Idaho News

From New England to Virginia, Courts Made Insurance Headlines in 2005

From Maine to Virginia, many of the insurance headlines in 2005 dealt with compensation and reinsurance probes, just as they did across the country, casting the industry’s reputation in a bad light. But much of the most interesting regional and …

Wounded Idaho Soldier among First to Receive Expanded Insurance

A Marine reservist who lost a leg in Iraq will be one of the first injured Idaho soldiers to receive money under traumatic injury insurance legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho. “I came out here to say thank …

States Balk at Automakers’ Liability Shield Under New Roof Standard

Twenty-six state attorneys general, concerned about a federal proposal to strengthen the roofs of motor vehicles, have urged the government to abandon language that could prevent people from suing automakers. The state officials took issue with part of a proposed …

Horace Mann Lowers Educators’ Rates

Horace Mann Educators Corp. will be lowering its auto insurance rates in Idaho an average of 5.4 percent beginning Jan. 1, 2006. The rate reductions apply to customers and prospects who are members of the education community, the company said. …

Fire Destroys Idaho Mall

Several businesses at a Coeur d’Alene mall were destroyed in a fire over the weekend. The blaze early Saturday was likely started by a heat cable in a drain pipe, fire department investigator Glenn Lauper told the Coeur d’Alene Press. …

Federal Law Puts Brakes on Vicarious Liability for Auto Rental Firms

Recent N.Y. $21 Million Award May Be Last of Its Kind in the Nation A New York court’s $21 million award last month to a young Wall Street trader paralyzed in an accident involving a Budget Rent-a-Car vehicle may be …

Federal Law Drives Away Vicarious Liability for Auto Rental Firms

Recent N.Y. $21 Million Jury Award May Be Last of Its Kind in the Nation A New York court’s $21 million award last month to a young Wall Street trader paralyzed in an accident involving a Budget Rent-a-Car vehicle may …

Federal Law Puts Brakes on Vicarious Liability for Auto Rental Firms

A New York court’s $21 million award last month to a young Wall Street trader paralyzed in an accident involving a Budget Rent-a-Car vehicle may be one of the last of its kind. Inserted among the thousands of road projects …

Patriot Act Re-authorization Nixed by U.S. Senate

The life insurance industry had a stake in a decision made on Capitol Hill on Friday when the U. S. Senate refused to re-authorize major portions of the USA Patriot Act. Critics of the act complained they infringed too much …

Federal Law Drives Away Vicarious Liability for Auto Rental Firms

A New York court’s $21 million award last month to a young Wall Street trader paralyzed in an accident involving a Budget Rent-a-Car vehicle may be one of the last of its kind. Inserted among the thousands of road projects …