Latest Arizona Headlines
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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...
Arizona Public Safety Personnel Costing Millions in Insurance Claims
Sep 11 2008 // Tucson and Pima County officials say injured police officers, firefighters and sheriff’s deputies are costing taxpayers millions in insurance claims. According to records from the city and county, injured...
Arizona Officials: Improved Flood Alert System Could Help Tribe
Sep 3 2008 // Recent flooding on an American Indian reservation in the Grand Canyon has renewed talks of an alert system in Arizona that could help tourists and residents evacuate more quickly during floods. Without many river or rain...
Arizona Insurers Seek 7.9% Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
Sep 2 2008 // Arizona workers compensation carriers have filed for a 7.9 percent rate increase to take effect Oct. 1, 2008, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance. By industry group, the rate increase would include...
Fires Bring Calif. to the Brink; Schwarzenegger Proposes Insurance Surcharge
Sep 1 2008 // Faced with hundreds of big, hard-to-control blazes, California is struggling with what could be its most expensive firefighting season ever, burning through $285 million in the past two months alone and up to $13 million a...
Hundreds Flee Village in Arizona Canyon Hit by Flood
Aug 20 2008 // More than 250 residents and tourists have evacuated an American Indian village in a remote, scenic offshoot of the Grand Canyon after weekend flooding that wrecked trails and nearly washed away some river rafters in the...
