Latest Arizona Headlines
All the headlines from our Arizona Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arizona Working to Reduce Number of Uninsured
Aug 31 2006 // HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a provider of managed care industry intelligence, reports that the state of Arizona is responding to its population boom with new initiatives to reduce the number of uninsured. According to the...
Phoenix Man Sentenced for Defrauding Workman’s Comp Fund
Aug 25 2006 // A Phoenix man was sentenced Tuesday to three years of supervised probation after being convicted of defrauding the State Compensation Fund of Arizona (SCF), the state agency that provides workman’s compensation...
Unigard Insurance Awards 12 Scholarships
Aug 25 2006 // Bellevue, Wash.-based Unigard Insurance Group is awarding 12 outstanding students with renewable $1,000 scholarships for college. “The Unigard scholarship program was created to reward talented students,” said...
Arizona Puts the Heat on Insurers for Wildfire Protection
Aug 15 2006 // As wildfire season stretches across the Western states from June through September, Christina Urias, director of the Arizona Department of Insurance, has lit a fire under agents and insurers to work with their clients to...
Christina Urias
Aug 7 2006 // Wildfires, captives, credit scoring, and broker compensation and disclosure have been hot topics lately especially since wildfire season in particular extends through September. But the Arizona Department of Insurance...
Christina Urias, Arizona, Director of Insurance
Aug 7 2006 // Wildfires, captives, credit scoring, and broker compensation and disclosure have been hot topics lately — especially since wildfire season in particular extends through September. But the Arizona Department of...
Employers Insurance Group Expanding in Arizona, Texas
Jul 27 2006 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Insurance Group announced it is expanding its market for workers’ compensation insurance and services to small businesses throughout the states of Texas and Arizona. Insurance is being...
Anti-Abortion Student Group Sues Arizona State University
Jul 26 2006 // \Arizona State University has been sued by an anti-abortion student group which alleges the university discriminated against students trying to voice their opinions on the issue. ASU Students for Life filed the suit in...
New Markets
Jul 24 2006 // Homeowners in Arizona Nuts & Bolts: Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif. is offering homeowners coverage in Arizona. The program includes high risk properties, seasonal homes, brush areas,...
New Markets
Jul 24 2006 // Homeowners in Arizona Nuts & Bolts: Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif. is offering homeowners coverage in Arizona. The program includes high risk properties, seasonal homes, brush areas,...
New Markets
Jun 19 2006 // Outdoor Sporting Program Nuts & Bolts: Markel’s Outdoors is a niche program for guide and outfitting professionals, private sporting clubs and hunting/fishing lodges. Marketed through select retail insurance...
AnCap Insurance Writes Acuity Policy
Jun 16 2006 // ACUITY, which only recently began writing insurance in Arizona, has announced that the first agency in Arizona to write a policy with the company is AnCap Insurance, headquartered in Phoenix. AnCap used ACUITY’s...
Research Team to Study Genesis of Monsoon Storms
Jun 12 2006 // A team of researchers from Alabama and other states will train an array of instruments skyward in Arizona this summer for an unprecedented study of the genesis of monsoon storms. About 20 scientists will spend July and...
Arizona Vehicle Repair House Bill Dies in Committee
May 26 2006 // An Arizona House Bill that would have made it more difficult for insurers to provide consumers information about automobile and glass repair facilities has died in the Senate Rules Committee, according to Kelly Campbell,...
Abram Interstate offers Homeowners Insurance in Arizona
May 19 2006 // Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif., is offering Homeowners coverage in Arizona. The program includes high risk properties, seasonal homes, brush areas, protection classes 1-10, older homes and...
Hazing Incident Involving Arizona Band to Cost School District $50,000
May 4 2006 // Scottsdale, Ariz.’s Unified School District officials say a hazing incident involving Coronado High School band students will cost the district nearly $50,000. A victim of a high-profile hazing case that occurred at...
Arizona Lawmakers Pass Security Breach Legislation
May 1 2006 // The Arizona legislature has passed security breach legislation late that would provide notice to consumers when there has been an unauthorized breach of their personal information. This bill was sponsored by Sen....
Arizona Bill to Tighten Malpractice Rules Goes to Gov. Napolitano
Apr 27 2006 // The Arizona House reversed itself and approved Senate-passed legislation to make it harder to win medical malpractice lawsuits over emergency health care. The House had previously watered down an earlier version of the...
Closer Look: Insurance Associations
Apr 17 2006 // Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series on Western insurance associations. Part I of this article appeared in the April 3, 2006, western region publication beginning on page 47. As people migrate to the...
Arizona establishes new penalties for late surplus lines tax payments
Apr 17 2006 // The Arizona Department of Insurance has established new civil penalties if a surplus lines broker fails to remit the surplus lines tax provided for by state statute 20-416 based on the amount of tax overdue. According to...
