Latest Arizona Headlines
All the headlines from our Arizona Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Bill Changes Arizona Pro Athletes Workers Comp
Mar 8 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...
Arizona House Approves Tax Credits For Three Insurers
Mar 6 2013 // The Arizona House gave final approval to a bill granting new tax breaks of $50 million over three years for insurance companies that invest in high technology companies. The bill being pushed by Republican House Speaker...
Lockton Adds Two Executives To Arizona Employee Benefits
Mar 5 2013 // Jacob Brown and Jim Stabilito will join Lockton as senior executives in the insurance broker’s Phoenix, Ariz. operation. Brown and Stabilito are veteran employee benefits advisors who work with corporate clients to...
Business Moves – West
Feb 25 2013 // Shea, Leavitt Shea Insurance in Las Vegas, Nev. has been acquired by the Leavitt Group. Terms of the deal were not made available. With the acquisition Scott Villamor, who owned Shea Insurance, joins Leavitt Group’s...
EPA Fines 6 Arizona School Districts For Asbestos
Feb 21 2013 // Six school districts in Arizona have done compliance work to avoid hefty federal fines for asbestos violations. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined the school districts a combined total of nearly $95,000. More...
State Farm Plans to Expand Phoenix Metro Area
Feb 21 2013 // The State Farm insurance company is planning to grow its Arizona operations in the Phoenix metropolitan area. A State Farm spokesman confirmed Tuesday that the company will boost its established operations in metro Phoenix...
Arizona Teen Drivers Face Cellphone Ban Under Senate Bill
Feb 15 2013 // Arizona lawmakers are coming after teen drivers’ cellphones. A bill approved by the Senate Committee on Public Safety on Wednesday seeks to prohibit teenagers from using wireless devices while they have their...
IICF Launches Arizona Chapter
Feb 14 2013 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation Western Division announced the establishment of an Arizona Chapter. It’s the second chapter and third operating state for the IICF Western Division, alongside California...
Arch to Acquire Interests in California Firm From Bankrupt PMI
Feb 8 2013 // Arch Capital Group Ltd., through its U.S.-based subsidiaries (Arch U.S. MI), will acquire all outstanding equity interests in San Francisco, Calif.-based CMG Mortgage Insurance Co. from bankrupt Arizona-based PMI Mortgage...
Migrants Could Qualify For Arizona Driver’s Licenses
Jan 22 2013 // Updated guidelines by federal authorities could possibly open the door for young illegal immigrants to get driver’s licenses in Arizona. The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that those who receive...
Drug-Related DUI Arrests Increase in Arizona
Jan 16 2013 // An Arizona highway safety official says the percentage of DUI arrests related to prescription and illegal drugs is up even as overall DUI arrests go down. The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety says the number of...
GEICO To Hire 300 New Associates In Arizona
Jan 9 2013 // The private passenger auto insurer GEICO is kicking off 2013 with plans to hire 300 new associates at the company’s regional office in Tucson, Ariz. The hires will include associates to fill new positions, and to...
4,400 Arrested In Arizona Over Holidays On Suspicion Of DUI
Jan 3 2013 // Authorities say nearly 4,400 people have been arrested in Arizona on suspicion of driving under the influence between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve. The Arizona Republic reported the arrests were made by officers...
USI Acquires Wick Pilcher in Arizona
Jan 3 2013 // USI Insurance Services acquired Phoenix, Ariz.-based Wick Pilcher Insurance Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wick Pilcher provides insurance programs for all facets of employee benefits, commercial and personal...
Lawsuit Over Arizona Man’s Taser Death In Utah Settled
Dec 31 2012 // A settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of an Arizona man who died in 2009 after a southern Utah police officer shocked him with a Taser, lawyers for both sides said. The parties...
Family of Slain Arizona Border Patrol Agent Sues Officials
Dec 18 2012 // The family of a slain Arizona Border Patrol agent has sued federal officials over the botched “Fast and Furious” gun operation, claiming they should have known it created a risk to law enforcement...
Ryan Names Deitchman as Executive Vice President in Arizona
Dec 12 2012 // Phoenix, Ariz.-based R.P. Ryan Insurance Inc. has made Mark D. Deitchman executive vice president. Deitchman’s primary responsibility will be to increase the agency’s market share through recruitment of new...
Arizona City Agrees to Settle Police Shooting Lawsuit
Dec 3 2012 // Flagstaff has agreed to a $225,000 settlement for the family of a 78-year-old Arizona man killed by police as he held his son at bay with a shotgun. Kenneth Mitchell was holding the gun to his son’s head after the...
Pregnant Waitress Wins Settlement From Arizona Bar
Nov 30 2012 // A Peoria, Ariz. restaurant and bar must pay $15,000 to a former waitress who was moved from Sunday shifts because its management thought men watching football games would not want to see pregnant servers. The settlement...
Brewer Rejects State-Run Health Exchange for Arizona
Nov 30 2012 // Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has decided against creating a state-run health insurance exchange to implement a key part of President Barack Obama’s federal health care law. Brewer’s decision announced Wednesday...
