Latest Arizona Headlines
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PAULA, GNU Begin Process Toward Eventual Consolidation
Jun 25 2001 // Pasadena, Calif.-based PAULA Financial (PAULA) and the managing general agency Great Northern Underwriters (GNU) of Portland, Ore., recently entered into a partnership, the first step of which entails the incorporation of...
Ariz. Gets Serious About Securities
May 21 2001 // The Arizona Department of Insurance and the Arizona Corporation Commission’s Securities Division are coordinating enforcement efforts to address a growing number of cases involving the sale of fraudulent securities...
Arizona Dept. of Insurance Publishes New Survey
Apr 17 2001 // A new look has come to the Spring 2001 edition of the Arizona Department of Insurance’s “Automobile Premium Comparison Survey.” Premiums are quoted for 10 cities throughout the state. Insurance Director...
Mutual Ins. Co. of AZ Affirmed
Mar 26 2001 // The “Api” FSR on Mutual Insurance Company of Arizona was affirmed by S&P. Key rating factors included extremely strong capital adequacy, historically positive operating results and conservative reserving....
WORKERS’ COMP IN CALIFORNIA: A Barren Landscape
Mar 26 2001 // Three months into the new year, the picture for the California workers’ comp market is not pretty, and it’s likely to get worse. Developments in recent weeks-including lowered ratings, carrier losses, declining...
State National Specialty Enters Arizona
Feb 26 2001 // Arizona has awarded State National Specialty Insurance Co. a certificate of authority for writing multiple lines of insurance. This authorization allows State National Specialty to write casualty, marine and...
Alliance Views AZ’s Proposed Fingerprinting Requirement as Burden
Feb 13 2001 // The Alliance of American Insurers filed comments with the Arizona insurance department regarding proposed amendments to the state’s insurance holding company law that would require insurers that are part of holding...
Arizona Firm Wins Right to File Suit in New York Court
Jan 16 2001 // A lower court decision that an Arizona insurance company could not sue its former attorney for malpractice, negligence and fraud was reversed last week by the Appellate Division of Arizona’s Supreme Court. Senate...
Shattered Dreams for 3 Arizona Men
Nov 27 2000 // An investigation by the Arizona Department of Insurance (DOI) Fraud Unit led to no-contest pleas last month in Maricopa County Superior Court by three owners of Phoenix, Ariz.-based Advantage Auto Glass LLC in connection...
Arizona DOI Fraud Unit Investigation Leads to No-Contest Pleas
Nov 3 2000 // An investigation by the Arizona Department of Insurance (DOI) Fraud Unit led to no-contest pleas last week in Maricopa County Superior Court by three owners of Phoenix, Ariz.-based Advantage Auto Glass LLC in connection...
YouZoom.com Expands Online Insurance Offering to Arizona
Sep 19 2000 // YouZoom.com has expanded its online insurance offering to give independent agents and brokers in Arizona the ability to market, sell and service insurance policies over the Internet. YouZoom allows Arizona insurance agents...
Golden Eagle Introduces Self-Rating CD for Arizona Agents
Aug 22 2000 // San Diego-based Golden Eagle Insurance Corporation unveiled a new self-rating CD-ROM along with new pricing to help its agents in Arizona capture market share for package policies in the state. With a broad appetite for...
Study Finds Running a Red Light Can Be Deadly
Jul 14 2000 // A new study released yesterday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) showed that Arizona has a far higher rate of fatal red light running crashes than any other state with 7.1 deaths per 100,000 people,...
Arizona Trial Begins for 15-Year Old Contaminated Groundwater Lawsuit
Jun 20 2000 // After a long, litigious battle over an insurance dispute, the trial against Associated Aviation Underwriters (AAU) refusing to make good on a settlement between more than 1,600 Tucson residents injured by their...
Arizona Court Looks to Answer the Question: Is a Computer Crash Property Damage’
Jun 7 2000 // An Arizona court ruling looks to redefine policy language dealing with the definition of “property damage” and how it relates to computer crashes. David Golden, director of commercial lines for the Insurance...
Arizona DOI Sponsors Fraud Awareness Event at D-Back Game
May 30 2000 // Last week, as the Arizona Diamondbacks faced the Pittsburgh Pirates at Bank One Ballpark, the Department of Insurance (DOI) staff members were joined by McGruff, the Crime Dog to spread the message that insurance fraud...
E-commerce, New Auto Policy Rules Top Arizona’s 2000 Legislative Session
May 16 2000 // Highlights of the otherwise quiet 2000 legislative session for insurers in Arizona included the passage of House Bill 2069 and Senate Bill 1130–two laws that will help further online insurance sales and modify auto...
Arizona’s Surplus Line Premium Volume up in 1999
May 11 2000 // According to figures released by the Surplus Line Association of Arizona, written surplus line premium volume in the state totaled $106.9 million in 1999, compared with $90.2 million in 1998–an increase of 18.5...
Online Transactions on Tap in Arizona
Apr 12 2000 // Arizona lawmakers have passed an electronic records bill offering consumers the convenience of buying insurance online. The bill, passed by the Senate 29-0 Monday and awaiting the governor’s signature, would create...
WORKERS’ COMP MARKET OVERVIEW
Apr 3 2000 // CALIFORNIA STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS By Sky Barnhart “After five years of product being given away, it’s a crazy, crazy market, and it’s put a lot of people on the producers’ side out of...
