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Arizona Regulators Fine Natural Gas Utility $2M Over Defective Piping

Nov 18 2024 // A natural gas utility with more than 2 million customers in Arizona, Nevada and parts of California is being fined $2 million by regulators in Arizona over concerns about piping that is known to degrade in the heat.The...

Renaissance Acquires Business of United Agents of Arizona

Nov 4 2024 // Renaissance acquired the agency network business of United Agents of Arizona. The transaction follows the network’s 2023 acquisition of Agency Partners Inc., which brought 54 new agencies in Alabama and Georgia into...

Recreational Cannabis Home Delivery Begins in Arizona

Nov 4 2024 // Arizona residents were able to get recreational cannabis delivered to their homes beginning last Friday, marking a new milestone for a state program that until now had allowed the service only for medical marijuana...

ALKEME Acquires Pinnacle Insurance Consultants in Arizona

Oct 23 2024 // ALKEME acquired Pinnacle Insurance Consultants in Scottsdale, Arizona. Pinnacle Insurance Consultants specializes in errors & omissions insurance for real estate firms. ALKEME is an insurance agency providing...

EverPeak Insurance Launches in Arizona

Sep 16 2024 // EverPeak Insurance is launching operations in Arizona. EverPeak specializes in workers’ compensation coverage for small businesses and those in hard-to-place industries. EverPeak workers’ comp insurance is...

Crest Insurance Group Acquires Winren in Arizona

Aug 29 2024 // Crest Insurance Group acquired Winren Inc. in Scottsdale, Arizona. Winren is an insurance agency specializing in group benefits insurance. Winren CEO Blaise Byrne has been in the industry since 1984. Crest is an insurance...

Crest Insurance Acquires Benefits Specialist DWA in Arizona

Aug 26 2024 // Crest Insurance Group acquired Dan Weinstein and Associates in Scottsdale, Arizona. DWA principal Dan Weinstein, who has more than 20 years of industry experience in the group benefits space, will join Crest along with the...

Crest Insurance Group Acquires Provost Associates in Arizona

Aug 7 2024 // Crest Insurance Group has acquired Scottsdale, Arizona-based Provost Associates. Provosts specializes in the hospitality industry, serving more than 200 high-end hotel properties and 900 golf properties. Crest is an...

Jewelers Mutual Acquiring Union Life & Casualty Insurance Agency in Arizona

Jul 24 2024 // Jewelers Mutual Group acquired Union Life & Casualty Insurance Agency in Phoenix, Arizona. JM Insurance Agency Partners Inc., a Jewelers Mutual Group company, will join with UL&C. UL&C has been in the insurance...

Heffernan Acquires Costello Insurance Associates in Arizona

Jul 12 2024 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers acquired Costello Insurance Associates in Tempe, Arizona. Pat Costello and his team of five employees will continue to service their new and existing customers Costello services clients...

Man Accused of Starting Wildfire Near Arizona-California Border

May 29 2024 // A Yuma man has been arrested for allegedly starting a wildfire in a national wildlife preserve in southwest Arizona near the California border, according to authorities.Yuma County Sheriff’s officials said...

Containment on Arizona Wind-Driven Wildfire Grows

May 22 2024 // Roughly 200 firefighters continued to battle a wildfire in Arizona that quickly grew to more than 14,000 acres.Firefighters have kept the Wildcat Fire size from growing over the past day, but extremely low humidity, warm...

Arizona Wildfire Growing Amid Windy Conditions

May 20 2024 // A wildfire has led the U.S. Forest Service to shut down a portion of the Tonto National Forest has grown to more than 14,000 acres. The Wildcat Fire increased in size because of windy weather conditions Sunday, prompting...

People Moves: CREST in Arizona Adds Anguis as Commercial Lines Broker

May 14 2024 // Andy Anguis Andy Anguis joined Crest Insurance Group as a commercial lines broker in the company’s Chandler, Arizona, office. Anguis’ 25 years of experience includes commercial lines, sales/service leadership,...

Freight Train Derailment, Fire Forced Interstate 40 Closure Near Arizona-New Mexico Line

Apr 29 2024 // A freight train carrying fuel derailed and caught fire Friday near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, forcing the closure of an interstate highway that serves as a key trucking route.Initial passersby posted video and...

Orion180 Launches Homeowners Insurance in Arizona

Apr 26 2024 // Orion180 is expanding its homeowners insurance services to Arizona under a push by the company into the Western U.S. Orion180 currently operates in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South...

World Insurance Associates Acquires InterWeb Insurance in Arizona

Apr 15 2024 // World Insurance Associates LLC acquired the business of InterWeb Insurance in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. InterWeb was founded in 2008 and primarily provides commercial insurance, focusing on errors & omissions coverage...

US Wildfires Are Getting Bigger and More Complex, Prompting Changes in Firefighting

Apr 11 2024 // It’s shaping up to be a long wildfire season, with Texas already seeing its largest blaze in recorded history and firefighters becoming overwhelmed with recent blazes in Virginia.Just in the first three months of the...

Report: Air Ambulance Crew Administered Drug to Balloon Pilot After Arizona Crash That Killed 4

Apr 9 2024 // Authorities trying to determine whether drugs were involved in a fatal hot air ballon crash in Arizona released an amended autopsy report stating an anesthetic was administered to the pilot by an air ambulance company...

People Moves: Post Joins Alliant as SVP; Crest Adds to Tucson and Scottsdale Teams

Apr 4 2024 // Post Joins Alliant Insurance Services as Senior Vice PresidentAlex Post has joined Alliant Insurance Services as senior vice president, Alliant Specialty. Based in Seattle, Post has worked exclusively with global power,...