December 30, 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 …
December 29, 2005
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 …
December 27, 2005
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 …
December 21, 2005
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. …
December 20, 2005
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. …
December 19, 2005
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 …
December 19, 2005
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 …
December 18, 2005
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 …
December 18, 2005
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 …
December 18, 2005
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 …