Latest Idaho Headlines
All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Leavitt Group Adds Field Waldo’s Esper in Idaho
Feb 20 2018 // Leavitt Group of Boise, Idaho is has named Rosie Esper as a personal insurance agent. Esper focuses on home and auto insurance for families and individuals. Esper has been in the insurance industry since 2012 and has 12...
Idaho’s ‘Freedom’ Plans Ignore Obamacare, But Have Limits
Feb 15 2018 // After Idaho’s Republican governor promised to find creative ways to get around Obamacare, one health plan in the state plans to offer skimpy coverage that may violate many of the law’s protections for...
Climate Change and the ‘Fire Insurance Predicament’
Feb 8 2018 // A Washington-based conservative group is suing for information on the U.S. government’s “backstage work” on the Paris agreement it says will help pave the way for President Trump’s withdrawal from...
Idaho School Trying to Recover Data Weeks After Ransom-Seeking Cyberattack
Jan 23 2018 // Nearly six weeks after being hit by a massive ransomware cyberattack, the Jerome School District is still working to recover. On Dec. 11, school district officials found out much of its data was encrypted. Each affected...
California Mudslide Victims ID’d as Crews Continue Survivor Search
Jan 12 2018 // The oldest victim swept away in a California mudslide was Jim Mitchell, who had celebrated his 89th birthday the day before. He died with his wife of more than 50 years, Alice. The youngest, 3-year-old Kailly Benitez, was...
2018 Insurance Industry Meetings & Events Directory
Jan 8 2018 // CIWA Industry Days Jan 8-10 Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines La Jolla, Calif. California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA) Contact: Thomas Shovlin, thomas@ciwa.net The 19th Annual Windstorm Insurance Conference Jan...
Idaho Ban on Secret Farm Videos Voided by Court
Jan 5 2018 // A federal appeals court has declared unconstitutional Idaho’s bans on shooting secret videos and lying to enter factory farms to expose animal abuse, but revived other parts of the state’s law to curb...
Idaho Suit Accuses Home Depot of Discriminating Against Mom with Newborn
Dec 18 2017 // A former Home Depot assistant supervisor in Idaho has filed a lawsuit against the company alleging sex and pregnancy discrimination. The lawsuit alleges the company violated federal law by refusing to allow the woman...
Idaho Suit Accuses Home Depot of Discriminating Against Mom with Newborn
Dec 4 2017 // A former Home Depot assistant supervisor in southwestern Idaho has filed a lawsuit against the company alleging sex and pregnancy discrimination. The Idaho Statesman reported the lawsuit alleges the company violated...
Idaho Governor Urges End to Sexual Harassment Amid Lawsuits
Oct 24 2017 // Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and First Lady Lori Otter are working to bring awareness to stop sexual assault and harassment and are encouraging Idahoans to also step up in their efforts. The governor’s tweeted...
Idaho Workers’ Comp Rates to Decrease for 2018
Oct 16 2017 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has received a proposal from the National Council on Compensation Insurance for an overall rate drop of 5.8 percent percent to workers’ compensation insurance. The decrease is to...
Leavitt Group Names Gardner Chief Sales Officer in Idaho
Oct 9 2017 // Leavitt Group of Boise Inc. in Idaho has named Kevin Gardner chief sales officer and partner. In addition to managing his business clients’ risk management programs, he will lead the sales department, including...
Self-Insurance Plan Could Save Idaho $13M, Consultant Says
Oct 3 2017 // A new analysis on how much Idaho would save by switching public employees to a self-insurance model puts the amount at $13 million for the first year of operation. The analysis made public last week by Mercer, an actuarial...
Idaho Workers’ Comp Rates to Decrease for 2018
Oct 2 2017 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has received a proposal from the National Council on Compensation Insurance for an overall rate drop of 5.8 percent percent to workers’ compensation insurance. The decrease is to...
Earthquakes Rattle Southeast Idaho: USGS
Sep 5 2017 // The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed a moderate magnitude 5.3 earthquake has rumbled through southeast Idaho. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The epicenter of the quake was located 11 miles east of...
Idaho City Tells Insurer to Pay For Children’s Chemical Burns
Aug 22 2017 // The city of Lewiston has decided to pay medical bills for children from two families who suffered chemical burns at a park. The children were burned after city employees left a toxic paint stripper applied to graffiti near...
Idaho Taps Utah Company to Deploy App for Eclipse Traffic
Aug 17 2017 // Idaho Transportation Department officials are hoping technology from a Utah company will help improve traveler safety if traffic comes to a complete halt during the solar eclipse. Millions across the country are expected...
Ohio Mutual Offering Premium Discounts with Cellcontrol Drive ID Technology Use
Aug 14 2017 // Cellcontrol and Ohio Mutual Insurance, based in Bucyrus, Ohio, are partnering on a program to reduce distracted driving by offering a 10 percent discount on auto policy premiums when insureds use Cellcontrol’s...
Verisk: Texas 2nd in Number of Households at Risk for Wildfire
Jul 20 2017 // The 2017 Verisk Wildfire Risk Analysis shows that Texas is ranked second behind California for the number of households at high or extreme risk from wildfire. The analysis determined the number and percentage of households...
Idaho Manure Pond Deaths Raise Concerns About Farmworker Safety
Jul 18 2017 // It was still dark the morning Ruperto Vazquez-Carrera began his shift at Sunrise Organic Dairy in Idaho. It was mid-February 2016. A winter heat wave had melted snow and ice overnight, flooding part of the rural Jerome...
