Latest Arizona Headlines
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AM Best Assigns Ratings to Accredited Specialty Insurance in Arizona
Dec 9 2020 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “a-” to Accredited Specialty Insurance Co. in Phoenix, Ariz. The outlook assigned...
Arizona Insurance Agent Who Kept Premiums Gets 2.5 Years in Prison
Dec 7 2020 // A Buckeye, Ariz., woman who ran an insurance brokerage firm but kept premiums her clients intended to pay for their policies has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in state prison. The Arizona Department of Insurance announced...
Crest Insurance in Arizona Adds Sunbelt’s Bouve as Commercial Broker
Nov 25 2020 // Crest Insurance Group LLC of Scottsdale, Ariz., has added Taylor Bouve as a commercial broker. Bouve has more than six years of experience in insurance. He was previously an account executive at Sunbelt Insurance Holdings...
Crest Insurance in Arizona Promotes Baldwin to Senior Vice President
Nov 20 2020 // Crest Insurance Group LLC of Scottsdale, Ariz., has promoted Yvonne Baldwin to senior vice president of personal lines. Baldwin joined the firm in 1984 following her time with Mueller and Associates. Crest has offices in...
Crest Insurance in Arizona Names Wimmer Personal Lines Manager
Nov 18 2020 // Crest Insurance Group LLC of Scottsdale, Ariz., has added Sarah Wimmer as a personal lines manager. Wimmer will oversee employees within the personal lines department from all seven branches including Tucson, Scottsdale,...
M.J. Hall Adds Marsh from Risk Placement Services in Arizona
Nov 17 2020 // MJ Hall & Co. has added Maaika Marsh as a lead broker. Marsh is based in Chandler, Ariz. She has more than 10 years of experience in insurance brokerage in Arizona and California. Marsh has been focused on new business...
Honda, Arizona Agree to $5M Settlement Over Air Bags
Oct 27 2020 // Honda has agreed to a $5 million settlement with Arizona over allegations that it failed to disclose defects in air bags that led to two deaths there, the state’s top attorney said. Attorney General Mark Brnovich...
MJ Insurance Names BridgePoint’s Sargent Director of Personal Insurance in Arizona
Oct 22 2020 // MJ Insurance has named Leighann Sargent director of personal insurance. Sargent is based in Phoenix, Ariz., and will lead MJ’s personal insurance strategy, operations and support the company’s growth. Sargent...
Small Earthquake Confirmed in Arizona
Oct 15 2020 // A small earthquake was confirmed about eight miles east of Flagstaff. According to the United States Geological Survey’s website, the 3.3-magnitude quake was reported at 9:08 a.m. Tuesday with the epicenter located...
Uber Driver in Arizona Fired Gun, Injured Passenger
Oct 13 2020 // Authorities say an Uber driver has been arrested for allegedly firing a gun and injuring one of his passengers following an argument. Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials say 60-year-old Peter Caso was booked into...
Crest Insurance Adds Kosiek in Arizona as Director of Risk Services
Oct 9 2020 // Crest Insurance Group has named Marc Kosiek director of risk services. Kosiek is based in Scottsdale, Ariz. He has a background in commercial insurance risk management, including experience in trucking, auto dealerships,...
Kennedy Named President and CEO of The Mahoney Group in Arizona
Oct 1 2020 // T. Scott Kennedy has been named as the president and chief executive officer of M&O Agencies Inc., which operates The Mahoney Group in Arizona. Kennedy has more than 30 years of insurance industry experience. His past...
Family of Arizona Man Killed in Police Shooting Files $950K Claim
Sep 29 2020 // The family of a Buckeye man who died in a shooting six months ago has filed a nearly $1 million notice of claim against the Buckeye Police Department and Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. The claim alleges that...
CopperPoint in Arizona Reelects Directors Patrick and Tully to Board
Sep 28 2020 // Judith Patrick and Mike Tully have been reelected to the board of directors for CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Holding Co. The results of the election were announced at the annual members’ meeting in mid September....
Crest Insurance in Arizona Names Hankal Commercial Lines Manager
Sep 24 2020 // Crest Insurance Group LLC of Scottsdale, Ariz. has promoted Lisa Hankal to commercial lines manager. Hankal will be overseeing employees within the commercial lines department from all seven branches including Tucson,...
Copperpoint in Arizona Names Pytel Vice President, Marketing Chief
Sep 23 2020 // CopperPoint Insurance Cos. has named Thomas Pytel vice president, chief marketing and corporate communications officer. Pytel ‘s responsibilities include leading the marketing and communications functions for the...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Erin P. Collins & Associates in Arizona
Sep 18 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Kingman, Ariz.-based Erin P. Collins & Associates Inc. Erin Collins and his associates will continue to operate from their current locations under the direction of Scott...
Uber Backup Driver Faces Homicide Charges in Fatal 2018 Arizona Crash
Sep 16 2020 // The back-up safety driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber Technologies test vehicle that struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, in 2018 was charged with negligent homicide, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Rafael...
Electric Storage Explosion Highlights Danger of a Growing Technology
Sep 7 2020 // An investigation into the cause of an explosion at an Arizona energy storage facility that injured four firefighters confirms what engineers had feared: Packing lithium-ion batteries tightly together can spark a chain...
Arizona’s Resecō Group Adds Gard as Senior Advisor
Aug 27 2020 // Jason Gard has joined Reseco Insurance Advisors LLC, a partner with United Benefit Advisors (UBA) and Insurance Agency Network (ISU), as senior advisor. Gard brings 25 years of expertise in the insurance industry,...
