Latest Arizona Headlines
All the headlines from our Arizona Topic Page, ordered by recency.
PCI Says Ariz. Court Ruling Threatens Workplace Safety
Aug 18 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is disappointed that the state Supreme Court in David C. Grammatica v. Arizona Industrial Commission has invalidated what PCI believed was a valuable law designed to...
Ariz. Healthcare Insurers to Have Physician Rating Program
Aug 5 2005 // Two of Arizona’s largest health insurers are rolling out programs that will rate physicians, and patients could get cheaper co-payments if they choose doctors who receive high marks for both quality of care and cost...
Ariz. County to Receive Nearly $20K in Class-Action Settlement
Jul 21 2005 // Yuma County, Arizona, will receive nearly $20,000 as its share of an $850 million class-action settlement with MMC Inc., a global insurance brokerage firm that was at the heart of an insurance scandal last year. The Board...
Ariz. MDs Group Moves Closer to Ballot Campaign on Med-Mal
Jun 27 2005 // A statewide group representing physicians is gearing up for a possible multimillion-dollar initiative campaign aimed at helping doctors burdened by rising costs for medical malpractice insurance. The Arizona Medical...
Arizona Wildfire Grows; Firefighters Gaining on California Blaze That Destroyed 6 Homes
Jun 23 2005 // A number of multimillion-dollar homes were in danger of falling Thursday in Arizona as firefighters for another day did battle with a wildfire that was threatening an area some 20 miles from Phoenix. Officials said some...
New Ariz. Hangar Permits May Require Tenants to Purchase Insurance
Jun 8 2005 // The Flagstaff, Ariz. City Council will consider changes to the monthly permits issued to tenants of city-owned hangars that could require them to buy liability insurance to cover the facilities and name the city on the...
Arizona Homeowners Sue Insurers Over Wildfire
Jun 6 2005 // Homeowners from a vacation mountaintop community northeast of Tucson began filing lawsuits accusing their insurance companies of failing to provide enough coverage on homes destroyed in a June 2003 wildfire. Seventy...
Business Moves
Jun 6 2005 // National Advantage Ins. Services Now Writing In Arizona Tustin, Calif.-based National Advantage Insurance Services Inc. recently announced that it has been appointed and approved for writing several insurance products in...
Arizona Homeowners Sue Insurers Over Wildfire
Jun 6 2005 // Homeowners from a vacation mountaintop community northeast of Tucson began filing lawsuits accusing their insurance companies of failing to provide enough coverage on homes destroyed in a June 2003 wildfire. Seventy...
Arizona Homeowners Sue Insurers Over Wildfire
Jun 6 2005 // Homeowners from a vacation mountaintop community northeast of Tucson began filing lawsuits accusing their insurance companies of failing to provide enough coverage on homes destroyed in a June 2003 wildfire. Seventy...
Business Moves
Jun 6 2005 // National Advantage Ins. Services Now Writing In Arizona Tustin, Calif.-based National Advantage Insurance Services Inc. recently announced that it has been appointed and approved for writing several insurance products in...
Ariz. Fire Departments Urge Homeowners to Clear Brush
May 31 2005 // Fire crews and the State Land Department are frustrated that homeowners at risk of losing their homes to catastrophic wildfires fail to remove dead brush that fuels those fires. Some homeowners let wildflowers, grasses and...
SCF Returns $60M to Ariz. Businesses
May 27 2005 // For a 35th consecutive year, SCF of Arizona’s Board of Directors approved a dividend to policyholders. The Board voted unanimously May 24 to a recommended $60 million. Since 1969, SCF has returned more than $1...
Owners of Arizona Homes Burned by Wildfire Sue Insurance Companies
May 25 2005 // Homeowners from a mountaintop community northeast of Tucson began filing lawsuits May 24 accusing their insurance companies of failing to provide enough coverage on homes destroyed in a June 2003 wildfire. Roughly 70...
Pro-Business Insurance Bill Tops Ariz. Legislative Session
May 23 2005 // Legislation that will allow business owners to lower their insurance costs highlighted the action on insurance-related measures during the recently concluded legislative session, according to Sam Sorich, regional vice...
AIA: Ariz. Legislature Passes Important Terrorism Exclusion, Med-Mal Liability
May 18 2005 // During the recently concluded Arizona legislative session, property/casualty insurers successfully lobbied for exclusion from insurance coverage of damage caused by terrorism, and also for medical malpractice liability...
National Advantage Ins. Services Now Writing In Arizona
May 5 2005 // Tustin, Calif.-based National Advantage Insurance Services Inc., recently announced that they have been appointed and approved for writing several of insurance products in the state of Arizona. Arizona agents will now have...
Ariz. Gov. Napolitano Signs Pro-Business Legislation
Apr 26 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of American (PCI) on Tuesday commended Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano for signing into law legislation that will allow business owners an opportunity to lower their insurance...
Ariz. Legislature Sends Med-Mal Bill to Governor
Apr 20 2005 // A medical-malpractice bill passed by the Arizona Legislature and sent to Gov. Janet Napolitano faces an uncertain future. The Senate completed legislative action on the bill (SB 1036) by voting 23-6 April 18 to accept...
Federal Disaster Funds Authorized for Ariz. to Aid Local Government Storm Recovery
Apr 19 2005 // Federal disaster funds have been made available for Arizona to help local governments recover from the effects of another round of severe storms that struck the state in February, the head of the U.S. Department of...
