Latest Utah Headlines
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Three Regional Insurance Executives Join The Buckner Co.
Apr 9 2012 // The Buckner Co. named Ryan Loftin, Jeremy Stucki and Micah Zabriskie to the Salt Lake City, Utah-based firm’s executive ranks. Loftin will work out of the firm’s Salt Lake City, Utah office, while Stucki and...
Utah Medical Records Breach More Extensive
Apr 9 2012 // Health officials in Utah say hackers who downloaded thousands of medical files from state computers last week stole far more personal information than originally thought. The Utah Department of Health said Friday that...
Utah Justices: Doctors Should Consider Impact on Family
Mar 19 2012 // Utah’s Supreme Court has ruled that lawyers can pursue a lawsuit seeking to hold doctors responsible for the actions of a man who fatally shot his wife while under their care. The justices said medical providers need...
Feds Announce Charges in Deadly Utah Mine Collapse
Mar 12 2012 // Misdemeanor criminal charges have been filed and fines levied against the operator of a Utah mine where a 2007 collapse killed six miners, two rescuers and a federal inspector, Federal prosecutors said Friday. U.S....
Insurance Company Asks: Do Powell Siblings Get Money?
Mar 9 2012 // A life insurance company has asked a judge to decide whether any of Josh Powell’s relatives are entitled to collect on a $1.5 million policy after he killed himself and his two sons in a Washington house fire last...
Utah Replacing 73 State Vehicles With Hybrids
Mar 8 2012 // Utah officials are replacing 73 vehicles in the state’s fleet with fuel-efficient hybrids this year as part of Gov. Gary Herbert’s clean air initiative. Herbert is also asking Utah’s households,...
Utah Justices: Doctors Should Consider Impact On Family
Mar 1 2012 // Utah’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that lawyers can pursue a lawsuit seeking to hold doctors responsible for the actions of a man who fatally shot his wife while under their care. The justices said medical providers...
Disabled Vet Gets $20k in Utah Service Dog Dispute
Feb 29 2012 // A disabled Gulf War veteran is getting a $20,000 settlement in a federal lawsuit claiming he was repeatedly fined for keeping a companion dog in his Park City condo. The lawsuit claims the Fox Point at Redstone...
Business Moves
Feb 20 2012 // ISU Network The San Francisco, Calif.-based ISU Network had expansions in four states, Utah, North Carolina, Maryland and North Dakota. Three Utah agencies have joined ISU Network. ISU Service Insurance Agency in...
Utah Offers New Earthquake Hazard Maps
Feb 20 2012 // Utah is selling new maps that show the shaking intensity of earthquakes for the west half of Salt Lake County. The set of 10 maps also spotlights the risks of landslides, rock falls, floods, radon gas and other hazards in...
Utah-based Veracity Acquires Stratus
Feb 16 2012 // Pleasant Grove, Utah-based Veracity Insurance Solutions LLC has acquired Stratus Insurance Services Inc. Of particular interest to Veracity was Stratus’s collective experience in program management. The Stratus team...
ISU Expands In Utah
Feb 9 2012 // Three Utah agencies have joined the San Francisco, Calif.-based ISU Network. ISU Service Insurance Agency in Roosevelt, Utah and ISU Rocky Mountain Insurance Services in Vernal, Utah have joined the ISU network of...
Utah Officer Dismissed From Suit Over Student’s Death
Feb 7 2012 // A federal judge has dismissed the city of St. George, Utah and one of its police officers from a lawsuit filed by the parents of a high school student who was killed while handling a blank-firing prop pistol just before a...
West Agencies Help SIAA Grow By 47 in January
Feb 7 2012 // Several agencies from the western region joined Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance in January, pushing its number added to 47 for the month. Of January’s signed members, 33 are liberated “captive agents”...
Minor Earthquake Shakes North-Central Utah
Feb 6 2012 // Scientists say a minor earthquake has shaken the Utah Valley, but apparently causing no injuries or property damage. The University of Utah Seismograph Stations report the magnitude 3.7 quake occurred around 4:27 a.m....
People
Feb 6 2012 // Centennial, Colo.-based Colorado Casualty has named Lucas J. Bills as president and chief executive officer of the commercial lines company, which operates in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Bills...
Utah Offers New Earthquake Hazard Maps for Salt Lake County
Feb 3 2012 // Utah is selling new maps that show the shaking intensity of earthquakes for the west half of Salt Lake County. The set of 10 maps also spotlights the risks of landslides, rock falls, floods, radon gas and other hazards in...
Utah Family Sues Pharmaceutical Company
Jan 31 2012 // The family of a late Hyde Park woman has sued a pharmaceutical company, claiming it made a faulty pain-relief patch that caused her death. Logan’s Herald Journal reported family of Janine Ward filed the lawsuit...
Feds Reimburse County in Utah for Flooding Damages
Jan 13 2012 // The federal government has reimbursed Cache County, Utah and municipalities more than $780,000 for flooding damages last spring. The Herald Journal of Logan reported that President Barack Obama approved the request after...
The Buckner Co. of Utah Hires Trujillo
Jan 12 2012 // The Buckner Co. has hired Russell Trujillo in their employee benefits department. Trujillo will work with employers to help them find benefits packages for their employees. The Buckner Co. has placed much emphasis on...
