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Westcap Insurance Services Ups Limits for Contractors Program, Expands into Arizona
Dec 15 2017 // Solvang, Calif.-based Westcap Insurance Services, LLC has expanded its admitted program for contractors to now include Arizona domiciled risks. Westcap also announced increased limits and other product enhancements to the...
Agribusiness Contributes $23B to Arizona’s Economy, Report Shows
Nov 20 2017 // Researchers with the University of Arizona say agricultural businesses contribute more than $23 billion in sales to the state’s economy. A report released in early November by the university’s Cooperative...
Agribusiness Contributes $23B to Arizona’s Economy, Report Shows
Nov 13 2017 // Researchers with the University of Arizona say agricultural businesses contribute more than $23 billion in sales to the state’s economy. A report released this week by the university’s Cooperative...
Arizona Woman Awarded $12M for Alleged Hospital Error
Nov 8 2017 // A jury has awarded $12 million to a Tucson, Ariz. woman who was severely incapacitated by an alleged hospital medical error. Pima County Superior Court jurors ruled in favor of Esmeralda Tripp and against the University of...
Waymo Testing Driverless Ride-Hailing Service on Public Roads
Nov 8 2017 // Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo will launch a ride-hailing service with no human behind the steering wheel and has been testing the fully self-driving cars on public roads in Arizona, Chief Executive John Krafcik said on...
Prospect General Expands Admitted Residential Flood Program into Arizona
Nov 3 2017 // Prospect General Insurance Agency has expanded its admitted residential flood insurance product, Flood Guard, into Arizona. Flood Guard provides residential flood coverage and is an alternative to the National Flood...
Arizona City is Using Insurance Money to Build Itself a New City Hall
Nov 2 2017 // The city of Bisbee, Ariz. is using insurance money to start rebuilding the interior of its city hall after it was gutted by fire, officials said. DC Restoration, a national firm based in Mesa, has begun tearing down the...
Arizona Supreme Court Won’t Review Lower Court Ruling on Medical Marijuana
Oct 2 2017 // The Arizona Supreme Court is letting stand a lower court’s ruling that the state’s medical marijuana law is constitutional in requiring counties to approve reasonable zoning regulations. Maricopa County...
MJ Insurance Adds Glissmeyer in Arizona
Sep 25 2017 // MJ Insurance has named Melissa Glissmeyer a risk management consultant in the Phoenix, Ariz. office. Glissmeyer will be part of the commercial insurance and risk management department and be responsible for driving sales...
Autonomous Vehicle Regulation Highlights Federal vs. State Divide
Sep 19 2017 // As the U.S. Congress moves quickly to pass the first federal law governing self-driving cars, some state and city officials are pushing back over fears that the measure will limit their ability to regulate vehicle safety...
Arizona Gets $3.1M in Funding to Combat Opioid Abuse
Sep 18 2017 // Arizona’s efforts to combat opioid abuse are getting a $3.1 million boost from federal taxpayers. The U.S. Department of Health Services says the funding provided the state Department of Health Services is included...
Arizona Supreme Court Won’t Review Lower Court Ruling on Medical Marijuana
Sep 15 2017 // The Arizona Supreme Court is letting stand a lower court’s ruling that the state’s medical marijuana law is constitutional in requiring counties to approve reasonable zoning regulations. Maricopa County...
Utah Judge Awards Ex-Teen Bride $16M in Case Against Polygamous Group
Sep 12 2017 // A woman who was married to her cousin at age 14 in a ceremony overseen by polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has won a $16 million lawsuit against the group. Elissa Wall’s lawyer said that the decision lets...
Arthur J. Gallagher Subsidiary Acquires National Transportation Adjusters in Arizona
Sep 5 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. subsidiary, Gallagher Bassett Services Inc., has acquired National Transportation Adjusters Inc. in Scottsdale, Ariz. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Keith Dunlap and his associates at...
LP Insurance Services Names Bolce Regional Manager for California and Arizona
Sep 5 2017 // LP Insurance Services Inc. has named John Bolce regional manager overseeing the sales team, productivity, development and growth of the Phoenix, Ariz. location as well as Sacramento, Calif. He is a member of the LP...
Business Moves
Sep 4 2017 // Widerman & Company, Smith Brothers Insurance Widerman & Company Insurance of Haddonfield, N.J., has merged its business with Smith Brothers Insurance of Glastonbury, Conn. This combination allows Widerman &...
RightSure Insurance Acquires Arizona Economy Insurance
Aug 15 2017 // RightSure Insurance Group has acquired Tucson, Ariz.-based Arizona Economy Insurance. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Arizona Economy Insurance is an independent insurance agency. Tucson, Ariz.-based RightSure is...
Arizona Launches Campaign on Flooding Danger
Aug 4 2017 // Arizona officials are launching a campaign to make Arizonans aware of the year-round risk of flooding, particularly during the monsoon. Director Wendy Smith-Reeve of the Arizona Division of Emergency Management says most...
Arizona Awarding Grant to Help Combat Wrong-Way Driving
Jul 31 2017 // The Arizona State Transportation Board is poised to announce a project grant to a company that will work on a system to reduce the risk of wrong-way driving. The board’s decision will come after Gov. Doug Ducey...
Crest Insurance Group Acquires Troon in Arizona
Jul 24 2017 // Crest Insurance Group LLC has acquired Tucson, Ariz.-based Troon Insurance Services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Troon was founded by Clebern Best and has been serving the Greater Phoenix area for 20 years. Crest...
