Latest Arizona Headlines
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Arizona Lawmakers Vow to Boost Firefighter Cancer Coverage
Jan 21 2020 // A group of Arizona lawmakers has vowed to boost protections for firefighters and other first responders who are diagnosed with a cancer linked to the workplace to address concerns that some cities are denying...
USG Adds Aguilar as a Producer in Arizona
Jan 17 2020 // USG Insurance Services Inc. has named Jay Aguilar a producer/broker in commercial lines in the Scottsdale, Ariz. office. Aguilar will work to expand USG’s Southwestern territory. Aguilar has 23 years of insurance...
Using Game Theory to Determine Who’s Liable: Autonomous Vehicle or Human Driver?
Jan 15 2020 // A recent decision by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on the March 2018 Uber crash that killed a pedestrian in Arizona split the blame among Uber, the company’s autonomous vehicle (AV), the safety...
Arizona Sues Juul over Illegal Marketing
Jan 9 2020 // Arizona’s attorney general on this week sued e-cigarette giant Juul Labs for alleged violations of state consumer fraud laws, becoming the latest state to go after the company as youth vaping explodes. Attorney...
CopperPoint in Arizona Names Lontz Chief Information Officer
Jan 8 2020 // Phoenix, Ariz.-based CopperPoint Insurance Cos. has named Brad Lontz senior vice president and chief information officer. Lontz will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day IT operations for CopperPoint’s group...
Health Provider in Arizona to Pay $6M Settlement in Breach
Dec 24 2019 // A Phoenix, Ariz.-based health provider has agreed to settle a lawsuit over a computer data breach that may have compromised health and personal data of about 3 million patients, employees, health insurance customers and...
Inszone Insurance Acquires James Swiniuch Agency in Arizona
Dec 18 2019 // Inszone Insurance Services has acquired James Swiniuch Agency Inc. in Tucson, Ariz. James Swiniuch Agency is focused on writing preferred personal lines insurance in Tucso. James Swiniuch Agency becomes the fourth...
How Test of Waymo’s Robotaxi Service in Arizona Is Going
Dec 10 2019 // More than 100,000 trips have been taken in robotaxis operated by Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Alphabet Inc. Now the service is expanding to iPhone users. On the first anniversary of its pilot program in Chandler,...
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Arizona Opioid Claim Against Purdue’s Owners
Dec 9 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a novel case by Arizona seeking to recover billions of dollars that the state has said that members of the Sackler family – owners of Purdue Pharma LP – funneled out...
Burns & Wilcox Adds Alphabet in Arizona to Personal Insurance Practice Group
Dec 6 2019 // Burns & Wilcox has named Pamela Alphabet to its leadership team as regional practice group leader for the Western region, personal insurance. She is based in Scottsdale, Ariz. Alphabet will partner with the...
Burns & Wilcox Names Woods National Practice Group Leader in Arizona
Dec 5 2019 // Burns & Wilcox has named John Woods vice president, national practice group leader, transportation. He will be based in Scottsdale, Ariz. Woods focuses on establishing and growing the national transportation practice...
U.S. Safety Agency Faults Uber, Driver in Probe of 2018 Autonomous Car Crash Death
Nov 20 2019 // A U.S. safety agency on Tuesday faulted Uber for inadequate attention to safety and decisions in the company’s autonomous vehicle development in an investigation into the first-ever death involving a self-driving...
New NTSB Report in Fatal Crash in Arizona Involving Autonomous Vehicle
Nov 18 2019 // A new federal report into last year’s fatal crash involving a self-driving car in suburban Phoenix says the Uber vehicle couldn’t anticipate the actions of jaywalkers. The National Transportation Safety Board...
Inszone Insurance Services Acquires Jones Wilson Insurance in Arizona
Nov 15 2019 // Inszone Insurance Services has acquired Jones Wilson Insurance in Benson, Ariz. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Jones Wilson Insurance becomes the third acquisition for Inszone Insurance in Arizona this...
New NTSB Report in Fatal Crash in Arizona Involving Autonomous Vehicle
Nov 8 2019 // A new federal report into last year’s fatal crash involving a self-driving car in suburban Phoenix says the Uber vehicle couldn’t anticipate the actions of jaywalkers. The National Transportation Safety Board...
Trial Opens in Suit Over ‘Frankenstein’ Use of Remains by Arizona Center
Oct 30 2019 // A retired FBI agent described a horrific raid of now-closed body donation facility, recalling a table stacked with severed human legs, heads stuffed in a cooler, and torsos without heads and limbs. Mark Cwynar testified on...
Iowa Revokes License of Arizona Insurance Agent Over Annuity Fraud Scheme
Oct 28 2019 // An Arizona insurance agent has lost his Iowa insurance license and is barred for reapplying for 10 years after the Iowa Insurance Division found he fleeced elderly Iowa residents. The division said in a news release that...
Students Sue Colleges for Saying No to Medical Cannabis
Oct 28 2019 // Colleges are becoming a battleground in the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws as students who use medical pot challenge decades-old campus drug policies. In states where medical marijuana is legal, students...
U.S. Safety Board Wants to Learn Cause of Fatal Uber Autonomous Car Crash
Oct 18 2019 // The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a Nov. 19 hearing to determine the probable cause of a March 2018 Uber Technologies Inc. self-driving vehicle crash that killed a pedestrian in Arizona. The...
AmWINS Group to Acquire Stealth Partner Group in Arizona
Oct 2 2019 // AmWINS Group Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Stealth Partner Group. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2019, pending regulatory approval and customary closing...
