Latest Utah Headlines
All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Crews Battle Utah Wildfire Sparked at Firing Range
Sep 21 2010 // A wind-stoked fire sparked at a firing range during a National Guard training session blazed across hundreds of acres, as crews rushed to keep it from reaching any more than the estimated four homes that burned on...
Are Insureds Lying? Watch Their Eyes!
Jul 13 2010 // Shifty eyes long have been thought to signify a person’s problem telling the truth. Now a group of University of Utah researchers are taking that old adage to a new level. Educational psychologists John Kircher, Doug...
The Buckner Company’s Seegrist Named Health Underwriter of the Year
Jul 1 2010 // Alan Seegrist of The Buckner Co. has been awarded Health Underwriter of the Year by the Utah Chapter of The National Association of Health Underwriters. Seegrist was selected as the recipient of this award because of his...
New Lawsuit Filed Over 2007 Utah Mine Disaster
Jun 28 2010 // Six U.S. insurance companies and Lloyd’s of London are suing for reimbursement of millions of dollars for equipment abandoned inside a Utah mine that collapsed in 2007, killing six miners and three rescuers. The suit...
Utah Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Chapter Installs Officers
Jun 17 2010 // The Utah Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters has installed officers for the 2010-2011 term. Officers include: President Melanie Hamilton of Hamilton Insurance Associates Inc. in Salt Lake City; Vice...
Gooch Takes Oath of Office as Utah Insurance Commissioner
Jun 1 2010 // Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert has appointed Neal T. Gooch as Commissioner of the Utah Insurance Department. Gooch was appointed acting Insurance Commissioner in January, and previously served as deputy insurance...
Five UT Pan American Students Awarded Insurance Scholarships
Apr 22 2010 // Five outstanding business degree majors at the University of Texas Pan American in Edinburg, Texas, have been awarded academic scholarships from the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT). The students, many of them first...
UT San Antonio Students Receive Insurance Council Scholarships
Apr 7 2010 // Five insurance and risk management students at the University of Texas at San Antonio have been awarded $10,000 in scholarships from the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT). The UTSA scholarship recipients for 2010 are...
Arguments Made Over Utah’s Liability in Bear Attack
Apr 5 2010 // An attorney for the family of a Utah boy killed by a black bear told the state Supreme Court that wildlife officials didn’t do enough to warn them to steer clear of an area where the troublesome bear had been seen...
Gooch Appointed Utah’s Acting Insurance Commissioner
Mar 25 2010 // Acting Commissioner Announced Neal T. Gooch has been appointed as acting insurance commissioner of the Utah Insurance Department. Governor Gary R. Herbert said the appointment would extend “until the selection of a...
Utah Insurance Agent Association Seeks Executive Director
Mar 24 2010 // The Utah Association of Independent Insurance Agents is seeking applicants for a new executive director. After 23-plus years with UAIIA, Steve Baugh will be stepping down due to health issues. Resumes for the executive...
Utah Considers Changes to Motor Vehicle Insurance Coverage, Liability
Mar 9 2010 // Utah state Sen. Stephen Urquhart is hoping to change the law on motor vehicle coverage by proposing three bills that would affect uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage, liability and arbitration for accident...
Utah Lawmakers Focus on Seismic Safety of Schools
Mar 8 2010 // Utah schools would be sized up to see how they would fare in the event of a major earthquake under a bill passed by the state House. The House, on a 50-18 vote, sent House Bill 72 to the Senate for consideration in the...
Utah House Votes Down Inmate Insurance Bill
Feb 4 2010 // The Utah House has defeated a bill that would ban insurance companies from excluding coverage for certain prisoners. Lawmakers voted 44-30 against House Bill 22. The measure would have applied to inmates already eligible...
New Markets
Jan 24 2010 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Home Builders & Artisans...
Utah Insurance Web Site Not Helping
Dec 24 2009 // A health insurance Web site intended to foster competition and reduce consumer costs by offering more choices on buying insurance plans isn’t working as lawmakers had hoped. The Utah Health Exchange was launched in...
New Markets
Dec 6 2009 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Campgrounds, Dude Ranches & Other...
New Markets
Nov 15 2009 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Commercial Construction Liability Market...
Utah Official Pleads to Health Insurance Fraud
Nov 11 2009 // The former commissioner of the Utah Department of Public Safety on Monday entered a conditional guilty plea to two third-degree felony charges of falsely obtaining a prescription and to a misdemeanor count of filing a...
States and Cell Phone Driving Laws
Oct 27 2009 // A jurisdiction-wide ban on driving while talking on a hand-held cell phone is in place in 7 states (California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and the District of Columbia. California and...
