Latest Arizona Headlines
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Insurers, Government Grapple with Costs of Growth in Wildland-Urban Interface
Aug 15 2013 // The summer of 2013 has been another severe fire season for the United States, a trend that has insurance companies bracing for a new normal: higher rates of property damage as Americans move to wildfire-prone areas in ever...
Scientists Study Debris Flows After Arizona Fire, Federal Aid Denied
Aug 12 2013 // Scientists are studying the potential for debris flows in the area of the Yarnell Hill Fire that burned through rugged terrain last month south of Prescott. Debris flows are composed of water, mud, and rocks that can sweep...
Arizona Flash Flood Carries Away Tour Bus, None Hurt
Jul 30 2013 // Flash flood waters swept a tour bus with 33 people aboard hundreds of yards down a wash in northwestern Arizona and the vehicle flipped on its side, but no one was injured, officials said. The Las Vegas-bound bus was...
Arizona Regents Cite Concerns Over Student Safety
Jul 18 2013 // The board that oversees Arizona’s state university system is expressing concern about student safety in the wake of dangerous and criminal activities that include alcohol-related injuries, sexual assaults and at...
Report: Arizona Wildfire Grew Quickly, Was Erratic
Jul 17 2013 // A new report shows an Arizona wildfire that began with a lightning strike and caused little immediate concern because of its remote location and small size quickly grew into an inferno, leading officials to rapidly order...
Arizona Governor Asks Obama to Declare Yarnell Fire Disaster
Jul 12 2013 // Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer wants President Barack Obama to declare the area around the Yarnell Hill fire a disaster area. Brewer sent a letter to Obama Tuesday after assessments showed 109 homes were destroyed and 23 others...
Arizona Wildfire Takes Lives of 19 Elite Firefighters
Jul 1 2013 // An elite team of 19 firemen were killed on Sunday in one of deadliest U.S. firefighting disasters in decades as flames raced through dry brush and grass in central Arizona, destroying scores of homes and forcing the...
Appeal Planned On Arizona Immigrant License Policy
Jun 20 2013 // Immigrant rights advocates plan to appeal a court ruling that declined to halt Gov. Jan Brewer’s order denying driver’s licenses for young immigrants who have gotten work permits and avoided deportation under...
Arizona Man Seeks $500,000 Over Dismissed DUI Case
Jun 12 2013 // A man is seeking $500,000 from an Arizona city for his arrest on a drunken driving charge even though a breath-alcohol test showed he hadn’t consumed any alcohol. Jessie Thornton was cited in a Dec. 7 traffic stop in...
Arizona Insurance Agency Chosen for Agency 2020
May 17 2013 // Hester, Heitel & Associates, an independent insurance agency in Phoenix, Ariz. was chosen to represent “the path to the future for all independent agencies,” announced Consumer Agent Portal LLC, also known...
Arizona Third State to Allow Posting Policies Online
May 1 2013 // Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill that allows a property/casualty insurer to post policies online and send a link via email to policyholders in lieu of providing a hard copy. Brewer signed HB 2565, which allows an...
Butler-Leavitt Insurance Taps Mangum in Arizona
Apr 25 2013 // Cottonwood, Ariz.-based Butler-Leavitt Insurance Agency has tapped Rick Mangum for its operations. Mangum will focus on providing property and casualty insurance and life and health insurance to his clients. Prior to...
NFP Names Gleason Vice President in Arizona
Apr 16 2013 // NFP Property & Casualty Services Inc. named Pat Gleason commercial lines vice president in Mesa, Ariz. Gleason has 30 years of experience in risk management. He specializes is large wholesale distributors,...
Scottsdale in Arizona Names Davis Vice President
Apr 12 2013 // Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Scottsdale Insurance Co. named Karen Davis vice president of agency management and business development. Davis will oversee the product management, research and new business development areas,...
Lab Results in DUI Cases In Arizona City Challenged
Apr 8 2013 // The accuracy of blood-testing equipment used by Scottsdale, Ariz. police in drunken driving cases is being challenged. Hundreds of drunken driving cases from the past four years could be called into question if the legal...
Nautilus Names Markham SVP and Chief Underwriting Officer in Arizona
Apr 2 2013 // Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Nautilus Insurance Group named Wendy L. Markham senior vice president and chief underwriting officer. Markham joined Nautilus in 1986. Most recently served as vice president-underwriting general...
Bill Changes Arizona Pro Athletes Workers Comp
Mar 25 2013 // A House committee has approved a bill already passed by the Senate that would bar pro athletes in Arizona from filing for workers’ compensation in other states. Republican Sen. John McComish says professional teams...
Fewer DUI’s In Arizona Over St. Paddy’s Weekend
Mar 21 2013 // Arizona authorities say there were fewer DUI arrests made over the St. Patrick’s Day weekend compared to a year ago. According to statistics from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, there were 273 DUI...
University Of Arizona Develops App For Dust Storm Warnings
Mar 20 2013 // The University of Arizona has created a mobile application for iPhones that provides dust storm alerts and safety tips. Available for free download on iTunes, the app uses a person’s geographical location anywhere in...
Arizona Law On Medical Malpractice Suits Upheld
Mar 14 2013 // A new Arizona Supreme Court ruling upholds a state law that seeks to screen out flimsy medical-malpractice suits by requiring that plaintiffs have a testifying witness from the same medical specialty as the doctor being...
