Latest Arizona Headlines
All the headlines from our Arizona Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arizona Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Workers’ Comp Fund Raid
Jun 4 2009 // The Arizona Supreme Court has turned away a legal challenge to the state’s budget-balancing move to take $4.6 million paid into a special workers’ compensation insurance fund. The Supreme Court declined to...
Ratings: Rep. Western, Workmen’s Auto, Farmers Union, Town and Country, Sequoia, No. Am. Casualty
May 26 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to ‘B+’ (Good) from ‘B’ (Fair) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “bbb-” from “bb” of Arizona-based Republic Western...
SCF Arizona Board Approves $10 Million Dividend
May 21 2009 // SCF Arizona’s Board of Directors has unanimously approved a $10 million dividend for 2008 to qualified policyholders. The Arizona workers’ compensation insurer said SCF the dividend payout marks 38 straight...
Arizona Governor Names Patrick to Arizona Workers’ Comp Insurer Board
May 20 2009 // Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has named Judith A. Patrick chair of the Board of Directors of SCF Arizona, the state’s largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance. Patrick becomes the first woman appointed...
2009 Fire Season Outlook Identifies Few Areas of Concern
May 18 2009 // Forecasts Normal to Below Normal Potential Across Most of the West Northern California, where nearly a million acres burned last summer, is poised to possibly be another hotspot for wildfire activity in 2009, according to...
Arizona Wildfire Budgets About the Same as Last Year
May 13 2009 // Not much may seem recession-proof these days, but budgets for preventing and fighting wildfires nationally and in Arizona have stayed largely the same for the past five years. That much is good news for firefighting...
Arizona’s Wildfire Season Poses Risks for Homeowners
Apr 20 2009 // As the drought in the Southwest worsens, the wildfire season in Arizona grows longer, burning more acreage and threatening private property in forested areas. “The Arizona State Forestry Division estimates more than...
Arizona Association Offering College Scholarships
Apr 17 2009 // The Arizona Chapter of the CPCU Society (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters) is sponsoring scholarships to be awarded to graduating high school students and college/university students currently taking insurance...
Suit Targets Arizona Worker Injury Fund Grab
Apr 13 2009 // An Arizona commission that oversees workers’ compensation is suing to keep the state from taking $4.6 million paid into a special fund by insurance companies and self-insured employers. A budget-balancing law...
Arizona Court Upholds Law on Lawsuits Involving DUI
Apr 7 2009 // The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of a law that limits the state’s liability in negligence lawsuits stemming from motor-vehicle accidents caused by drunken-drivers. A three-judge panel upheld...
Arizona’s Wildfire Season Poses Many Risks for Homeowners
Apr 1 2009 // As the drought in the Southwest worsens, the wildfire season in Arizona grows longer, burning more acreage and threatening private property in forested areas. “The Arizona State Forestry Division estimates more than...
Arizona Appeals Court: Architect Can Be Sued for Negligence
Mar 31 2009 // A lawsuit filed by a property owner against an architect alleging professional negligence and seeking purely economic damages is not barred by the economc loss doctrine, the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled. According to...
Arizona High Court Upholds Law on Malpractice Suits
Mar 18 2009 // The Arizona Supreme Court upheld a state law that lawmakers intended to weed out meritless medical malpractice lawsuits by tightening qualifications of expert witnesses. The ruling let stand a legislative move that an...
Arizona House Committee Considers Mandatory Auto Insurance Amendment
Mar 12 2009 // The Arizona House Banking and Insurance Committee is evaluating a bill that would make changes to the state’s mandatory vehicle insurance requirements. According to bill text, in November 1997, Arizona began allowing...
Arizona AG: Drivers Caught By Photo Radar Can Be Prosecuted
Mar 2 2009 // Responding to a request from the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS), Attorney General Terry Goddard provided a legal analysis that drivers caught by photo radar at speeds more than 20 miles per hour over the limit...
Arizona Department of Insurance Closes Tucson Office
Feb 18 2009 // Due to budget reductions, the Arizona Department of Insurance is closing its Tucson office located at 400 W. Congress St., #152, effective Feb. 20, 2009. People seeking DOI services are being directed to the office in...
American Summit Offers Residential Property Insurance in Arizona
Feb 12 2009 // American Summit Insurance Co. of Waco, Texas, has introduced its residential property insurance program, Home Choice, in Arizona. The program features four packages of coverage: basic, value, ultra and special, plus...
Arizona Insurers Want To Know When Cameras Catch Speeding
Feb 5 2009 // The Arizona Legislature is debating a bill that would prohibit a state or local authority from using photo enforcement systems to detect speeding violations on state highways. If passed, the bill, HB 2106, also would...
Those Dashed Lines on Roads Are Longer Than Drivers Think
Feb 4 2009 // Take a guess — how long are the dashed lines that are painted down the middle of a road? If you’re like most people, you answered, “Two feet.” The real answer is 10 feet. That’s the federal...
Arizona Insurance Broker Launches Rebranding Campaign
Feb 4 2009 // Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Helmer Risk Management LLC has been renamed Hemer. According to president and CEO Scott A. Helmer, “We decided to drop ‘risk management’ from the company name and add the...
