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Arizona Wildfire Incurs $1.8 Million in Claims
Jun 23 2010 // An Arizona wildfirethat has burned 14,000 acres and incurred $1.8 million in claims to date might be the first example of the fire risks the Western United States are facing in 2010. But, the National Interagency...
Arizona Fire Burns 10,000 Acres
Jun 22 2010 // The wildfire burning near Flagstaff, Ariz., has claimed more than 10,000 acres and is only 10 percent contained three days after it started, the National Interagency Coordination Center has reported. NICC’s latest...
Crest Insurance Group Formed in Arizona
Jun 8 2010 // Cody Ritchie and other senior members of the BBVA Compass Insurance Agency of Tucson, Ariz., have acquired the firm’s assets to form a new company called Crest Insurance Group. The sale returns the agency’s...
Mountain West Offers EPL Product in Arizona
May 25 2010 // In today’s workplace, 60 percent of employers will eventually face a lawsuit related to alleged unlawful employment practices, according to Jury Verdict Research. These cases pose a financial risk to any business....
Arizona Auto Thefts Down
May 18 2010 // Auto thefts in Arizona are declining with law enforcement and insurance industry partnerships to reduce crime and losses. Recent national data from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) shows the Tucson and Phoenix...
Arizona Privatizing Workers’ Compensation Insurer
May 17 2010 // The Arizona Legislature has approved a bill to privatize the state workers’ compensation insurer as an Arizona mutual insurance company, beginning Jan. 1, 2013. The State Compensation Fund (SCF) was created in 1925...
Arizona Privatizes Workers’ Compensation Insurer
May 13 2010 // Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law Senate Bill 1045, which repeals and amends state statute, directing the State Compensation Fund — known as SCF Arizona — to privatize and become a mutual insurance...
Arizona Privatizing Workers’ Compensation Insurer
May 3 2010 // The Arizona Legislature has approved a bill that to privatize the state workers’ compensation insurer as an Arizona mutual insurance company, beginning Jan. 1, 2013. The State Compensation Fund (SCF) was created in...
Arizona Insurance Industry Contributes $1.2 Trillion in Assets to State
Apr 13 2010 // The more than 940 property/casualty insurers in Arizona that compete for business add more than $1.2 trillion in assets to the state, that enables Arizonans to drive cars, own homes, protect their property and operate...
Arizona Aims to Privatize State Workers’ Compensation Insurer
Apr 8 2010 // The Arizona House Commerce Committee has unanimously endorsed newly proposed legislation to require State Compensation Fund of Arizona (SCF Arizona) to become a private mutual insurance company owned by its...
It Figures
Mar 22 2010 // 2% The median six-month auto insurance rate in Arizona has increased approximately 2 percent over the past six months to reach $829 according to InsWeb, an online insurance comparison provider. An Arizona driver who pays...
The Worst Is Yet to Come
Mar 8 2010 // Deepening State Budget Deficits in 2010 and 2011 Could Harm the Insurance Industry While 2009 was a tough year to do business, state and city leaders say 2010 and 2011 will be even tougher — the outcome of which could...
American Family Insurance Cuts Arizona Auto Rates 5.9%
Mar 8 2010 // American Family Mutual Insurance Co. is lowering Arizona auto insurance rates by an average of 5.9 percent starting March 1, saving its Arizona auto insurance customers $13.7 million, the Madison, Wis.-based insurer...
Mountain West Agency Services Names Kasper General Manager
Mar 8 2010 // Phoenix-based Mountain West Agency Services Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SCF Premier Insurance Co., named Donald L. Kasper general manager and Jim McErlean as marketing specialist. Kasper has worked in the insurance...
Arizona Senate Committee Considers Changes to DMV Notification Rules
Mar 8 2010 // The Arizona Senate is considering reducing or eliminating the need for some risky drivers to maintain their automobile driving insurance filing. An amendment to Senate Bill 1030 would reduce or eliminate the need for...
Arizona Bill Banning Texting While Driving Dies in Senate
Mar 3 2010 // The Arizona Senate in an 11-11 vote failed to pass a bill that would have banned texting on a cell phone while driving. If it had passed, SB 1334 would have imposed fines of $50 for from operating a motor vehicle on a...
Arizona Auto Rates Increased 2% in Past 6 Months
Feb 26 2010 // The median six-month auto insurance rate in Arizona has increased approximately 2 percent over the past six months to reach $829 according to InsWeb, an online insurance comparison provider. Among the other statistics the...
American Family Insurance Cuts Arizona Auto Rates 5.9%
Feb 23 2010 // American Family Mutual Insurance Co. is lowering Arizona auto insurance rates by an average of 5.9 percent starting March 1, saving its Arizona auto insurance customers $13.7 million, the Madison, Wis.-based insurer...
Arizona Mulls Shutting Insurance Fraud Unit
Jan 10 2010 // With a $2 billion state budget deficit looming, Arizona may become the first state in the country to abolish the anti-fraud unit of its Department of Insurance. Should Arizona do that, insurance rates in the state could...
Arizona Insurance Council Elects 2010 Officers
Dec 30 2009 // The Arizona Insurance Council (AIC) has elected new officers for 2010. New officers are: President Brett Clausen, Arizona business unit vice president for Farm Bureau Financial Services; Vice President Kerry Hayden,...
