Idaho News

Idaho Agent Knows Job Safety Training and Employee Communication Pay Off

Nielsen Teaches Employers How to ‘Close the Window’ On Rising Comp Costs The best way insurance agents can teach employers about workers’ compensation is to get to know their business. Idaho insurance agent Doug Nielsen vividly remembers the moment he …

New Markets

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Motor Carriers Hit Over Safety; Are Insurance Limits Too Low?

A new analysis of government data reveals that more than 28,000 motor carrier companies that operate 200,000 trucks have violated federal safety regulations. The trial bar association, the American Association for Justice (AAJ), said it found commuters are sharing roads …

Idaho Supreme Court Hears Propofol Malpractice Case

The Idaho Supreme Court is considering whether a judge was wrong to throw out a jury decision awarding $750,000 to a woman whose two-year-old son died after surgery to repair a dog bite wound. Attorneys for Melinda Coombs and Drs. …

Older Arizonans Still Behind the Wheel

Once a week, Arizonan Ruthie Culver steps into her golf cart and drives the 3 miles or so from her home to Banner Boswell Medical Center in Sun City, where she volunteers. If it’s raining, she gets behind the wheel …

States Give ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers

Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be drunk drivers, robbers, forgers, possibly even rapists. They got their producer licenses in states that did not ask them for their …

Family Health Insurance Premiums Seen Rising 94% by 2020

Nationally, family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance increased 119 percent between 1999 and 2008, and could increase another 94 percent to an average $23,842 per family by 2020 if cost growth continues on its current course, according to a new …

Hacker Indicted in Huge ID Theft: 130 Million Credit Cards

Federal officials announced the indictment of a Miami man in what they say is the largest identity theft ring ever exposed in the U.S. Albert Gonzales, 28, was indicted for conspiring to hack into computer networks supporting major American retail …

Mississippi High Court to Hear Case Challenging Drunk Driving Test

The Mississippi Supreme Court has agreed to hear a driving under the influence (DUI) case that revolves around the theory of “retrograde extrapolation.” Retrograde extrapolation is determining whether a person was drunk at a certain moment, based on results of …

Home Values Vs. Rebuilding Costs

Zillow.com: Year-Over-Year Median Sale Price, 6/1/08 to 5/31/09 Xactware: Increase/decrease in cost to rebuild, 1/1/09 to 5/31/09 Xactware: Cost to rebuild year over year, 6/1/08 to 5/31/09 Home Values Vs. Rebuilding Costs State Zillow.com Xactware Xactware Nevada -29.59% 1.00% 4.96% …