Latest Arizona Headlines
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Crest Acquires SGB Ltd. in Arizona, Adds Byrne
Mar 10 2021 // Crest Insurance Group LLC of Scottsdale, Ariz. has added Shawn Byrne and his team as part of an acquisition of SGB Ltd. Byrne founded his own agency, Creative Benefit Concepts in 1985, an had it for 28 years prior to...
Arizona City Struggling to Emerge from Cyberattack
Mar 9 2021 // Kingman officials say municipal employees aided by Arizona National Guard technology personnel this week continued working to unravel a cyberattack that targeted the northwestern Arizona city’s computer system days...
Fired Arizona Aide Seeks $500K in Harassment Case
Mar 8 2021 // An aide who was fired by Republican state Sen. Wendy Rogers on Wednesday filed a $500,000 claim against the state for wrongful termination and harassment he says were caused by the senator. The claim is a required step...
M.J. Hall & Co. Expands Admitted Cannabis Insurance Product into Arizona
Mar 8 2021 // M.J. Hall & Co. has introduced an admitted cannabis insurance product in Arizona. March 8 is the effective date for the Cannabis Businessowners Policy (CannaBOP) in Arizona, which the wholesale insurance brokerage...
Crest Insurance Group in Arizona Adds Hay, IBG
Mar 8 2021 // Crest Insurance Group LLC of Scottsdale, Ariz. has acquired IBG LLC and added Craig Hay. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Hay will move his operations to the Crest Scottsdale branch. Craig Hay Hay is a broker with...
Arizona Facing Above-Normal Wildfire Threats
Feb 8 2021 // Drought remains in place across Arizona with a likelihood of warm and dry conditions in coming months even after a recent storm dropped heavy snow across much of the state’s high country, a 2021 wildfire season...
Arizona Sees Recreational Cannabis Sales Start
Jan 26 2021 // Legal sales of recreational marijuana in Arizona have started, a once-unthinkable step in the former conservative stronghold that joins 14 other states that have broadly legalized pot. The state Health Services Department...
Crest Insurance Group Acquires Gates in Arizona
Jan 12 2021 // Crest Insurance Group LLC of Tucson Arizona has acquired Gates Insurance Inc. President Michael Gates and his staff have been serving clients out of their home office in Mesa, Ariz., since 2009. Gates is a full-service...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Ashton Tiffany in Arizona
Jan 5 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Phoenix, Ariz.-based Ashton Tiffany LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ashton Tiffany founders John Ashton and Michael Tiffany, Jr., and their associates, will continue to...
Numerous Abuse Lawsuits Filed in Arizona Against Boy Scout Councils
Dec 23 2020 // Eight lawsuits filed this week allege that Boy Scout leaders in Arizona had sexually abused children dating back decades, signaling what is expected to be a flood of lawsuits in the state before the end of the year for...
CopperPoint in Arizona Adds Fox to Lead Pay as You Go
Dec 15 2020 // CopperPoint Insurance Cos. in Phoenix, Ariz., has named Joe Fox vice president of the company’s pay as you go business. Fox will be responsible for developing and implementing a new premium payment process for...
AM Best Assigns Ratings to Accredited Specialty Insurance in Arizona
Dec 9 2020 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “a-” to Accredited Specialty Insurance Co. in Phoenix, Ariz. The outlook assigned...
Arizona Insurance Agent Who Kept Premiums Gets 2.5 Years in Prison
Dec 7 2020 // A Buckeye, Ariz., woman who ran an insurance brokerage firm but kept premiums her clients intended to pay for their policies has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in state prison. The Arizona Department of Insurance announced...
Crest Insurance in Arizona Adds Sunbelt’s Bouve as Commercial Broker
Nov 25 2020 // Crest Insurance Group LLC of Scottsdale, Ariz., has added Taylor Bouve as a commercial broker. Bouve has more than six years of experience in insurance. He was previously an account executive at Sunbelt Insurance Holdings...
Crest Insurance in Arizona Promotes Baldwin to Senior Vice President
Nov 20 2020 // Crest Insurance Group LLC of Scottsdale, Ariz., has promoted Yvonne Baldwin to senior vice president of personal lines. Baldwin joined the firm in 1984 following her time with Mueller and Associates. Crest has offices in...
Crest Insurance in Arizona Names Wimmer Personal Lines Manager
Nov 18 2020 // Crest Insurance Group LLC of Scottsdale, Ariz., has added Sarah Wimmer as a personal lines manager. Wimmer will oversee employees within the personal lines department from all seven branches including Tucson, Scottsdale,...
M.J. Hall Adds Marsh from Risk Placement Services in Arizona
Nov 17 2020 // MJ Hall & Co. has added Maaika Marsh as a lead broker. Marsh is based in Chandler, Ariz. She has more than 10 years of experience in insurance brokerage in Arizona and California. Marsh has been focused on new business...
Honda, Arizona Agree to $5M Settlement Over Air Bags
Oct 27 2020 // Honda has agreed to a $5 million settlement with Arizona over allegations that it failed to disclose defects in air bags that led to two deaths there, the state’s top attorney said. Attorney General Mark Brnovich...
MJ Insurance Names BridgePoint’s Sargent Director of Personal Insurance in Arizona
Oct 22 2020 // MJ Insurance has named Leighann Sargent director of personal insurance. Sargent is based in Phoenix, Ariz., and will lead MJ’s personal insurance strategy, operations and support the company’s growth. Sargent...
Small Earthquake Confirmed in Arizona
Oct 15 2020 // A small earthquake was confirmed about eight miles east of Flagstaff. According to the United States Geological Survey’s website, the 3.3-magnitude quake was reported at 9:08 a.m. Tuesday with the epicenter located...
