Risk Management: Safety

Safe Vehicle Tips

• Finding the safest car seat option
• Video: Understanding your keyless ignition

  Watch a 2-minute video on this topic here. 

• Video: Rearview Video Systems

  Watch a 1 minute video on this topic.

• VIDEO: The Used Car Safety Check

  Watch this 1:25 video on this topic or read a simple checklist before your next used car purchase. 

• Seat belt tips for pregnant women

  I’m Pregnant. Should I wear a seat belt? YES! Find more tips here.

• VIDEO: Truck Zone Safety

  Watch a 1-minute video on this topic here.

• How to Talk with Your Teen About Safe Driving
• Dangers of Distracted Driving
• Distracted Driving Statistics
• VIDEO: 3-Second Rule for Safe Following Distance

  See a 1-minute video on this topic here. 

• How newer cars compare in safety ratings
• Hot car deaths can happen fast

  Guess how long it takes to go from 70 degrees outside to 109 degrees inside a car. 10, 20 or 30 minutes?
  

• Reminders for medication and safely driving
• Anytime is train time on railroad tracks

  We have a 6 second video to remind you that a train can pass through a segment of track at any time, so always practice patience at crossings.

• Keep your eyes on the road

  In life you don’t get do-overs and even if you did, things may not turn out the way you expect. 

• School Bus safety tips for drivers & students
• April is Distracted Driving Month

  Watching and sharing this 30 second video may say your life and those you love! 

• Vehicle Recall Lookup – Find out if your safety is at risk

  Is your vehicle safe? Find out how to check for a safety recall for your vehicle here.

• Disabled vehicle - What to do if you leave it behind

  

  With the temperatures rising along with the number of vehicles on the road, Idaho State Police want you to know what to do if your car breaks down on one of Idaho's highways or interstates.

• Motorcycles – Idaho STAR Safety Training

  The Idaho STAR program in Lewiston offers safe driving courses for motorcyclists to help make Idaho’s roadways safer for all of us.
  

• Motorcycles – Look Twice, Save a Life

  It's time to remind all drivers to take extra precautions to make sure they share the road safely with motorcycles, from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

• 3 Costly Mistakes With Keyless Ignition Vehicles

  Three dangerous but common mistakes have emerged as we learn to use keyless ignition systems on newer vehicles.

• Tips to Avoid Child Heatstroke

  It is every parent's fear - leaving a child in a hot car.

• What to do if you see a child alone in a car?

  Learn what you can do to protect a child from dying of heatstroke.

Summer Safety Tips

• 5 tips to keep your backyard safe
• Bicycle Safety tips for adults taught by children

  We can all learn a thing or two from these pre-K students when it comes to bicycle safety.

• Fireworks – what if something goes wrong?

  Family fun can turn into tragedy in a flash. Cover your liability plus safety tips to keep your show safe.

Cyber Security

• Protect Yourself from Social Security-related Scams

  Protect yourself and others from Social Security-related scams with these tips.

• Password Security Tips

  As we can accomplish via the Internet, such experiences can be fraught with peril if we do not take the proper security measures -- the best first step is a strong password.

• Online Identity Theft Prevention

  

  Data breaches, in all their forms, can potentially expose the personal information that we share online, putting consumers at risk of identity theft.

• How to Help Prevent Offline Identity Fraud

  Contrary to popular belief, identity fraud does not always begin online.

• Wire Transfer Fraud Quadruped in 2017 – Beazley

  Cyber-criminals are using ever-more sophisticated methods to exploit human weaknesses in an organization's cyber defenses.

Winter Safety Tips

• Winter Driving Safety Tips

  

  When winter weather strikes, drivers face out-of-the-ordinary challenges when they get behind the wheel. Snow, slush or icy roads are involved in nearly one in four weather-related vehicle crashes. 

• How to Drive in Icy Conditions

  As temperatures approach freezing, icy conditions can develop, especially on roadways where elevation is higher, and bridges and overpasses. Adjusting your driving behavior for these conditions can help keep you, and others around you, safe on the road this winter.

• Do I Need Snow Tires?

  

  Taking snow tires out of the garage and replacing regular or summer tires during the snowy and icy months was once a familiar winter ritual for many people. With all-season tires becoming increasingly common, do drivers still need tires designed specifically to operate in snow?

• The Science Behind Winter Driving

  Let’s take a look at the science behind some common winter driving conditions in order to better understand what leads to dangerous driving situations, and help us all prepare to drive more safely this winter.

• Thanksgiving safe travel tips

  We encourage you to drive safely this Thanksgiving holiday weekend. -- From the Sullivans & Staff at American Insurance

• Shovel snow safely this winter

  Make sure you shovel snow safely this winter.

• Halloween - How it was invented by evil geniuses.

  Halloween has more ways to cause claims for liability and property damage than a big bag of assorted candy! Read our tips for a safe holiday here.

• Halloween - What is really scary?!

  Halloween is a scary cauldron potion - mixed with one part darkness, one part costumed kids (darting across streets), one part teens (with “tricks”), one part scary decorations (to trip over), one part sweet candy (to rot your teeth), one part open flame candles and overloaded extension cords – and POOF....

• Slip & Fall Accidents - Winter Prevention

  

  Here are 3 essential tips to help prevent winter slip and fall accidents.

Safe Home Tips

• How to Protect Yourself from Package Theft and ID Fraud
• 9 Home Security Tips
• VIDEO: 6 Home Renovations that Can Affect Your Insurance

  If you're planning a home renovation, you may want to call your insurance agent first because this decision can impact your homeowners insurance.

• VIDEO: 8 Disaster Preparedness Tips
• Safe home tips to remember for older adults

  At age 65, people are twice as likely to be killed or injured by fires compared to the population at large. And with our numbers growing every year, it's essential to take the necessary steps to stay safe.

• Safe cooking tips for kids

  Teach children how to be safe in and around the kitchen. This fun video gives easy tips for the whole family.

• Smoke alarms save lives

  In 24 hours, the Idaho State Fire Marshal was called on to investigate three home fires. None of the homes had working smoke alarms. One fire resulted in two fatalities.

• BBQ Safety Tips

  Here are some important tips to help you keep danger away when you are enjoying food and fun:

• BBQ common mistake burns house
• Clothes Dryers – How can you prevent fires?

Fire Safety for Children

• Ways children can help prevent fires at home

  Tips on how children can help a home be fire-safe.

• Chicago Fire of 1871 teaches lessons for today

  Listen as Casey Grant from the National Fire Protection Association and best-selling author Lauren Tarshsis of the ‘I Survived’ book series talk about the lessons we learned from the Great Chicago Fire in 1871

Work Comp

• Work Comp Reduced By Positive Reinforcement

  Safeway, the grocery chain, rebuilt its safety culture on a foundation of positive reinforcement, leading to savings in excess of $100 million.