Latest Arizona Headlines
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Arizona Legislator’s Close Call in I-10 Dust Storm Prompts Call for Action
Nov 18 2013 // An Arizona legislator had a narrow escape on Interstate 10 in November during a dust storm in Pinal County when chain-reaction collisions killed three people. State Sen. Steve Farley was driving back to Tucson after a...
Arizona DPS to Crack Down On Texting Drivers
Nov 12 2013 // The Arizona Department of Public Safety plans to crack down on drivers who are distracted by texting or their cellphones in general. The enforcement effort will begin in January and be accompanied by an education campaign,...
MJ Insurance Names Gerig in Arizona
Nov 6 2013 // MJ Insurance named Lauren Gerig to its property/casualty department in the Phoneix, Ariz. Office. Gerig will work to service new and existing clients. Gerig joins MJ Insurance from WebPT, a company that provides web-based...
Arizona Legislator’s Close Call in I-10 Dust Storm Prompts Call for Action
Nov 6 2013 // An Arizona legislator had a narrow escape on Interstate 10 last week during a dust storm in Pinal County when chain-reaction collisions killed 3 people. State Sen. Steve Farley was driving back to Tucson after a meeting in...
Arizona Forgery Ring Suspect Sentenced For Insurance Fraud
Oct 9 2013 // Frederick Farris pled guilty to attempted fraud schemes and artifices, which is a class 3 felony, and was sentenced to 6.5 years in Arizona State Prison. Ferris was found in possession of forged insurance claim checks. The...
Brewer Issues Emergency Declaration For 2 Arizona Counties
Sep 23 2013 // Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a declaration of emergency to assist with flood recovery in Apache and Greenlee counties. A series of powerful monsoon storms passed over the two northeastern Arizona counties on Sept....
$50M Claim Filed In Crash That Killed Arizona Boy
Sep 3 2013 // The family of a young Arizona boy who was fatally struck by Pima County Sheriff’s Department vehicle has filed a claim seeking $50 million in damages. Authorities say 10-year-old Xavier Arturo Sanchez died July 15...
NFP P&C Taps Chester as Vice President in Arizona
Aug 30 2013 // Terri Chester joined NFP Property and Casualty (NFP P&C) as commercial lines vice president. Chester will be based out of Scottsdale, Ariz. At NFP P&C, Chester’s responsibilities include strategic planning...
AssuredPartners Inc. Acquires GBP Risk Solutions in Arizona
Aug 30 2013 // AssuredPartners Inc. has completed the acquisition of Golseth & Gregson Insurance Services (dba GBP Risk Solutions), an independent insurance agency based in Arizona. GBP Risk Solutions offers large commercial...
Arizona Legislators Ask Obama to Reconsider Fire Aid
Aug 16 2013 // Key Arizona legislators are asking President Barack Obama to reconsider his administration’s denial of the state’s request for federal disaster relief for Yarnell for the Yavapai County community’s...
Insurers, Government Grapple with Costs of Growth in Wildland-Urban Interface
Aug 15 2013 // The summer of 2013 has been another severe fire season for the United States, a trend that has insurance companies bracing for a new normal: higher rates of property damage as Americans move to wildfire-prone areas in ever...
Scientists Study Debris Flows After Arizona Fire, Federal Aid Denied
Aug 12 2013 // Scientists are studying the potential for debris flows in the area of the Yarnell Hill Fire that burned through rugged terrain last month south of Prescott. Debris flows are composed of water, mud, and rocks that can sweep...
Arizona Flash Flood Carries Away Tour Bus, None Hurt
Jul 30 2013 // Flash flood waters swept a tour bus with 33 people aboard hundreds of yards down a wash in northwestern Arizona and the vehicle flipped on its side, but no one was injured, officials said. The Las Vegas-bound bus was...
Arizona Regents Cite Concerns Over Student Safety
Jul 18 2013 // The board that oversees Arizona’s state university system is expressing concern about student safety in the wake of dangerous and criminal activities that include alcohol-related injuries, sexual assaults and at...
Report: Arizona Wildfire Grew Quickly, Was Erratic
Jul 17 2013 // A new report shows an Arizona wildfire that began with a lightning strike and caused little immediate concern because of its remote location and small size quickly grew into an inferno, leading officials to rapidly order...
Arizona Governor Asks Obama to Declare Yarnell Fire Disaster
Jul 12 2013 // Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer wants President Barack Obama to declare the area around the Yarnell Hill fire a disaster area. Brewer sent a letter to Obama Tuesday after assessments showed 109 homes were destroyed and 23 others...
Arizona Wildfire Takes Lives of 19 Elite Firefighters
Jul 1 2013 // An elite team of 19 firemen were killed on Sunday in one of deadliest U.S. firefighting disasters in decades as flames raced through dry brush and grass in central Arizona, destroying scores of homes and forcing the...
Appeal Planned On Arizona Immigrant License Policy
Jun 20 2013 // Immigrant rights advocates plan to appeal a court ruling that declined to halt Gov. Jan Brewer’s order denying driver’s licenses for young immigrants who have gotten work permits and avoided deportation under...
Arizona Man Seeks $500,000 Over Dismissed DUI Case
Jun 12 2013 // A man is seeking $500,000 from an Arizona city for his arrest on a drunken driving charge even though a breath-alcohol test showed he hadn’t consumed any alcohol. Jessie Thornton was cited in a Dec. 7 traffic stop in...
Arizona Insurance Agency Chosen for Agency 2020
May 17 2013 // Hester, Heitel & Associates, an independent insurance agency in Phoenix, Ariz. was chosen to represent “the path to the future for all independent agencies,” announced Consumer Agent Portal LLC, also known...
