Latest Idaho Headlines
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Alliant Insurance Services Acquires Advanced Benefits in Idaho
Apr 23 2024 // Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, acquired Advanced Benefits, based in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Founded in 1993, Advanced Benefits offers employee benefit programs, and HR and compliance...
How to Renew Your Insurance License with a Criminal Background: Part 2 – Hawaii through Maryland
Apr 18 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Having a criminal charge or conviction in one’s background can make things more difficult for a licensed insurance producer. However, it doesn’t always have...
Bayer Pushes Legislation in Multiple States for Legal Shield Against Lawsuits
Apr 18 2024 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Stung by paying billions of dollars for settlements and trials, chemical giant Bayer has been lobbying lawmakers in three states to pass bills providing it a legal shield from lawsuits that claim...
Bird Flu Found in Michigan, Idaho Cows as Virus Spreads in US
Apr 1 2024 // Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been discovered in dairy herds in Michigan and Idaho, indicating the virus is spreading into new US states. The National Veterinary Services Laboratories has confirmed the presence of...
Magnitude 4.9 Earthquake Shook Idaho
Feb 28 2024 // An earthquake of 4.9 magnitude struck north of Boise, Idaho, reportedly causing no major damage or injuries, authorities confirmed. The quake happened at 10:25 a.m. on Monday and was centered about 6.2 miles north of...
Recordings Show How Mormon Church Protects Itself From Child Sex Abuse Claims
Dec 5 2023 // Paul Rytting listened as a woman, voice quavering, told him her story. When she was a child, her father, a former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had routinely slipped into bed with her while he...
Thick Fog Likely Caused 30-Vehicle Collision on Idaho Interstate, Police Say
Nov 29 2023 // A thick layer of fog is believed to have caused a roughly 30-vehicle collision on an Idaho interstate, state police said. The collision occurred Monday morning on eastbound Interstate 86, near milepost 56, west of...
Idaho Woman Files Lawsuit Against Fertility Doctor
Nov 20 2023 // An Idaho woman is suing her one-time fertility doctor, saying he secretly used his own sperm to inseminate her 34 years ago, the latest in a string of such cases brought as at-home DNA sampling enables people to learn more...
Idaho Woman Files Lawsuit Against Fertility Doctor
Oct 30 2023 // An Idaho woman is suing her one-time fertility doctor, saying he secretly used his own sperm to inseminate her 34 years ago, the latest in a string of such cases brought as at-home DNA sampling enables people to learn more...
Carolina Insurance Agent Charged with ID Theft, Taking out Secret Life Policy
Sep 11 2023 // North Carolina authorities have charged a Charlotte-area insurance agent with identity theft after he reportedly took out a life insurance policy without the man’s knowledge. Derek Urban Ezzell, 56, a multi-lines...
Supreme Court Limits Reach of Federal ID Theft Law
Jun 9 2023 // The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday narrowed when identity theft can be included as part of federal criminal charges. In the case (Dubin v. U.S.), the high court found that not every use of another’s identification...
Ryan Specialty to Acquire ACE Benefit Partners in Idaho
Jun 6 2023 // Ryan Specialty signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of ACE Benefit Partners Inc. in Eagle, Idaho. The acquisition is expected to close in July 2023. ACE Benefit Partners is a medical stop loss general...
ALKEME Acquires Infinity Insurance Group in Idaho
May 18 2023 // ALKEME acquired the Infinity Insurance Group in Idaho. Infinity Insurance is an insurance agency with offices in Post Falls. Infinity Insurance broke away from its parent company in 2010 and has focused on providing auto,...
Early Morning Fire Destroyed Wing of Idaho High School
Apr 25 2023 // An early morning fire destroyed part of a large high school in the southern Idaho city of Pocatello last week. No one was injured in the fire, but Pocatello Fire Department Assistant Chief Shane Grow said one wing of...
Volkswagen Halts Sale of Some ID.4 EVs Because Doors Might Open While in Motion
Apr 6 2023 // Volkswagen AG has ordered dealers in the U.S. and Canada to stop selling its ID.4 electric SUV because its doors might open while in motion, and the German carmaker doesn’t yet have a fix for the problem. Nearly...
Idaho Hot Pool Roof Fall Sends 7 to Hospitals, Cause Unknown
Jan 10 2023 // A roof collapsed on bathers at an Idaho hot spring, sending seven people to hospitals with a variety of injuries. The injured ranged in age from 9 to 70. All were conscious and in stable condition when taken for further...
Fired Police Accountability Director in Idaho Files Lawsuit
Dec 15 2022 // The director of Boise’s police watchdog group who was put on leave earlier this month has been fired, and he has filed a lawsuit against the city. Mayor Lauren McLean’s office said the decision to place Office...
University Of Idaho Settles Students’ $90K Lawsuit
Dec 14 2022 // _ The University of Idaho will pay $90,000 to settle a lawsuit from members of a Christian law students’ organization who claimed their freedom of speech was violated when the school’s civil rights...
ID.me’s Claim on Scope of Unemployment Fraud Baseless, U.S. Congress Says
Nov 18 2022 // Government contractor ID.me, which checks the identity of benefits applicants, had no basis for its claim that almost half of unemployment aid during the pandemic was lost to fraud, U.S. congressional investigators said on...
Lawsuit in Idaho Settled over Antiquated Law
Nov 16 2022 // People who were convicted of having oral or anal sex under an antiquated Idaho law will be allowed to be removed from the state’s sex offender list, according to a settlement Idaho has reached to resolve a...
