Latest Arizona Headlines
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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,...
Freight Train Derailment, Fire Forced Interstate 40 Closure Near Arizona-New Mexico Line
Apr 29 2024 // A freight train carrying fuel derailed and caught fire Friday near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, forcing the closure of an interstate highway that serves as a key trucking route. Initial passersby posted video and...
Orion180 Launches Homeowners Insurance in Arizona
Apr 26 2024 // Orion180 is expanding its homeowners insurance services to Arizona under a push by the company into the Western U.S. Orion180 currently operates in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South...
World Insurance Associates Acquires InterWeb Insurance in Arizona
Apr 15 2024 // World Insurance Associates LLC acquired the business of InterWeb Insurance in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. InterWeb was founded in 2008 and primarily provides commercial insurance, focusing on errors & omissions coverage...
US Wildfires Are Getting Bigger and More Complex, Prompting Changes in Firefighting
Apr 11 2024 // It’s shaping up to be a long wildfire season, with Texas already seeing its largest blaze in recorded history and firefighters becoming overwhelmed with recent blazes in Virginia. Just in the first three months of...
Report: Air Ambulance Crew Administered Drug to Balloon Pilot After Arizona Crash That Killed 4
Apr 9 2024 // Authorities trying to determine whether drugs were involved in a fatal hot air ballon crash in Arizona released an amended autopsy report stating an anesthetic was administered to the pilot by an air ambulance company...
People Moves: Post Joins Alliant as SVP; Crest Adds to Tucson and Scottsdale Teams
Apr 4 2024 // Post Joins Alliant Insurance Services as Senior Vice President Alex Post has joined Alliant Insurance Services as senior vice president, Alliant Specialty. Based in Seattle, Post has worked exclusively with global power,...
My New Markets
Apr 1 2024 // Contractors Professional & Pollution Liability Market Detail: Shield Commercial Insurance Services, in business since 2004, offers a full line of commercial and residential contractor insurance coverage. Minimum...
Mexico’s Lawsuit Against Arizona Gun Dealers Can Proceed, US Judge Rules
Mar 26 2024 // A U.S. judge on Monday ruled that the Mexican government could move forward with a lawsuit accusing five Arizona gun dealers of participating in the trafficking of weapons and ammunition to drug cartels across the...
How to Renew Your Insurance License with a Criminal Background Part 1: Alabama through Georgia
Mar 19 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Insurance licenses can be hard to get and keep, even for those with the most pristine backgrounds. So, what’s an insurance producer to do if they find themselves...
People Moves: Welch Joins Crest Arizona Offices; Neal Joins Alliant’s Value-Based Healthcare Solutions Team
Mar 11 2024 // Winston Welch joined Crest Insurance Group in its Tucson and Scottsdale, Arizona offices. Welch has extensive experience in management and business development, both in the U.S. and internationally. He previously served as...
NTSB Report Casts Doubt Truck’s Steering Locked in Crash That Killed Arizona Cyclists
Mar 1 2024 // A newly released report on a fatal crash involving a pickup truck and a group of cyclists last year near Phoenix, Ariona, casts doubt about the driver’s claim that the vehicle’s steering locked up. The National...
