Latest Idaho Headlines
All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Bush Administration Releases Plan to Combat ID Theft
Apr 24 2007 // Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras announced completion of the President’s Identity Theft Task Force strategic plan to combat identity theft. The plan...
Business Moves
Apr 23 2007 // The Hartford, Berkshire Hathaway, First State The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced that its First State Management Group has formed a strategic relationship with certain members of the Berkshire Hathaway...
Consumers Value ID Theft Prevention Over Financial Reimbursement
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...
Idaho Governor vetoes bills on worker benefits, uninsured motorist coverage
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...
Fraud Roundup
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...
Contrary to the headlines, ID theft may be on the decline
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...
Fraud Roundup
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...
News Currents
Apr 9 2007 // Idaho Governor vetoes bills on worker benefits, uninsured motorist coverage Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has vetoed two bills related to insurance, totaling five vetoes for the 2007 Legislature. In vetoing a...
Texas AG Cites RadioShack for Failing to Protect Customers from ID Theft
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...
Idaho Governor Vetoes Fifth Bill on State Worker Benefits
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...
Idaho Man Sentenced for Fraud
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...
Idaho Senate passes bill to require underinsured motorists coverage
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...
Idaho Governor Vetoes Auto Insurance Measure
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...
News Currents
Mar 26 2007 // Idaho Senate passes bill to require underinsured motorists coverage A bill to require Idaho insurers to offer coverage for accidents involving underinsured drivers passed the Senate, overcoming objections from two...
N.J. Jury Awards $47.5 Million in Vioxx Heart Attack Retrial
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...
Idaho Senate Passes Bill to Require Underinsured Motorists Coverage
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...
Maine lawmakers balk at federal driver’s license-ID system
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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Sixth Person Charged in Alleged Okla. ID Theft Crime Ring
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...
Report: ID Theft Down; Key Risk Factors Include Age, Income
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...
