Latest Arizona Headlines
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Health Provider in Arizona to Pay $6M Settlement in Breach
Dec 24 2019 // A Phoenix, Ariz.-based health provider has agreed to settle a lawsuit over a computer data breach that may have compromised health and personal data of about 3 million patients, employees, health insurance customers and...
Inszone Insurance Acquires James Swiniuch Agency in Arizona
Dec 18 2019 // Inszone Insurance Services has acquired James Swiniuch Agency Inc. in Tucson, Ariz. James Swiniuch Agency is focused on writing preferred personal lines insurance in Tucso. James Swiniuch Agency becomes the fourth...
How Test of Waymo’s Robotaxi Service in Arizona Is Going
Dec 10 2019 // More than 100,000 trips have been taken in robotaxis operated by Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Alphabet Inc. Now the service is expanding to iPhone users. On the first anniversary of its pilot program in Chandler,...
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Arizona Opioid Claim Against Purdue’s Owners
Dec 9 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a novel case by Arizona seeking to recover billions of dollars that the state has said that members of the Sackler family – owners of Purdue Pharma LP – funneled out...
Burns & Wilcox Adds Alphabet in Arizona to Personal Insurance Practice Group
Dec 6 2019 // Burns & Wilcox has named Pamela Alphabet to its leadership team as regional practice group leader for the Western region, personal insurance. She is based in Scottsdale, Ariz. Alphabet will partner with the...
Burns & Wilcox Names Woods National Practice Group Leader in Arizona
Dec 5 2019 // Burns & Wilcox has named John Woods vice president, national practice group leader, transportation. He will be based in Scottsdale, Ariz. Woods focuses on establishing and growing the national transportation practice...
U.S. Safety Agency Faults Uber, Driver in Probe of 2018 Autonomous Car Crash Death
Nov 20 2019 // A U.S. safety agency on Tuesday faulted Uber for inadequate attention to safety and decisions in the company’s autonomous vehicle development in an investigation into the first-ever death involving a self-driving...
New NTSB Report in Fatal Crash in Arizona Involving Autonomous Vehicle
Nov 18 2019 // A new federal report into last year’s fatal crash involving a self-driving car in suburban Phoenix says the Uber vehicle couldn’t anticipate the actions of jaywalkers. The National Transportation Safety Board...
Inszone Insurance Services Acquires Jones Wilson Insurance in Arizona
Nov 15 2019 // Inszone Insurance Services has acquired Jones Wilson Insurance in Benson, Ariz. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Jones Wilson Insurance becomes the third acquisition for Inszone Insurance in Arizona this...
New NTSB Report in Fatal Crash in Arizona Involving Autonomous Vehicle
Nov 8 2019 // A new federal report into last year’s fatal crash involving a self-driving car in suburban Phoenix says the Uber vehicle couldn’t anticipate the actions of jaywalkers. The National Transportation Safety Board...
Trial Opens in Suit Over ‘Frankenstein’ Use of Remains by Arizona Center
Oct 30 2019 // A retired FBI agent described a horrific raid of now-closed body donation facility, recalling a table stacked with severed human legs, heads stuffed in a cooler, and torsos without heads and limbs. Mark Cwynar testified on...
Iowa Revokes License of Arizona Insurance Agent Over Annuity Fraud Scheme
Oct 28 2019 // An Arizona insurance agent has lost his Iowa insurance license and is barred for reapplying for 10 years after the Iowa Insurance Division found he fleeced elderly Iowa residents. The division said in a news release that...
Students Sue Colleges for Saying No to Medical Cannabis
Oct 28 2019 // Colleges are becoming a battleground in the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws as students who use medical pot challenge decades-old campus drug policies. In states where medical marijuana is legal, students...
U.S. Safety Board Wants to Learn Cause of Fatal Uber Autonomous Car Crash
Oct 18 2019 // The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a Nov. 19 hearing to determine the probable cause of a March 2018 Uber Technologies Inc. self-driving vehicle crash that killed a pedestrian in Arizona. The...
AmWINS Group to Acquire Stealth Partner Group in Arizona
Oct 2 2019 // AmWINS Group Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Stealth Partner Group. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2019, pending regulatory approval and customary closing...
How Forested Communities Are Trying to Adapt to Growing Wildfire Threat
Sep 23 2019 // Unless it’s Sunday, Kelly Loew is steering her rusty red Jeep down the same mail route in Shingletown, as she has six days a week for the last seven years. But she delivers less mail these days as California’s...
Planned Parenthood Arizona Worker Awarded $3M
Aug 22 2019 // A former Planned Parenthood Arizona employee who claimed she was wrongfully fired after she reported unsafe medical practices has been awarded $3 million in a civil case. A Maricopa County jury returned the verdict Aug. 16...
CopperPoint in Arizona Names Fuchs Senior Vice President of Data Management
Aug 20 2019 // Phoenix, Ariz.-based CopperPoint Insurance Cos. has named Barb Fuchs senior vice president of data management. Fuchs will serve as the business lead for CopperPoint’s enterprise data warehouse program. She was most...
Alera Group Acquires Benefit Commerce Group in Arizona
Aug 15 2019 // Alera Group has acquired Benefit Commerce Group in Scottsdale, Ariz. All Benefit Commerce Group employees will continue operating out of the firm’s existing locations under the name Benefit Commerce Group, an Alera...
Nation’s Excess & Surplus Market Reports 13% Growth Through Midyear
Aug 14 2019 // Source: Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office The nation’s excess and surplus lines insurance industry is growing almost 13 percent faster halfway through this year than it did last year at this time. Mid-year premium...
