The mother of a boy who suffered a brain injury after falling at a Tucson, Ariz. elementary school has filed a $23 million claim against the school district. The Arizona Daily Star reported Saturday that the claim for Danette Pahl …
The tragedy of a young girl who was killed on New Year’s Eve by a motorist on contract with a cellphone app-based ridesharing service has at least one insurance group speaking up even louder to drive home a point they’ve …
Federal environmental regulators will start requiring oil and gas operations off the Southern California coast to report chemicals discharged into the ocean from fracking. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday published the requirement in the federal register, and will …
IMA Inc. named Rick Dingman director of enterprise risk management. Dingman will work with the operations teams and sales teams in developing and marketing alternative risk strategies designed to maximize risk efficiencies for IMA’s larger clients. He’s based in the …
The family of an Anchorage, Alaska woman who was killed in a traffic collision has filed a lawsuit against the bar where authorities say the driver charged in the death acknowledged drinking heavily before the crash. The lawsuit accuses Chilkoot …
Alliant Insurance Services has launched Alliant Americas. The new organization will expand Alliant’s middle market presence through strategic acquisitions and investments. Alliant Americas’ acquisition criteria will place a high value on companies in populous areas throughout the United States with …
San Diego, Calif.-based Align Financial Group LLC. has formed Catalytic Holdings LLC, a specialist property catastrophe underwriting manager, and Catalytic has acquired the property catastrophe business of Align General Insurance Agency, LLC and all of the stock of Western Re …
Gorst & Compass Insurance is opening an office in Northern California and has hired Brad Chesnutt to expand the Gorst & Compass brand into the region. Chesnutt joins Gorst & Compass as senior underwriter/personal lines broker reporting to Executive Vice …
For the first time in a decade, the total number of DUIs in Arizona has dropped. That’s according to statistics from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, which coordinates a statewide task force targeting drunk drivers. Officers participating in the …
The University of Arizona will conduct two research studies on ways to improve mine safety using $1.3 million in grants from a mine safety foundation. The two grants announced Monday will pay for a risk management study by the university’s …
