Latest Utah Headlines
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People Moves: PCF in Utah Names Two New Senior Vice Presidents
Mar 16 2023 // PCF Insurance Services in Lehi, Utah, has announced two new senior vice presidents. Peter Nettesheim was named to the newly created role of senior vice president of data and technology. Nettesheim has 25 years of...
Push to Require Clergy to Report Abuse Stalls in Mormon Utah
Mar 6 2023 // Lindsay Lundholm looked out over hundreds of people at the Utah State Capitol last year and felt a deep sense of healing. Abuse survivors, religious leaders and major party politicians were all gathered to rally for an end...
People Moves: Leavitt Group in Utah Makes Two Leadership Appointments
Mar 2 2023 // Leavitt Group in Cedar City, Utah named Kevin P. Grady as chief legal officer and Brooke L. MacNaughtan chief people and community officer, a newly created role. Before joining Leavitt Group, Grady was vice president and...
Family of Ugandan Awarded $10.5M for Utah Park Death
Feb 3 2023 // Family members of a Ugandan human rights activist killed in an accident at Arches National Park will get more than $10 million in damages, a federal judge ruled. Though the amount was substantially less than pursued,...
One Dead, Three Injured in Plane Crash At Utah Airport
Jan 4 2023 // A small plane with four passengers crashed at a Utah airport, killing one and injuring the other three, according to city officials in Provo. The plane crashed immediately after takeoff on Monday and one of the three...
Trial Begins Over Death of Woman Killed in Utah Park
Dec 7 2022 // Ludovic Michaud was driving around the scenic red rock landscapes of Utah’s Arches National Park on a windy spring day in 2020 when something unthinkable happened: A metal gate whipped around, sliced through the...
Gabby Petito’s Family Files Wrongful Death Suit in Utah
Nov 7 2022 // CORRECTION: The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the city spokesperson. It is Lisa Church, not Lisa Adams. This article has been corrected to reflect that change. Family members of a 22-year-old woman...
Family of Bullied Utah Girl Who Died by Suicide Files $14M Claim
Nov 4 2022 // The family of a Black fifth grader in Utah who died by suicide last year plans to file a $14 million lawsuit against her school, arguing that an inadequate response to reports of her being bullied over her race and...
PCF Acquires 1 Source Business Solutions in Utah
Sep 30 2022 // PCF Insurance Services acquired 1 Source Business Solutions in Salt Lake City, Utah. 1 Source Business Solutions is a professional employer organization specializing in employee benefits, payroll administration, HR...
$3M Settlement for Utah Family of Autistic Boy Shot by Police
Sep 22 2022 // A Utah family has reached a $3 million settlement with Salt Lake City in a lawsuit filed after officers shot a 13-year-old boy with autism, leaving him badly wounded after responding to his mother’s 911 call for help...
Lawsuit Alleges Child Marriage, Rape in Utah Sect
Sep 13 2022 // Women who were members of a Utah polygamous group said in a lawsuit that they were forced into underage marriages in which their husbands raped them and that they had to perform child labor in the group’s...
PCF Insurance Acquires A Insurance in Utah
Aug 10 2022 // PCF Insurance Services acquired A Insurance Agencies in Utah. A Insurance is a personal lines insurance provider specializing in life, home, auto, and business. The firm has offices in Syracuse, Kaysville, and...
Gabby Petito’s Family Plans to File Utah Lawsuit Alleging Police Failed Her
Aug 9 2022 // Gabby Petito’s family this week notified Utah officials of plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that police failed to recognize their daughter was in a life-threatening situation last year when officers...
Utah Man Accused of Causing Wildfire by Burning Spider
Aug 4 2022 // A Utah man has been arrested on accusations he started a wildfire while trying to burn a spider with his lighter. Cory Allan Martin, 26, told deputies that he spotted the spider Monday while he was in a hiking area in the...
Settlement in Lawsuit over Autistic Utah Boy Dying in Hot Car
Jul 19 2022 // A wrongful death lawsuit filed after an 11-year-old autistic boy was left in a hot car while under the watch of a care facility in Utah has been settled. The lawsuit filed against Roost Services and some of its employees...
PCF Acquires MGA United Underwriters in Utah
Jun 30 2022 // PCF Insurance Services acquired Utah-based property/casualty managing general agent United Underwriters. United Underwriters offers agencies across the Western United States P/C MGA services and programs including...
Producer License Violation Fines in Georgia, California Adopts NAIC Producer Legislation, Utah DOI Changes Address
Jun 1 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. State by state variations of laws, compliance protocols, industry transparency, and general regulatory cultures can lend one the impression that keeping up with...
People Moves: PCF in Utah Makes Morgan COO and CFO; PCF Names Jakaitis Vice President in Marketing
Mar 11 2022 // PCF Insurance Services named Felix Morgan, the firm’s chief financial officer, chief operating officer as well. Morgan will oversee the business’s operational functions and guide the development of support...
Judge Dismisses Suit in Fatal Police Shooting in Utah
Mar 8 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a Utah man who was shot at nearly 30 times and killed as he ran away from Salt Lake City police in 2020. U.S. District Judge David Barlow ruled...
Fewer Crashes After Utah Sets Nation’s Strictest DUI Law, Study Shows
Feb 16 2022 // Traffic deaths decreased in Utah after the state enacted the strictest drunken driving laws in the nation five years ago, new research published by a U.S. government agency shows. The findings, which pertain to fatalities...
