Latest Idaho Headlines
All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Idaho Trucking Operator Convicted of Pocketing Premiums
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...
Idaho Workers’ Compensation Rates to Decrease in 2019
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...
Parents Sue Idaho Charter School over Reported Assault Handling
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...
Idaho’s High Court Considering Defamation by Inference Suit
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...
Hub Acquires Assets of Harman Agency in Idaho
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...
Idaho Supreme Court Sends Slip-and-Fall Suit Against Walmart Back to Lower Court
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...
Idaho Supreme Court Sends Slip-And-Fall Suit Against Walmart Back to Lower Court
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...
Idaho Workers’ Comp Rates to Decrease Another 3.4% in June
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...
North Idaho Insurance, Summit Now Under Alliant Brand
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...
Work Begins to Reopen Idaho Mine Following Settlement
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...
Federal Agency Blocks Health Plans Falling Short of Obamacare Benefits
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...
Leavitt Group Adds Field Waldo’s Esper in Idaho
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...
Idaho’s ‘Freedom’ Plans Ignore Obamacare, But Have Limits
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...
Climate Change and the ‘Fire Insurance Predicament’
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...
Idaho School Trying to Recover Data Weeks After Ransom-Seeking Cyberattack
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...
California Mudslide Victims ID’d as Crews Continue Survivor Search
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...
2018 Insurance Industry Meetings & Events Directory
Jan 8 2018 // CIWA Industry Days Jan 8-10 Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines La Jolla, Calif. California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA) Contact: Thomas Shovlin, thomas@ciwa.net The 19th Annual Windstorm Insurance Conference Jan...
Idaho Ban on Secret Farm Videos Voided by Court
Jan 5 2018 // A federal appeals court has declared unconstitutional Idaho’s bans on shooting secret videos and lying to enter factory farms to expose animal abuse, but revived other parts of the state’s law to curb...
Idaho Suit Accuses Home Depot of Discriminating Against Mom with Newborn
Dec 18 2017 // A former Home Depot assistant supervisor in Idaho has filed a lawsuit against the company alleging sex and pregnancy discrimination. The lawsuit alleges the company violated federal law by refusing to allow the woman...
Idaho Suit Accuses Home Depot of Discriminating Against Mom with Newborn
Dec 4 2017 // A former Home Depot assistant supervisor in southwestern Idaho has filed a lawsuit against the company alleging sex and pregnancy discrimination. The Idaho Statesman reported the lawsuit alleges the company violated...
