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Arizona House Considers Workers’ Comp Bills

Mar 12 2008 // Arizona lawmakers are considering two workers’ compensation bills that would change how workers’ compensation benefits are calculated and awarded, and allow more communication with the doctors of injured...

Mar 10 2008 // People Ken Ross has been named commissioner of the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services. Ross has been the acting commissioner since Linda Watters left the post in October. He has been with the state agency...

Arizona Settles $7M-Plus in Claims

Mar 10 2008 // The Arizona Department of Insurance (ADOI) is reporting that it responded to 5,020 complaints in 2007 and assisted thousands of Arizona consumers in settling insurance company disputes and helping them recover $7.5 million...

Old Insurance Maps Lead to Treasure

Mar 7 2008 // There was a big hole dug in back of Prestige Auto Body in Kingman, Ariz., las week. At the bottom, amid assorted dirt and detritus, stood a man named Scott Given: antique dealer, old bottle enthusiast and professional...

Arizona Congressman Renzi Pleads Not Guilty to Embezzling Premiums

Mar 6 2008 // Arizona Rep. Rick Renzi pleaded not guilty to all charges in a federal indictment accusing him of abusing his office for financial gain and for raising campaign funds by embezzling insurance premiums collected by his...

Arizona Insurance Department Helps Settle $7 Million-Plus in Claims

Mar 4 2008 // The Arizona Department of Insurance (ADOI) is reporting that it responded to 5,020 complaints in 2007 and assisted thousands of Arizona consumers in settling insurance company disputes and helping them recover $7.5 million...

Wash. Questions Blue Cross Over Health Plan Subsidizing in Ariz.

Feb 28 2008 // Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler says he’s troubled by the appearance that Premera Blue Cross is subsidizing its Arizona health plan at the expense of policyholders in Washington. The Washington-based nonprofit...

Charges Against Rep. Renzi of Ariz. Include Land Swap, Insurance Fraud

Feb 26 2008 // Republican U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi of Arizona has been indicted on a slew of public corruption charges and for stealing from his insurance company’s clients to fund his first campaign, federal authorities announced. The...

Willis Chooses Wagner to Lead Arizona Team

Feb 26 2008 // Willis Group Holdings, a global insurance broker, has appointed K.J. Wagner to regional partner, and president and CEO of Willis of Arizona, Inc., effective immediately. Wagner’s responsibilities will include leading...

Business Moves

Feb 24 2008 // Mercator, Tennant Risk Services Mercator Risk Services, a specialty wholesale insurance broker, acquired Tennant Risk Services Insurance Agency LLC, a Hartford, Conn.-based wholesale broker and underwriting manager. Terms...

Business Moves

Feb 24 2008 // Higginbotham & Associates, ATMD Higginbotham & Associates announced a partnership with Allred-Thompson-Mason-Daugherty (ATMD) in an effort to broaden its Texas presence. ATMD is a general lines insurance agency...

It Figures

Feb 24 2008 // $79.5 Million The Oregon Supreme Court for a third time upheld a $79.5 million punitive-damages judgment against Philip Morris, an award twice struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, which suggested it was excessive, the...

Business Moves

Feb 24 2008 // Chartwell Independent Insurance Brokers Chartwell Independent Insurance Brokers LLC, a Los Angeles-based wholesale and specialty insurance broker focusing on high-risk, hard-to-place coverage, has opened a new office in...

Arizona Cities Not Liable for Accidents on State-Controlled Streets

Feb 20 2008 // A new appellate court ruling says Arizona cities aren’t legally on the hook for accidents involving street intersections still under state control. The Court of Appeals ruling came in a lawsuit filed by a woman...

Ariz. Lawmakers Hope to Start State-Run Temporary Worker Plan

Feb 12 2008 // A group of Arizona lawmakers is proposing a state-run temporary worker plan that would let Mexicans come to the state to work in businesses hard-hit by labor shortages. Proponents say the package of proposals was needed...

Travis-Pedersen Opens Office in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Feb 12 2008 // Travis-Pedersen and Associates expanded by opening a new office in Scottsdale, Ariz. Matt Gervin, who worked in the Chicago office of Travis-Pedersen for three years, has relocated to Scottsdale. Gervin will be focusing on...

Republic Companies Acquires Ariz.-based General Agency

Feb 11 2008 // Dallas-based Republic Companies Inc. (Republic) announced the acquisition of Four Corners Insurance Services Inc. (Four Corners), a general agency based in Phoenix, Ariz. Republic reported that Four Corners specializes in...

New Markets

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Ariz. Speed Cameras Slow Down Drivers

Feb 10 2008 // Drivers slowed down an average of 7 mph in Scottsdale, Ariz., six weeks after the city launched its nine-month pilot photo-enforcement program in 2006, according to a new study. The study also showed that during the same...

Revells Joins Universal’s Arizona and Nevada Operations

Feb 8 2008 // Wanda Revells, CIC, has joined Universal North America Insurance Co. as assistant vice president of marketing and agency relations for Arizona and Nevada. She will oversee development and execution of market strategy to...