Latest Idaho Headlines
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Kingsley Elected President of the Professional Insurance Agents of Oregon/Idaho
Jun 17 2004 // Richard Kingsley, owner of Stayton-based Cammack-Kingsley Insurance Inc., has been elected president-elect of the Professional Insurance Agents of Oregon/Idaho, a trade association that represents more than 2,300...
Regional Focus
Jun 7 2004 // Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill was attributed with the comment that “all politics are local.” The same could be said for the insurance industry—insurance coverage is definitely local. In...
FLORIDA CFO PROMOTES LEGISLATION TO PREVENT ID THEFT:
Apr 19 2004 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher recently unveiled a proposal to require financial institutions, brokerages, insurance companies and agencies to use greater care when they dispose of consumer records...
Fla. CFO Promotes Legislation to Prevent ID Theft
Mar 22 2004 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher on Monday unveiled a proposal to require financial institutions, brokerages, insurance companies and agencies to use greater care when they dispose of consumer records...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
IDAHO OFFERS ONLINE IN-STATE PRODUCER LICENSE RENEWAL SERVICE:
Jan 26 2004 // After nearly two years since it began offering online license renewals to out of state insurance producers, the Idaho Department of Insurance is now extending the same convenience to in-state producers. Those who use the...
Idaho Offers Online In-state Producer License Renewal Service
Jan 5 2004 // After nearly two years since it began offering online license renewals to out of state insurance producers, the Idaho Department of Insurance is now extending the same convenience to in-state producers. Those who use the...
ACORD to Provide N.J. Auto ID Cards
Nov 6 2003 // The Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD) announced that it will soon be providing temporary as well as permanent auto ID cards in New Jersey, as part of a major change in the...
IIANJ Comments on Out of State Trust Accounts; ID Cards; Consumer Notices
Oct 10 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey has issued three separate bulletins addressing the problems of out of state trust accounts, multiple ID card forms and consumer notices on automobile insurance. The IIANJ...
PIANJ Praises DOBI Effort to Fight ID Card Fraud
Oct 9 2003 // In a comment issued to The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. said it wholeheartedly supports the DOBI’s endeavor to reduce insurance identification...
NYSID Announces Arrest of Queen’s Man for Selling Fraudulent Auto ID Cards
Sep 24 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that Vincent Morciglio, 49, of Jamaica was arrested on Friday and charged with two counts of forgery and two counts of criminal possession of a forged...
Tort Reform Tops 2003 Idaho Legislative Session; State Fund Issue Remains Unresolved
May 14 2003 // Tort reform was reportedly the major accomplishment of the 2003 Idaho legislative session. The session lasted a record 118 days due to a standoff between the Governor and legislators over the raising of certain taxes to...
Getting the Percentages Right in Surplus Lines
May 5 2003 // I was standing at the ballpark watching the local minor league baseball team take batting practice before a game. My son was along for the insurance company-sponsored evening, and we were out along the third-base line in...
Covering All the Bases with the Help of Surplus Lines
May 5 2003 // I was standing at the ballpark watching the local minor league baseball team take batting practice before a game. My son was along for the insurance company-sponsored evening, and we were out along the third-base line in...
ISO Tech Conference to Explore Terrorism, Mold, Med-Mal, ID Theft
May 5 2003 // The Insurance and Technology Conference, sponsored by Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO), will be held Nov. 2-4 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim. Dr. James Canton, futurist and author, will be the keynote speaker,...
Idaho Gov. Signs Landmark Tort Reform Measure Into Law
Mar 28 2003 // A bill signed into law March 26 by Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne (R) sets the standard for tort reform in the states, according to the Alliance of American Insurers. HB 92, which passed the Senate 27-8 and the House 58-12...
AIA Applauds Idaho Legislature’s Approval of Tort Reform
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...
ConfirmNet Unveils Auto ID Card Service
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...
NAII Notes All States Have Addressed Privacy Legislation
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...
NAII Notes All States Have Addressed Privacy Legislation, While Handful Have Proposals Pending
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...
