Latest Utah Headlines
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ALKEME Acquires Personal and Commercial Specialist InsurePro in Utah
Jun 11 2024 // ALKEME acquired InsurePro in Draper, Utah. Ladera Ranch, California-ALKEME is an insurance agency providing businesses and individuals with commercial and personal insurance, employee and executive benefits, retirement and...
PCF Insurance in Utah Secures $400M in Financing
Apr 25 2024 // PCF Insurance Services in Utah closed $400 million in incremental debt financing led by Blue Owl. The financing was materially oversubscribed and was upsized from $300 million to $400 million in response to demand from new...
My New Markets
Apr 1 2024 // Contractors Professional & Pollution Liability Market Detail: Shield Commercial Insurance Services, in business since 2004, offers a full line of commercial and residential contractor insurance coverage. Minimum...
Utah Insurance Department Warns About Fake Shipping Coverage
Mar 21 2024 // The Utah Insurance Department issued a warning about unlicensed companies and individuals offering coverage for damaged packages or packages stolen from porches. The department noted that some companies are using...
AM Best Puts Credit Ratings of Casualty Underwriters in Utah Under Review
Feb 27 2024 // AM Best placed under review with negative implications the Financial Strength Rating of C++ (Marginal) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “b” (Marginal) of Casualty Underwriters Insurance Co. in Salt...
APCIA Urging No to Utah’s HB 144 Bill on Right of Way
Feb 12 2024 // The American Property Casualty Insurance Association wants Utah senators to vote no on HB 144, a bill the APCIA says is confusing and could be interpreted as a drivers’ right of way on a green light is...
Tesla Launched its Own Car Insurance. These Drivers Say it’s a Lemon.
Nov 21 2023 // In February, Mark Bova purchased a used 2018 Tesla Model S. Before leaving the dealer, he bought insurance from Tesla, finding the initial $93 monthly premium “really reasonable.” Sixteen days later, as he...
Bird Flu Strikes Turkey Farms in South Dakota and Utah, Prompting Fears of More Cases
Oct 12 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Highly pathogenic bird flu has made its first appearances in U.S. commercial poultry flocks this season, affecting one turkey farm in South Dakota and one in Utah and raising concerns that more...
Business Moves
Sep 18 2023 // East One80 Intermediaries, GMI Insurance One80 Intermediaries, a specialty insurance broker headquartered in Boston, has acquired GMI Insurance, a Pennsylvania-based managing general agent specializing in commercial...
Gibson Acquires Brisk Advisors in Utah
Aug 21 2023 // Gibson has entered Utah through its acquisition of Brisk Advisors. The new Gibson Utah office is in Midvale. Brisk Advisors (formerly Insurance Network) has provided risk management and personal insurance solutions to...
Utah District to Pay $2M to Family of Bullied Black Girl Who Died by Suicide
Aug 11 2023 // A Utah school district has agreed to pay $2 million to the family of a Black, autistic 10-year-old girl who killed herself after being harassed by her classmates. The lawsuit said that Izzy, the only Black student in her...
People Moves: Frank Joins the WCF Insurance Board in Utah
Aug 7 2023 // WCF Insurance appointed Jan Frank to the company’s board of directors for a four-year term. Frank’s experience in the trade spans almost three decades. Most recently, she was chair, CEO, and president of...
Western Heat Wave Ahead of July 4th Raises Prompts Changes in Utah
Jul 3 2023 // Extremely hot, dry conditions forecast across much of the West through the Fourth of July are heightening concerns about wildfires and the dangers of fireworks, including in Salt Lake City where officials are replacing...
People Moves: PCF Insurance in Utah Names Steele SVP, Legal and Compliance
Jun 2 2023 // PCF Insurance Services, based in Lehi, Utah, named Rocky Steele senior vice president of legal and compliance. Steele oversees PCF Insurance’s legal and compliance function. He has also served as co-founder and...
Utah Allocates Millions to Prepare for Flood Damage After Wet Winter
May 24 2023 // As the winter’s record snowpack melts and cascades down from the Rockies, Utah lawmakers set aside millions of dollars to prepare for potentially historic flooding. The state is among the many in the American West...
Paltrow Won’t Recoup Attorney Fees in Utah Ski Crash Suit
May 3 2023 // Gwyneth Paltrow will not recoup the attorneys’ fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a posh Utah...
People Moves: Buckner in Utah Adds Bakhshyan and Kinard to C-Suite
Apr 3 2023 // Buckner has appointed two new C-suite executives. Agnesa Bakhshyan is the firm’s new chief growth officer. Bakhshyan has more than 25 years of insurance industry experience, including as a Nationwide Insurance agency...
People Moves: PCF in Utah Names Gray Vice President of Treasury
Mar 27 2023 // PCF Insurance Services in Lehi, Utah, named Brandon Gray to the newly created role of vice president of treasury. Gray leads investment strategies, treasury operations and financing activities and provides treasury-related...
Actress Utah Ski Collision Trial Brings Doctors to Stand
Mar 23 2023 // Doctors are expected to testify this week in a trial about a 2016 ski crash between Gwyneth Paltrow and a retired Utah man suing her and claiming her recklessness left him with lasting injuries and brain damage. On the...
Reliance Acquires Assets of Truck Team Insurance in Utah
Mar 20 2023 // Reliance Partners acquired the assets of Truck Team Insurance in Salt Lake City, Utah. Truck Team Insurance Owner Brent Tate will also join Reliance Partners’ team as vice president of sales. He has more than 20...
