Latest Arizona Headlines
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Arizona Passes Captive Insurance Legislation
Jun 2 2008 // The Arizona Legislature passed a bill designed to allow captive insurers to cover employment practices liability risk and remove the requirement that at least one incorporator be a resident of the state. Captive insurance...
Arizona Law Expands Fine for Worker Deaths
May 30 2008 // Thanks to a bill recently signed by Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, families of workers in the state now have greater protections when companies willfully or repeatedly violate laws and it results in a worker’s...
Arizona Senate Debates Ban on Texting While Driving
May 29 2008 // Arizona legislators are debating whether to ban texting while driving. Supporters say it would “send a message” about safety while critics call it overkill when other distractions such as eating and changing...
Arizona Captive Insurance Association Names Directors
May 19 2008 // Members of Arizona Captive Insurance Association (AzCIA) have elected two new directors to the 2008-09 Board of Directors. The new directors include Brent Hill, vice president at Hill Insurance Services, and Peter Joy,...
Arizona Passes Captive Insurance Legislation
May 19 2008 // The Arizona Legislature has passed a bill designed to allow captive insurers to cover employment practices liability risk and remove the requirement that at least one incorporator be a resident of the state. Captive...
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May 19 2008 // Charlotte, N.C.-based national wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc. named James Drinkwater president of its AmWINS Brokerage division. He will be responsible for the management of the division, which is focused on...
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May 5 2008 // Patrick G. Ryan, founder and executive chairman Aon Corp., said he intends to retire Aug. 1, 2008. Ryan said the firm’s transition to a new management team under CEO Greg Case is complete. Ryan founded Aon, which has...
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May 5 2008 // Grange Mutual Casualty Co. announced that Randy Montelone will retire at year end after 29 years of service with the company. Tom Welch, current president of Grange Life Insurance Co., a Grange subsidiary, assumes the role...
Homes, Schools Threatened as Fires Scorch Nevada, Arizona and California
May 1 2008 // Firefighters had to contend with gale-force winds while battling a huge brush fire that raced along the edge of a valley south of Reno, forcing a major highway to close, threatening homes, and causing the evacuation of a...
Arizona Driver Involved in 10 Hit-and-Run Wrecks before Capture
May 1 2008 // The Arizona Department of Public Safety says a driver arrested after a hit-and-run wreck on a Phoenix-area freeway had been involved in 10 accidents before he stopped. Tempe police arrested 46-year-old Rosendo Duenas of...
Experts Say Potential for Arizona Wildfires Extreme
Apr 30 2008 // Wildland fire officials are warning of a potential disaster in southeastern Arizona. Fire behavior analysts with the Eastern Arizona Incident Management Team say the potential for extreme wildfire conditions are the worst...
Arizona Officials Nab 15 Impaired Drivers at Tucson Checkpoint
Apr 30 2008 // Tucson, Ariz. police used a sobriety checkpoint to pull over 1,084 drivers while arresting 15 on suspicion of drunken driving, city police said in a statement about the operation. The checkpoint ran from early on April 25...
Faber Joins M.J. Hall in Arizona
Apr 25 2008 // M.J. Hall and Co. Inc. has announced that Christine Faber has joined the company’s Arizona branch to work on managing general agent and brokerage business. Faber comes to MJ Hall with seven years industry experience...
New Markets
Apr 21 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Liquor Liability Coverage Nuts &...
Hub International Arizona Names Hartley President, Milne Chairman
Apr 14 2008 // Chicago-based Hub International Ltd. annouced that Tom Hartley has joined Hub International Arizona (HUB Arizona) as president. Richard Milne, the former HUB Arizona president, has been named chairman of HUB Arizona and...
New Markets
Apr 7 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Liquor Liability with Assault and...
Arizona Court: Off-Duty Officer Injury Qualifies for Workers’ Compensation
Apr 7 2008 // Arizona’s Court of Appeals has ruled that an administrative law judge erred in finding that an off-duty police officer’s gunshot injury in the course of protecting a friend was not due workers’...
Arizona Insurance Council Elects Officers, Names Communications Manager
Apr 4 2008 // The Arizona Insurance Council (AIC) has elected new officers for 2008. AIC is a non-profit organization dedicated to consumer education and partnership building on behalf of property and casualty insurers in Arizona. The...
Chartwell Adds E&S Casualty Division to Arizona Office
Mar 27 2008 // Chartwell Independent Insurance Brokers LLC, a wholesale and specialty insurance broker focusing on high-risk, hard-to-place coverage, announced that it has added an Excess & Surplus (E&S) Casualty Division to...
Arizona Court: Off Duty Officer Injury Qualifies for Workers’ Comp
Mar 26 2008 // Arizona’s Court of Appeals has ruled that an administrative law judge erred in finding that an off-duty police officer’s gunshot injury in the course of protecting a friend was not due workers’...
