Latest Arizona Headlines
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MarshBerry’s FirstChoice Expands to Minnesota and Arizona
Apr 15 2025 // MarshBerry announced that FirstChoice, a MarshBerry Company (FirstChoice), has expanded into Minnesota and Arizona. This strategic move provides independent insurance agency owners in these states with the opportunity to...
Arizona Reported 15% Decrease in Vehicle Thefts in 2024
Apr 11 2025 // The Arizona Automobile Theft Authority reported that Arizona vehicle thefts decreased by 15% in 2024, marking a second straight year of decline. Data compiled by the AATA’s Auto Crime Tracking shows that Arizona had...
4 Killed in Arizona Highway Crash of Multiple Tractor-Trailers
Mar 4 2025 // Authorities in Arizona are investigating a crash that killed four people and left two in critical condition after several tractor-trailers collided with nearby cars on a highway. Firefighters hosed down charred cars as...
Thieves Targeting Trains in California and Arizona Make off With $2M in Nikes
Feb 27 2025 // Thieves have targeted freight trains running through the deserts of California and Arizona in a string of audacious heists resulting in the theft of more than $2 million worth of new Nike sneakers, including many that...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Stern Insurance Group in Arizona
Jan 31 2025 // World Insurance Associates LLC has acquired the business of Stern Insurance Group in Scottsdale, Arizona. SIG was founded in 1987 by Daryl Stern. The firm specializes in counseling corporations in the areas of employee...
Arizona DOI Forms Council to Address Availability and Affordability in Wildland
Dec 5 2024 // Arizona Department of Insurance Director Barbara D. Richardson has created a Resiliency and Mitigation Council that plans to examine the availability and affordability of homeowners insurance in forested and wildland-urban...
Arizona Regulators Fine Natural Gas Utility $2M Over Defective Piping
Nov 18 2024 // A natural gas utility with more than 2 million customers in Arizona, Nevada and parts of California is being fined $2 million by regulators in Arizona over concerns about piping that is known to degrade in the heat. The...
Renaissance Acquires Business of United Agents of Arizona
Nov 4 2024 // Renaissance acquired the agency network business of United Agents of Arizona. The transaction follows the network’s 2023 acquisition of Agency Partners Inc., which brought 54 new agencies in Alabama and Georgia into...
Recreational Cannabis Home Delivery Begins in Arizona
Nov 4 2024 // Arizona residents were able to get recreational cannabis delivered to their homes beginning last Friday, marking a new milestone for a state program that until now had allowed the service only for medical marijuana...
ALKEME Acquires Pinnacle Insurance Consultants in Arizona
Oct 23 2024 // ALKEME acquired Pinnacle Insurance Consultants in Scottsdale, Arizona. Pinnacle Insurance Consultants specializes in errors & omissions insurance for real estate firms. ALKEME is an insurance agency providing...
EverPeak Insurance Launches in Arizona
Sep 16 2024 // EverPeak Insurance is launching operations in Arizona. EverPeak specializes in workers’ compensation coverage for small businesses and those in hard-to-place industries. EverPeak workers’ comp insurance is...
Crest Insurance Group Acquires Winren in Arizona
Aug 29 2024 // Crest Insurance Group acquired Winren Inc. in Scottsdale, Arizona. Winren is an insurance agency specializing in group benefits insurance. Winren CEO Blaise Byrne has been in the industry since 1984. Crest is an insurance...
Crest Insurance Acquires Benefits Specialist DWA in Arizona
Aug 26 2024 // Crest Insurance Group acquired Dan Weinstein and Associates in Scottsdale, Arizona. DWA principal Dan Weinstein, who has more than 20 years of industry experience in the group benefits space, will join Crest along with the...
Crest Insurance Group Acquires Provost Associates in Arizona
Aug 7 2024 // Crest Insurance Group has acquired Scottsdale, Arizona-based Provost Associates. Provosts specializes in the hospitality industry, serving more than 200 high-end hotel properties and 900 golf properties. Crest is an...
Jewelers Mutual Acquiring Union Life & Casualty Insurance Agency in Arizona
Jul 24 2024 // Jewelers Mutual Group acquired Union Life & Casualty Insurance Agency in Phoenix, Arizona. JM Insurance Agency Partners Inc., a Jewelers Mutual Group company, will join with UL&C. UL&C has been in the insurance...
Heffernan Acquires Costello Insurance Associates in Arizona
Jul 12 2024 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers acquired Costello Insurance Associates in Tempe, Arizona. Pat Costello and his team of five employees will continue to service their new and existing customers Costello services clients...
Man Accused of Starting Wildfire Near Arizona-California Border
May 29 2024 // A Yuma man has been arrested for allegedly starting a wildfire in a national wildlife preserve in southwest Arizona near the California border, according to authorities. Yuma County Sheriff’s officials said...
Containment on Arizona Wind-Driven Wildfire Grows
May 22 2024 // Roughly 200 firefighters continued to battle a wildfire in Arizona that quickly grew to more than 14,000 acres. Firefighters have kept the Wildcat Fire size from growing over the past day, but extremely low humidity, warm...
Arizona Wildfire Growing Amid Windy Conditions
May 20 2024 // A wildfire has led the U.S. Forest Service to shut down a portion of the Tonto National Forest has grown to more than 14,000 acres. The Wildcat Fire increased in size because of windy weather conditions Sunday, prompting...
People Moves: CREST in Arizona Adds Anguis as Commercial Lines Broker
May 14 2024 // Andy Anguis Andy Anguis joined Crest Insurance Group as a commercial lines broker in the company’s Chandler, Arizona, office. Anguis’ 25 years of experience includes commercial lines, sales/service leadership,...
