Latest Idaho Headlines
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Idaho Governor Vetoes Fifth Bill on State Worker Benefits
Mar 30 2007 // Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter announced another veto, his fifth of the 2007 Legislature, saying a bill to boost state employee benefits violated Idaho’s policy of concentrating on boosting wages. The bill...
Idaho Man Sentenced for Fraud
Mar 29 2007 // Former Bend, Ore., resident Robert Pratt, 39, was sentenced for conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said. Fourth District Judge Ronald Wilpur sentenced Pratt to seven years in prison and...
Idaho Senate passes bill to require underinsured motorists coverage
Mar 26 2007 // A bill to require Idaho insurers to offer coverage for accidents involving underinsured drivers passed the Senate, overcoming objections from two insurance agents who said it could increase costs. The measure was scheduled...
Idaho Governor Vetoes Auto Insurance Measure
Mar 26 2007 // Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has vetoed his fourth bill of 2007, this time killing a measure to force insurance companies to offer motorists policies that protect them against underinsured drivers in the event...
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Mar 26 2007 // Idaho Senate passes bill to require underinsured motorists coverage A bill to require Idaho insurers to offer coverage for accidents involving underinsured drivers passed the Senate, overcoming objections from two...
N.J. Jury Awards $47.5 Million in Vioxx Heart Attack Retrial
Mar 15 2007 // Merck & Co.’s painkiller Vioxx contributed to an Idaho postal worker’s heart attack, a jury in Atlantic City has ruled, reversing the verdict in the man’s first trial and hitting Merck with a total...
Idaho Senate Passes Bill to Require Underinsured Motorists Coverage
Mar 8 2007 // A bill to require Idaho insurers to offer coverage for accidents involving underinsured drivers passed the Senate, overcoming objections from two insurance agents who said it could increase costs. The measure now goes to...
Maine lawmakers balk at federal driver’s license-ID system
Feb 11 2007 // The Maine Legislature declared that it would refuse a congressional order to change its drivers’ licenses so they can serve as national identification cards. Supporters of a recent nonbinding resolution say the...
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Sixth Person Charged in Alleged Okla. ID Theft Crime Ring
Feb 6 2007 // A sixth person has been charged in Oklahoma in an investigation of an alleged identity theft crime ring, according to the office of Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson’s office. Scott Richard Poor, 50, was...
Report: ID Theft Down; Key Risk Factors Include Age, Income
Feb 2 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...
Maryland Told It Must Comply with Federal Real ID Driver’s License Act
Feb 1 2007 // Maryland must comply with the federal Real ID Act, Transportation Secretary nominee John D. Porcari told the Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. The Real ID Act mandates that states verify documents proving an applicant is a...
Colorado, Idaho Gov.-elects appoint insurance department heads
Jan 8 2007 // Colorado’s Gov.-elect Bill Ritter announced he is appointing Manitou Springs Mayor Marcy Morrison, a Republican, as insurance administrator. And Idaho Gov.-elect Butch Otter said he would appoint state Rep. Bill Deal...
Colorado, Idaho Gov.-elects appoint insurance department heads
Jan 7 2007 // Colorado’s Gov.-elect Bill Ritter announced he is appointing Manitou Springs Mayor Marcy Morrison, a Republican, as insurance administrator. And Idaho Gov.-elect Butch Otter said he would appoint state Rep. Bill Deal...
Association Applauds Idaho’s Deal’s Appointment
Jan 4 2007 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) applauding the appointment of Rep. Bill Deal to director of the Idaho Department of Insurance. Deal stepped down from him position in the House of Representatives for Idaho’s...
Idaho Governor-Elect Appoints Deal to Head Department of Insurance
Dec 27 2006 // Gov.-elect Butch Otter has appointed three Republicans with close ties to his campaign to lead state agencies, including state Rep. Bill Deal, who takes over at the Department of Insurance after losing a bid for Idaho...
ID theft warning in Okla.
Dec 25 2006 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson issued a consumer alert to customers of First State Bank in Ketchum warning them about a scam being perpetrated in their area. According to the AG’s office, the bank had...
ID Theft, Fraud Case Leads Okla. AG to Ask for Statute Change
Dec 21 2006 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson’s office will propose legislation to expand his Consumer Protection Unit’s prosecutorial authority. In a release, Edmondson said a case he recently filed, which concerns...
Okla. AG Warns Ketchum Bank Customers About ID Theft Scam
Dec 19 2006 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson recently issued a consumer alert warning customers of First State Bank in Ketchum about a scam currently being perpetrated in the area. Edmondson issued the warning after the bank...
Fraud Roundup
Dec 11 2006 // Upland woman arrested for fraud and grand theft A woman from Upland, Calif., has been arrested for insurance fraud and grand theft. Investigators from the San Bernardino County, Calif., District Attorney’s Office...
