Latest Idaho Headlines
All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Firm Battling over Hemp Product Idaho Says Is Pot
Feb 5 2019 // A company has filed a lawsuit against Idaho State Police and Ada County after authorities seized nearly 7,000 pounds of cannabis from a truck headed to Colorado, the Idaho Statesman reported. Authorities who stopped the...
New Markets
Jan 21 2019 // Workers’ Comp Market Detail: Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services Inc.’s (www.btisinc.com) Victory Workers’ Comp program offers instant online price indication, fast quote turnaround times...
Idaho Law Requiring Drunk Drivers to Use Interlock Takes Effect
Jan 3 2019 // An Idaho law has gone into effect that requires ignition interlock devices to be installed on the vehicles of first-time convicted drunken drivers. Beginning Jan. 1, all first-time DUI offenders were required to have the...
Hub International Acquires Assets of Apex Insurance Benefits in Idaho
Dec 17 2018 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Apex Insurance Benefits LLC in Blackfoot, Idaho. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Troy Goodwin, owner of Apex, will join Hub Mountain and report to Tara Tandrow,...
People
Dec 17 2018 // NAS Insurance Services LLC has expanded its senior management team with several new appointments, including naming Marcus D’Anna chief financial officer. D’Anna’s appointment as CFO comes after five years...
Idaho Commissioner Named NAIC Secretary-Treasurer
Dec 3 2018 // Dean Cameron, director of the Idaho Department of Insurance, has been elected secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Cameron is the first Idaho Insurance Commissioner ever elected to...
Jury Awards $600K in Idaho Triple-Fatal Boat Crash
Nov 5 2018 // An eastern Washington man found not guilty of three counts of involuntary manslaughter in a criminal trial following a boating crash on Lake Coeur d’Alene in northern Idaho has been ordered to pay $600,000 in a civil...
3 Suspects in Sausage Plant Fire ID’d After Texas Arson Hotline Call
Oct 31 2018 // A resident of Richardson, Texas, who recognized a suspected arsonist from a television news report has been awarded a $500 check for his call that will lead to the arrests of three suspects in the fire of the Owens Sausage...
Shook-Leavitt in Idaho Now Leavitt Inland Pacific, Cunningham New Owner
Oct 29 2018 // Mike Cunningham has been named new co-owner of Shook-Leavitt Insurance Agency in Idaho, which will now do business as Leavitt Inland Pacific Insurance Services. Amy Shook remains with the agency as manager and a licensed...
Idaho Trucking Operator Convicted of Pocketing Premiums
Oct 29 2018 // A fraud investigation initiated by the Idaho Department of Insurance lead to the criminal prosecution of a local trucking company owner who pocketed insurance premiums. DOI investigators teamed with the state Attorney...
Idaho Workers’ Compensation Rates to Decrease in 2019
Oct 2 2018 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has proved a 4.2 percent drop in workers’ compensation insurance rates effective Jan. 1, 2019. The proposed rate change comes from the National Council on Compensation Insurance, and...
Parents Sue Idaho Charter School over Reported Assault Handling
Oct 1 2018 // Parents of a former Boise charter school student are suing the school, claiming administrators created a hostile environment by failing to adequately respond after their daughter reported she had been sexually assaulted by...
Idaho’s High Court Considering Defamation by Inference Suit
Sep 25 2018 // The Idaho Supreme Court has heard arguments in a case that could determine whether individuals have the right to sue if they think someone implied, but didn’t outright say, something defamatory. The issue arose in a...
Hub Acquires Assets of Harman Agency in Idaho
Sep 5 2018 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Harman Agency LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Pepper Harman, owner of Harman Agency, will join Hub Northwest and report to Garth Hamilton, chief sales officer of...
Idaho Supreme Court Sends Slip-and-Fall Suit Against Walmart Back to Lower Court
May 7 2018 // The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that a lower court must once again review a slip-and-fall lawsuit against Walmart. Diane Brooks sued the retail giant for negligence in November 2014 after slipping and falling in a puddle...
Idaho Supreme Court Sends Slip-And-Fall Suit Against Walmart Back to Lower Court
Apr 25 2018 // The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that a lower court must once again review a slip-and-fall lawsuit against Walmart. The Idaho Statesman reported Diane Brooks sued the retail giant for negligence in November 2014 after...
Idaho Workers’ Comp Rates to Decrease Another 3.4% in June
Apr 20 2018 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has approved a proposal from the National Council on Compensation Insurance for another 3.4 percent decrease to workers’ compensation insurance rates. The decrease is effective for...
North Idaho Insurance, Summit Now Under Alliant Brand
Apr 6 2018 // Two Sandpoint, Idaho insurance brokerages will now operate under the Alliant Insurance Services brand. North Idaho Insurance and Summit Insurance Resources Group have a new name and central location. Both firms will assume...
Work Begins to Reopen Idaho Mine Following Settlement
Mar 14 2018 // A northern Idaho mine could be put back into operation following the settlement of a federal lawsuit against the mine’s owner. The Spokesman-Review reported a settlement agreement was filed Monday in federal court in...
Federal Agency Blocks Health Plans Falling Short of Obamacare Benefits
Mar 9 2018 // A U.S. government agency on Thursday said Idaho could not allow health insurers to sell plans that do not comply with Obamacare, a sign that the Trump administration will enforce the law even as it takes regulatory actions...
