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Crest Insurance in Arizona Names Benedetto Senior Vice President

Aug 26 2020 // Crest Insurance Group of Scottsdale, Ariz., has named Frank Benedetto a senior vice president of the employee benefits division. Benedetto has more than 30 years of experience. He held numerous positions in the healthcare...

Crest Insurance in Arizona Names Nelson COO of Employee Benefits Division

Aug 24 2020 // Crest Insurance Group of Tucson, Ariz., has named Matt Nelson chief operating officer of the employee benefits division. Nelson joined Crest Insurance in 2020 as a benefits and commercial lines consultant. He was a vice...

Arizona Reports 933 Additional Virus Cases, 69 More Deaths

Aug 17 2020 // Arizona has reported 933 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases with 69 more deaths, increasing the state’s totals to 192,654 cases and 4,492 deaths. The latest COVID-19-related hospitalization metrics posted Saturday...

CopperPoint in Arizona Announces New Regional Structure

Aug 14 2020 // CopperPoint Insurance Cos., a western-based super regional commercial insurance company, announced a new regional structure led by regional presidents. The company has organized its core 10 state western footprint into...

Arizona Wins $22.5M Judgment Against Vaping Firm

Aug 10 2020 // Arizona’s attorney general has obtained a $22.5 million judgment against a New Jersey-based vaping company along with a court order permanently barring the company from selling its products in the state. Attorney...

Arizona Reports 1,030 More Virus Cases, 14 More Deaths

Aug 5 2020 // Arizona health officials have reported 1,030 new cases of the coronavirus and 14 more deaths. The Arizona Department of Health Services has recorded 179,497 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state since the pandemic...

Monsoon Arrival in Arizona Means End of Fire Restrictions

Jul 31 2020 // Fire restrictions within some state land are being lifted because of recent monsoon rain across the northern and southern sections of Arizona. Officials with the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management said...

Crest in Arizona Names McGee Vice President/Producer in Commercial Lines

Jul 24 2020 // Crest Insurance Group of Tucson, Ariz., has named Mike McGee a vice president/producer in the commercial lines division. McGee has a background in risk management. He has worked as a Hotshot & Helitack Firefighter and...

USG Names Aubry Commercial Lines Producer in Arizona

Jul 9 2020 // USG Insurance Services Inc. has named Amanda Aubry as a producer/broker in commercial lines in the Scottsdale, Ariz., office. Aubry has 18 years of insurance industry experience. She was previously a senior underwriter at...

81,000 Arizona Businesses Get Coronavirus Loans

Jul 8 2020 // Just over 81,000 Arizona small businesses were approved for loans worth $8.6 billion under a government program meant to keep people employed during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released Monday by the federal...

Arizona Man Accused of Selling LSD Sues for Wrongful Arrest

Jun 25 2020 // A Flagstaff, Ariz. man who was wrongfully arrested on suspicion of selling LSD has filed a federal lawsuit against the city, saying police ignored evidence that showed he wasn’t a drug dealer. Tremayne Nez, who is...

Palomar Excess and Surplus Insurance Company Formed in Arizona

Jun 24 2020 // Palomar Holdings Inc. has formed Palomar Excess and Surplus Insurance Co. Palomar Holdings Inc. announced the underwritten public offering of 1 million shares of the company’s common stock PESIC has received all...

Crews Battling 4 Wildfires in Arizona

Jun 22 2020 // Hundreds of firefighters continued to battle three major wildfires burning in forested mountains and desert hills across Arizona. Crews were fighting fires in the Santa Catalina Mountains in the Coronado National Forest...

Google Sued by Arizona over ‘Deceptive’ Location Tracking

Jun 1 2020 // Google kept tabs on the whereabouts of its users even if they had turned off location tracking, an Arizona official alleged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The suit filed by Attorney General Mark Brnovich stemmed from an...

Arizona Judge Rules Against Releasing Nursing Home COVID-19 Stats

Jun 1 2020 // The state of Arizona doesn’t have to publicly reveal the number of coronavirus cases and deaths among residents of nursing homes, long-term facilities and retirement homes, a state judge ruled on Friday. The ruling...

Court Tosses $47M Arizona Lawsuit in Cross-Median Crash

May 6 2020 // A state appellate court has overturned rulings by a trial court and dismissed a lawsuit stemming from a cross-median crash that killed two women on Interstate 10 in southern Arizona in 2008. The Arizona Court of Appeals...

Crest Insurance Group Acquires John Creps Agency Company in Arizona

May 4 2020 // Crest Insurance Group LLC has acquired John Creps Insurance Agency LLC in Flagstaff, Ariz. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Creps Agency is a full-service property/casualty agency also offering life and disability...

WCF Insurance Names Wall Regional Vice President in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada

Apr 30 2020 // WCF Insurance has named Mark Wall regional vice president over Arizona, Colorado and Nevada. Wall will report to Kevin Peterson, senior vice president of sales and distribution, and will be responsible for collaborating...

Randall & Quilter Completes Loss Portfolio Transfer with Repwest in Arizona

Apr 24 2020 // Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. announced it has entered into a loss portfolio transfer reinsurance contract and a transfer agreement with Repwest Insurance Co. Repwest is based in Phoenix Ariz., and is a...

Arizona Insurer of Physicians Declares $12M Dividend to Help in COVID-19 Pandemic

Apr 22 2020 // Mutual Insurance Company of Arizona has declared a special dividend designed to provide economic relief to its members. The company will distribute a $12 million dividend to all members with policies in-force as of April...