Latest Idaho Headlines
All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif. Prosecutors to Fight ID Theft, Privacy Violations
Jul 30 2007 // In an effort to bolster personal privacy and intellectual property rights, California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced that District Attorneys in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego will begin receiving funds...
Merck Asks Judge to Reduce $47.5 Million Vioxx Award to Idaho Man
Jul 17 2007 // Merck & Co. is urging a New Jersey judge to slash a jury’s $47.5 million award to an Idaho postal worker who successfully sued the drugmaker over a heart attack he blamed on Merck’s since-withdrawn Vioxx...
Washington Casualty Reinstated in Idaho
Jul 13 2007 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has reinstated the license of Washington Casualty Co., a subsidiary of FinCor Holdings Inc., allowing it to underwrite insurance in the state. The reinstated license validates WCC’s...
Mich. Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for ID Theft
Jul 11 2007 // A man convicted of trying to sell the Social Security numbers and other information for thousands of people to undercover agents was sentenced to five years in federal prison, authorities said. Binyamin Schwartz, 29, of...
Tenn. Requires Stores to ID Beer Buyers Regardless of Age
Jul 5 2007 // Comer Wilson hasn’t had to show his ID to buy beer in a while. Maybe it’s the 66-year-old man’s long white beard. Starting July 1, gray hair was no longer good enough. Wilson and everyone else are now...
Washington Casualty Co. Reinstated by Idaho Department
Jun 25 2007 // FinCor Holdings Inc. announced on Friday, June 22 that its Washington Casualty Co. (WCC) subsidiary has had its license to underwrite insurance fully reinstated in Idaho by the Idaho Department of Insurance. FinCor...
N.H. Joins Maine in Opposing Federal Real ID Program
Jun 12 2007 // Calling the federal Real ID Act “repugnant” to the state and federal constitutions, New Hampshire lawmakers voted to join other states — including neighboring Maine — in rejecting the federal Real ID Act as...
Maine Gov. Baldacci Expected to Sign Bill Blocking Real ID
Jun 8 2007 // Gov. John Baldacci is expected to sign a bill prohibiting Maine from implementing Real ID, the national identity card system that’s been vilified by critics as unworkable and too expensive, a spokesman said...
Texas AG cracks down on lender for ID theft exposure
Jun 4 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says Ohio-based CNG Financial Corporation and subsidiaries Check ‘n Go of Texas Inc. and Southwestern & Pacific Specialty Finance Inc. have been systematically exposing their...
Texas AG cracks down on lender for ID theft exposure
Jun 4 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says Ohio-based CNG Financial Corporation and subsidiaries Check ‘n Go of Texas Inc. and Southwestern & Pacific Specialty Finance Inc. have been systematically exposing their...
PIA of Oregon/Idaho Names New Board, Award Winners
May 25 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Oregon/Idaho announced its new officers and presented a number of awards at its 40th Annual Convention and Trade Show in Sunriver, Ore. Pete Lackner, owner of Rose City Associates, was...
Sinking Idaho House Not Covered by Insurance
May 21 2007 // Tresia Stones woke up one morning last month to discover her Idaho house was settling into a sinkhole, cracks creeping across the ceiling and gaps appearing between the floor and the walls. Stones gathered her family and...
Idaho Passes Insurance Laws
May 17 2007 // Idaho has passed several laws this legislative session that have been signed into law and will take effect July 1. The laws include: *HB 088: Amends Idaho Code § 41-5403 to add a risk based capital trend test for property...
Trial Begins for Man Suing Idaho Hospital in Malpractice Case
May 10 2007 // Lawyers for a man who blames an eastern Idaho hospital for brain damage during surgery for a minor wrist injury have begun presenting their case to a jury. Brock Higham is suing the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center,...
Bush Administration Releases Plan to Combat ID Theft
Apr 24 2007 // Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras announced completion of the President’s Identity Theft Task Force strategic plan to combat identity theft. The plan...
Business Moves
Apr 23 2007 // The Hartford, Berkshire Hathaway, First State The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced that its First State Management Group has formed a strategic relationship with certain members of the Berkshire Hathaway...
Consumers Value ID Theft Prevention Over Financial Reimbursement
Apr 10 2007 // Consumers are more concerned with getting identity safeguards than financial loss reimbursement from online banks, a new study suggests. The study also reveals that that 9 out of 10 web users are willing to sacrifice...
Idaho Governor vetoes bills on worker benefits, uninsured motorist coverage
Apr 9 2007 // Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has vetoed two bills related to insurance, totaling five vetoes for the 2007 Legislature. In vetoing a bill to boost state employee benefits, Otter said the state should be...
Fraud Roundup
Apr 9 2007 // Crescent City, Calif., agency shut down Two Pelican Bay State Prison correctional officers have been arrested for stealing insurance premium payments and issuing bogus documents to customers of their insurance agency, some...
Contrary to the headlines, ID theft may be on the decline
Apr 9 2007 // Despite the impression given by cases in the news, identity theft appears to be actually dropping. The 2007 Identity Fraud Survey Report released by Javelin Strategy & Research provides information about the reduction...
