Latest Arizona Headlines
All the headlines from our Arizona Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
The Main Street America Group Introduces Main Line BOP
Feb 3 2009 // The Main Street America Group, a super regional property/casualty insurance carrier, announced the availability of its new Main Line business owners policy (BOP) product and Main Street Station for commercial lines quoting...
Arizona Ruling Limits Pre-Lawsuit Claim Requirement
Jan 28 2009 // The Arizona Supreme Court split the difference in an opinion interpreting a law requiring people to submit damage claims stating a settlement amount before filing lawsuits against the state or its local governments. At...
Arizona Governor Napolitano Resigns
Jan 21 2009 // Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano officially submitted her resignation on Tuesday, Jan., 20, 2009, the same day she was confirmed as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in President Barak Obama’s...
Arizona Lawmaker to Offer Medical Malpractice Bill
Dec 16 2008 // An Arizona legislator is renewing a controversial proposal to make it harder to successfully sue emergency medical providers for alleged malpractice. Republican Sen. Carolyn Allen of Scottsdale says raising the burden of...
CPCU Society’s Arizona Chapter Announces Scholarship Recipients
Dec 12 2008 // The Scholarship Committee of the Arizona Chapter of the CPCU Society (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters) has announced the recipients of the chapter’s 2008-2009 scholarships: Jenelle Burns, Arizona State...
Arizona’s Napolitano Signals She Won’t Step Down Soon as Governor
Nov 25 2008 // Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano indicated she won’t step down as governor right away even though she’s reportedly President-elect Barack Obama’s primary choice for Homeland Security secretary. Napolitano...
Arizona Voters Reject Homeowners Bill of Rights
Nov 16 2008 // Arizona voters overwhelming rejected Proposition 201, dubbed the Homeowners Bill of Rights. Approximately 1.34 million people, or 77.9 percent, voted no on the measure, while 386,281 voted yes. If it had passed, the...
Wanted: Agencies Focusing on Hispanic Market
Nov 16 2008 // Arizona, California, Nevada High on List of States for Agency Acquisitions by Consolidators Behind Confie Seguros The business model calls for growing agencies by expanding their product mix to include life products,...
U.S.-Mexico Cross Border Trucking Project Extended for Two More Years
Nov 5 2008 // The U.S. Department of Transportation recently extended for two years the cross-border trucking demonstration project, a reciprocal agreement that allows up to 100 Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate beyond the U.S....
Arizona Voters Reject Homeowners Bill of Rights
Nov 5 2008 // Arizona voters overwhelming rejected Proposition 201, dubbed the Homeowners Bill of Rights. Approximately 1.34 million people, or 77.9 percent, voted no on the measure, while 386,281 voted yes. If it had passed, the...
Association Urges Voters to Defeat “Anti-Insurer Ballot Initiative” in Arizona
Nov 4 2008 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is urging voters in Arizona to defeat Proposition 201, the “Homeowners Bill of Rights.” According to the ballot proposition, current Arizona law is...
Arizona Hosts Insurance Fraud Summit
Oct 21 2008 // The price tag of fraudulent property and casualty insurance claims nationally is about 10 percent of insured losses,” said Ron Williams, executive director of the Arizona Insurance Council. That was one figure that...
Cross-Border Trucking, Competitiveness Concerns in Arizona
Oct 20 2008 // Being the sixth-largest state in the nation, and one of the fastest-growing, makes Arizona an attractive place to live and do business. And that means the state is desirable from an insurance perspective, too, according to...
Universal North America Offers Auto Coverage in Arizona, Nevada
Oct 6 2008 // Universal North America Insurance Co. will begin providing automobile insurance coverage in Arizona and Nevada, the company announced. The Universal family of insurance companies already provides homeowners insurance and...
Universal North Americal Offers Auto Coverage in Arizona, Nevada
Sep 23 2008 // Universal North America Insurance Co. will begin providing automobile insurance coverage in Arizona and Nevada this month, the company announced. The Universal family of insurance companies already provides homeowners...
