Latest Arizona Headlines
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Arizona Homeowners Sue Insurers Over Wildfire
Jun 6 2005 // Homeowners from a vacation mountaintop community northeast of Tucson began filing lawsuits accusing their insurance companies of failing to provide enough coverage on homes destroyed in a June 2003 wildfire. Seventy...
Arizona Homeowners Sue Insurers Over Wildfire
Jun 6 2005 // Homeowners from a vacation mountaintop community northeast of Tucson began filing lawsuits accusing their insurance companies of failing to provide enough coverage on homes destroyed in a June 2003 wildfire. Seventy...
Business Moves
Jun 6 2005 // National Advantage Ins. Services Now Writing In Arizona Tustin, Calif.-based National Advantage Insurance Services Inc. recently announced that it has been appointed and approved for writing several insurance products in...
Ariz. Fire Departments Urge Homeowners to Clear Brush
May 31 2005 // Fire crews and the State Land Department are frustrated that homeowners at risk of losing their homes to catastrophic wildfires fail to remove dead brush that fuels those fires. Some homeowners let wildflowers, grasses and...
SCF Returns $60M to Ariz. Businesses
May 27 2005 // For a 35th consecutive year, SCF of Arizona’s Board of Directors approved a dividend to policyholders. The Board voted unanimously May 24 to a recommended $60 million. Since 1969, SCF has returned more than $1...
Owners of Arizona Homes Burned by Wildfire Sue Insurance Companies
May 25 2005 // Homeowners from a mountaintop community northeast of Tucson began filing lawsuits May 24 accusing their insurance companies of failing to provide enough coverage on homes destroyed in a June 2003 wildfire. Roughly 70...
Pro-Business Insurance Bill Tops Ariz. Legislative Session
May 23 2005 // Legislation that will allow business owners to lower their insurance costs highlighted the action on insurance-related measures during the recently concluded legislative session, according to Sam Sorich, regional vice...
AIA: Ariz. Legislature Passes Important Terrorism Exclusion, Med-Mal Liability
May 18 2005 // During the recently concluded Arizona legislative session, property/casualty insurers successfully lobbied for exclusion from insurance coverage of damage caused by terrorism, and also for medical malpractice liability...
National Advantage Ins. Services Now Writing In Arizona
May 5 2005 // Tustin, Calif.-based National Advantage Insurance Services Inc., recently announced that they have been appointed and approved for writing several of insurance products in the state of Arizona. Arizona agents will now have...
Ariz. Gov. Napolitano Signs Pro-Business Legislation
Apr 26 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of American (PCI) on Tuesday commended Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano for signing into law legislation that will allow business owners an opportunity to lower their insurance...
Ariz. Legislature Sends Med-Mal Bill to Governor
Apr 20 2005 // A medical-malpractice bill passed by the Arizona Legislature and sent to Gov. Janet Napolitano faces an uncertain future. The Senate completed legislative action on the bill (SB 1036) by voting 23-6 April 18 to accept...
Federal Disaster Funds Authorized for Ariz. to Aid Local Government Storm Recovery
Apr 19 2005 // Federal disaster funds have been made available for Arizona to help local governments recover from the effects of another round of severe storms that struck the state in February, the head of the U.S. Department of...
Shield for Doctors’ Apologies Clears Arizona Senate
Mar 7 2005 // A bill approved Feb. 22 by the Senate would let doctors apologize and offer condolences to patients and their families without fear of having the statements held against them in court. The so-called “I’m...
Shield for Doctors’ Apologies Clears Ariz. Senate
Feb 25 2005 // A bill approved Tuesday by the Senate would let doctors apologize and offer condolences to patients and their families without fear of having the statements held against them in court. The so-called “I’m...
Ariz. Senate Backs Malpractice Changes Sought by Physicians
Feb 22 2005 // The Senate gave preliminary approval Feb. 17 to a three-pronged medical malpractice bill backed by business groups and physicians. The measure would provide a legal shield for doctors’ apologies, tighten requirements...
People & Places
Feb 21 2005 // Jeannie Davila Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has appointed Jeannie Davila as assistant vice president in charge of its new E&S Property Insurance facility. Davila brings 30 years of insurance experience...
Surplus Lines Experiencing Softening Market with Rest of Industry
Feb 21 2005 // Insurance Journal recently surveyed several surplus line associations regarding their thoughts on the current atmosphere of the surplus lines marketplace, and their expectations into 2005. Executive director Ted Pierce of...
Ariz. County Supervisors Approve Flood Control Project
Jan 21 2005 // Arizona’s Pima County supervisors approved the construction of five detention basins to control flooding in downtown and central Tucson. Construction bids for the $17.5 million project will go out in late spring,...
Two Ariz. Lawmakers Push Proposal to Ban Domestic Partner Benefits
Jan 16 2005 // A proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriages in Arizona would outlaw all government-sponsored benefits to domestic partners. Republican Reps. Mark Anderson and Warde Nichols said their proposal will mirror...
Ariz. City Threatening to Shut Down Boating Company over Inadequate Insurance
Dec 20 2004 // The city of Tempe, Ariz., is threatening to shut down a boating company operating at Tempe Town Lake without enough insurance. Rio Lago Cruise Company has carried $1 million of insurance for the past two years despite a...
