Latest Idaho Headlines
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Idaho Insurance Agent Sentenced for Mishandling Funds
Feb 21 2020 // A licensed insurance producer from Emmett, Idaho, has been sentenced for misappropriation of fiduciary funds. Casandara H. Aune admitted to receiving cash for a client’s premium payment but reportedly did not apply...
Idaho Football Players Win Settlement in False Arrest Lawsuit
Feb 18 2020 // A Utah county agreed to pay more than $10,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by two Idaho State University football players who said they were falsely arrested during a bank robbery investigation. Nehemiah McFarlin and Atoatasi...
Idaho Falls Agent Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Feb 14 2020 // Idaho insurance agent Misty A. Adams was taken into custody this week after being sentenced for insurance fraud. A licensed insurance producer from Idaho Falls, Adams, 45, reportedly backdated her son’s auto...
Woman Sues Idaho Church After Church Van Crashes in Oregon
Feb 13 2020 // A young woman from Idaho who sustained a traumatic brain injury in a 2018 van crash while traveling to a Christian conference in Portland, Ore. with her youth group is suing the church and the youth pastor who was driving...
Washington Fines Contractor for Blasting Violations, Worker Safety Issues
Jan 31 2020 // A reportedly unsafe blasting operation in Spokane, Wash., that put workers and the public at risk has resulted in an Idaho-based drilling company losing its license to perform similar work in Washington. The Washington...
Judge Refuses to Stop Idaho Tribe Lawsuit Against Mining Company
Jan 14 2020 // A Clean Water Act lawsuit filed by the Nez Perce Tribe that seeks to force a Canadian gold mining company to acquire permits for pollution discharged from its central Idaho facility will be allowed to continue, a federal...
Florida City to Pay for ID Monitoring for 60K After Cyberattack
Dec 27 2019 // A Florida city is offering to pay for identity protection monitoring for up to 60,000 people following a cyberattack that crippled Pensacola’s computer systems for days. The News Journal reports Pensacola Mayor...
Idaho Department of Insurance Director Voted NAIC Vice President-elect
Dec 10 2019 // Idaho Department of Insurance Director Dean L. Cameron has been voted vice president-elect of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Cameron served as Secretary-Treasurer of the NAIC for 2019. Starting Jan....
Rural Fire Departments in Idaho Learn Equipment Isn’t Insured
Nov 18 2019 // Several rural volunteer fire departments in north-central Idaho are in danger of losing much of their equipment after officials learned it was uninsured. Idaho County officials previously believed the fire trucks and other...
Rural Fire Departments in Idaho Learn Equipment Isn’t Insured
Nov 1 2019 // Several rural volunteer fire departments in north-central Idaho are in danger of losing much of their equipment after officials learned it was uninsured. The Lewiston Tribune reported Idaho County officials previously...
Idaho Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud With Fictitious Golf Club Receipts
Oct 30 2019 // An Idaho man has been nailed for insurance fraud using fictitious golf club receipts. David Gress appeared at the Canyon County District Court this week and was sentenced for insurance fraud. Gress pled guilty in August to...
Idaho Department of Insurance Names Trexler Deputy Director
Oct 29 2019 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has named Weston Trexler deputy director. He was hired to the department as the product review bureau chief-actuary in 2012. He previously worked for the actuarial consulting firm...
Idaho City Bans Handheld Phone Use While Driving
Oct 28 2019 // One of the largest cities in Idaho has banned the use of a hand-held phone while driving. Meridian’s city council approved the ordinance last week, prohibiting the use of hand-held devices any time a vehicle is in a...
Workers’ Compensation Rates to Decrease in Idaho for 2020
Oct 7 2019 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has approved a proposal for a 6.2 percent overall rate decrease to Idaho workers’ compensation insurance effective Jan. 1, 2020. The proposed rate change was recommended by the...
Idaho Insurance Agent Loses License for Failure to Handle Premiums
Sep 26 2019 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has revoked the license of Desiree A. Jachetta for violations of the Idaho Insurance Code. Jachetta, a resident of Priest River, reported failed to appropriately handle clients’...
Alaska Has This Year’s Most Expensive Wildfire in U.S.
Sep 24 2019 // The nation’s most expensive wildfire this year is one that has been burning for months on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. The Swan Lake Fire has so far cost about $46 million to fight, according to the National...
Idaho Insurance Agent Fined $46K for Submitting Unauthorized Applications
Sep 19 2019 // The Idaho Department of Insurance revoked the insurance producer license of Bryce Joseph Vance for violations of the Idaho Insurance Code and imposed an administrative penalty of $46,000. Vance was charged and admitted to...
Idaho Company Hit With Fine Following Tree-Trimming Death
Aug 22 2019 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined an Idaho tree-trimming company after an employee was killed and another was injured when the work platform of a bucket truck fell about 65 feet. The Times-News...
The Politics Behind the Push for a Federal Marijuana Business Banking Law
Aug 21 2019 // Senator Jeff Merkley once shadowed a cannabis grower and dispenser as he tried to pay his state taxes. He stuffed a backpack with $70,000 in $20 bills and drove 50 miles — unguarded — with the bulging bag in...
Nation’s Excess & Surplus Market Reports 13% Growth Through Midyear
Aug 14 2019 // Source: Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office The nation’s excess and surplus lines insurance industry is growing almost 13 percent faster halfway through this year than it did last year at this time. Mid-year premium...
