sued the retail giant for negligence in November 2014 after slipping and falling in a puddle...
Apr 25 2018 // The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that a lower court must once again review a slip-and-fall lawsuit against Walmart.The Idaho Statesman reported Diane Brooks sued the retail giant for negligence in November 2014 after...
Apr 20 2018 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has approved a proposal from the National Council on Compensation Insurance for another 3.4 percent decrease to workers’ compensation insurance rates. The decrease is effective for...
Apr 6 2018 // Two Sandpoint, Idaho insurance brokerages will now operate under the Alliant Insurance Services brand.North Idaho Insurance and Summit Insurance Resources Group have a new name and central location. Both firms will assume...
Mar 14 2018 // A northern Idaho mine could be put back into operation following the settlement of a federal lawsuit against the mine’s owner.The Spokesman-Review reported a settlement agreement was filed Monday in federal court in...
Mar 9 2018 // A U.S. government agency on Thursday said Idaho could not allow health insurers to sell plans that do not comply with Obamacare, a sign that the Trump administration will enforce the law even as it takes regulatory actions...
Feb 20 2018 // Leavitt Group of Boise, Idaho is has named Rosie Esper as a personal insurance agent. Esper focuses on home and auto insurance for families and individuals. Esper has been in the insurance industry since 2012 and has 12...
Feb 15 2018 // After Idaho’s Republican governor promised to find creative ways to get around Obamacare, one health plan in the state plans to offer skimpy coverage that may violate many of the law’s protections for...
Feb 8 2018 // A Washington-based conservative group is suing for information on the U.S. government’s “backstage work” on the Paris agreement it says will help pave the way for President Trump’s withdrawal from...
Jan 23 2018 // Nearly six weeks after being hit by a massive ransomware cyberattack, the Jerome School District is still working to recover.On Dec. 11, school district officials found out much of its data was encrypted. Each affected...
Jan 12 2018 // The oldest victim swept away in a California mudslide was Jim Mitchell, who had celebrated his 89th birthday the day before. He died with his wife of more than 50 years, Alice.The youngest, 3-year-old Kailly Benitez, was...