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Choosing a digital-asset custodian in Idaho

If an Idaho business places company or customer assets with a local trust custodian, check that the contracting entity and service match Idaho Department of Finance’s current approved digital-asset-custodian listing. The state’s trust-custody authority helps identify the regulated custody relationship; it does not establish that your assets or account are insured. 1,2

What Is Digital Assets?

Digital-asset coverage may address custody, theft and business-liability risks, but a custodian’s policy may protect the custodian rather than you. If you hold or safeguard assets, verify the insured entity, wallets, key-loss protection and valuation. Read the national Digital assets guide.

Idaho Requirements

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Verify the named custodianCompare the precise legal entity on your custody agreement with the Department of Finance’s current list and confirm that the intended safekeeping service falls within its Idaho authorization. 1,2

What to Watch for in Idaho

  • The list is not a coverage schedule

    An Idaho approval to provide trust custody is not evidence that a particular customer, wallet, token or loss is insured. 1,3

  • A home-state regulator may supervise the trust company

    The Department says it collaborates with home-state regulators. Confirm which state entity signs the contract and who controls keys rather than assuming every service is directly administered in Idaho. 1

  • Do not extend trust authority to unrelated activity

    Idaho’s trust-institution statute describes who may act in fiduciary capacities; it does not answer every money-transmission, exchange or software question. 2

  • Describe the policy question precisely

    Ask how the proposed terms address hot or cold storage, key control, insured identity and asset valuation; custodian approval does not answer those policy questions. 4

Who Regulates Insurance in Idaho

Idaho Department of Insurance

The Idaho Department of Insurance administers insurance laws and regulates insurers and licensed producers. It directs users to the NAIC State Based Systems lookup for producer and company licensing records and accepts consumer complaints. 5,9,6

Surplus-lines tax and stamping office

Reported tax rate: 1.5% of premium when Idaho is the home state for property and casualty coverage Idaho’s surplus-lines tax is 1.5%. For property-and-casualty insurance other than workers’ compensation, if Idaho is the insured’s home state the full premium is taxed regardless of where covered risks are located; other lines follow the statutory allocation rule. Surplus-lines policies do not receive Idaho guaranty-association protection. 7,8,10

Providers With Documented State Licenses

No provider in Spot’s research documents both a state license record and this coverage line. This does not establish that providers are unlicensed. Check the regulator’s license lookup and confirm availability with a provider when requesting a quote.

Questions to Ask Before You Buy in Idaho

  1. What is the exact legal name of the trust custodian and does the Idaho list show that entity for digital-asset safekeeping?
  2. Which wallet addresses, asset types and key-control arrangements are in the custody contract and proposed insurance submission?
  3. If the custodian advertises insurance, does it cover the custodian directly, and what rights or loss process does your business have?
  4. Ask the broker how policy terms treat theft, key loss, employee misuse, network events and valuation; the Idaho approval itself does not answer those coverage questions.

Digital Assets in Idaho: FAQ

Does an Idaho-approved custodian’s status mean my digital assets are insured? 1,3

No. The Department’s list identifies custodians authorized to provide custody and safekeeping for Idahoans. It does not state that an account or asset is insured. 1,3

Does the trust-custodian list apply to every crypto business? 1,2

The list is for digital-asset custody and safekeeping under Idaho’s trust framework. Do not treat it as a license determination for exchanges, software services or every transfer activity. 1,2

Digital Assets in Other States

Other Coverage in Idaho

Sources

  1. Digital Asset Custodians (Approved). Idaho Department of Finance; Current Digital Asset Custodians page; Bank Section supervision, collaboration with home-state regulators and approved custodian list. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  2. Idaho Code §26-3204. Idaho Legislature; Current online codification; authorized fiduciary and trust-institution categories. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  3. Insurance. BitGo; Current page: custody and key-control description; direct-insured entity and location/entity eligibility qualifiers. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  4. Performance Management — Supplemental Requirements & Guidance. Lloyd’s; January 2020, pp.44–46: historic underwriting considerations for key security, hot/cold storage, code/network risk, insured identity and valuation; historical market guidance only. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  5. Idaho Department of Insurance. Idaho Department of Insurance; Official regulator homepage and consumer resources. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  6. Consumers. Idaho Department of Insurance; Official consumer service bureau page with File a Complaint links and published phone. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  7. Idaho Insurance Laws and Regulations. Idaho Department of Insurance; 2026 publication: Idaho Code § 41-1204, 1.5% premium tax and home-state allocation rule. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  8. Surplus Lines. Idaho Department of Insurance; Idaho surplus-lines broker requirement and Idaho SLA membership. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  9. Request Public Records. Idaho Department of Insurance; Department states that producer and insurer licensing records are maintained by State Based Systems and links to individual SBS Lookup Search. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  10. Surplus Lines: Facts to Know. Idaho Department of Insurance; Department publication says there is no state guaranty-association coverage for surplus-lines insurance if the company becomes insolvent. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  11. Licenses. At-Bay; Current producer introduction and state table; At-Bay Insurance Services LLC; P&C and surplus-lines identifiers. Accessed 2026-09-21.
  12. Licenses and Carriers. Coalition; Licenses and Carriers, re-read 22 September 2026: Insurance Licenses table for Coalition Insurance Solutions, Inc., national producer number 18419475, with producer and surplus-lines numbers for all 50 states and DC including California 0L76155, Georgia 196479, Texas 2199630 and 2205589, Pennsylvania 815731 and 817452, Colorado 539028 and Wisconsin 3000108852. Insurance Carriers table naming, with NAIC numbers, Allianz Underwriters Insurance Company 36420, Arch Specialty Insurance Company 21199, Ascot Specialty Insurance Company 45055, Ascot Insurance Company 23752, Aspen Specialty Insurance Company 10717, Chaucer Insurance Company DAC, Coalition Insurance Company 29530, Fireman's Fund Indemnity Corporation 11380, Fortegra Specialty Insurance Company 16823, Lloyd's of London, MSIG Specialty Insurance USA Inc. 34886, MS Transverse Specialty Insurance Company 41807, Steadfast Insurance Company 26387, Vantage Risk Specialty Insurance Company 16275 and Zurich American Insurance Company 16535. Accessed 2026-09-22.
  13. Insurance Producer Licenses. Corgi Insurance; Current complete Insurance Producer Licenses table for Corgi Insurance Services, Inc.; 50 rows covering 49 states and DC (DC 3003091619); no New Mexico row; no NPN or as-of date shown. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  14. About Hiscox US Insurance. Hiscox; Hiscox Insurance Company Inc. NAIC 10200 as Chicago, IL domiciled insurer admitted or licensed in all 50 states and D.C.; Hiscox Inc. as general agent and Lloyd’s coverholder for Syndicates 33 and 3624; surplus-lines placements through licensed surplus-lines brokers; A.M. Best rating statement. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  15. Licenses. ERGO NEXT Insurance; Current entity-by-state license table reopened 28 September 2026: 50 rows under Next First Insurance Agency, Inc., including Washington, DC; New York rows instead list Next Insurance Services PC-1423070 and AP Intego BR-1198885. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  16. Insurance Licenses by State. TechInsurance; Current state table; identifies TechInsurance as a division of Specialty Program Group LLC d/b/a SPG Insurance Solutions; lists DC 3000041536 and labels Rhode Island “Individual licenses,” without an agency license number. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  17. Licenses. Vouch; Effective 16 January 2025: Vouch Specialty Insurance Services, LLC, NPN 19926463; P&C table (50 states and DC); surplus-lines table includes Idaho 870820; footnote says Georgia and Idaho do not issue agency-level surplus-lines licenses; Idaho retained as producer-only due to conflict. Accessed 2026-09-15.

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