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Palomar Excess and Surplus Insurance Company Formed in Arizona

Jun 24 2020 // Palomar Holdings Inc. has formed Palomar Excess and Surplus Insurance Co.Palomar Holdings Inc. announced the underwritten public offering of 1 million shares of the company’s common stock PESIC has received all...

Crews Battling 4 Wildfires in Arizona

Jun 22 2020 // Hundreds of firefighters continued to battle three major wildfires burning in forested mountains and desert hills across Arizona.Crews were fighting fires in the Santa Catalina Mountains in the Coronado National Forest...

Google Sued by Arizona over ‘Deceptive’ Location Tracking

Jun 1 2020 // Google kept tabs on the whereabouts of its users even if they had turned off location tracking, an Arizona official alleged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.The suit filed by Attorney General Mark Brnovich stemmed from an...

Arizona Judge Rules Against Releasing Nursing Home COVID-19 Stats

Jun 1 2020 // The state of Arizona doesn’t have to publicly reveal the number of coronavirus cases and deaths among residents of nursing homes, long-term facilities and retirement homes, a state judge ruled on Friday.The ruling...

Court Tosses $47M Arizona Lawsuit in Cross-Median Crash

May 6 2020 // A state appellate court has overturned rulings by a trial court and dismissed a lawsuit stemming from a cross-median crash that killed two women on Interstate 10 in southern Arizona in 2008.The Arizona Court of Appeals...

Crest Insurance Group Acquires John Creps Agency Company in Arizona

May 4 2020 // Crest Insurance Group LLC has acquired John Creps Insurance Agency LLC in Flagstaff, Ariz. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Creps Agency is a full-service property/casualty agency also offering life and disability...

WCF Insurance Names Wall Regional Vice President in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada

Apr 30 2020 // WCF Insurance has named Mark Wall regional vice president over Arizona, Colorado and Nevada. Wall will report to Kevin Peterson, senior vice president of sales and distribution, and will be responsible for collaborating...

Randall & Quilter Completes Loss Portfolio Transfer with Repwest in Arizona

Apr 24 2020 // Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. announced it has entered into a loss portfolio transfer reinsurance contract and a transfer agreement with Repwest Insurance Co. Repwest is based in Phoenix Ariz., and is a...

Arizona Insurer of Physicians Declares $12M Dividend to Help in COVID-19 Pandemic

Apr 22 2020 // Mutual Insurance Company of Arizona has declared a special dividend designed to provide economic relief to its members.The company will distribute a $12 million dividend to all members with policies in-force as of April...

Alera Group Acquires Cambridge Benefit Solutions in Arizona

Apr 20 2020 // Alera Group has acquired Cambridge Benefit Solutions in Chandler, Ariz. Cambridge Benefit Solutions joins Alera Group through Benefit Commerce Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Deerfield, Ill.-based Alera...

Report on Arizona Plane Crash That Killed 6 Cites Weight, Drugs

Apr 14 2020 // An investigation into a 2018 plane crash that killed all six people aboard found that one of two pilots aboard the aircraft had drugs in his system and that the plane exceeded its weight limit according to a federal...

Arizona Dispensary Ordered to Stop Selling Virus ‘Stabilizer’

Apr 13 2020 // Arizona’s top prosecutor has ordered a Phoenix, Ariz., dispensary to stop marketing its products as treatments for the coronavirus.Attorney General Mark Brnovich says he sent a cease-and-desist letter to YiLo...

Arizona Coronavirus Cases Exceed 2,000 As Deaths Top 50

Apr 7 2020 // Arizona now has over 2,000 cases of the new coronavirus and the state’s death toll from the disease has topped 50, state health officials reported Saturday.The Department of Health Services reported 2,019 cases...

Woman Accused of Arson Attempts of Her Arizona Business

Apr 1 2020 // A woman has been arrested in an arson attempt at her Glendale business last month, according to authorities.Police said 44-year-old Claudia Ramirez was taken into custody on suspicion of arson of an occupied structure. A...

Reavis Named Chief People Officer at Ohio Insurtech Root

Mar 30 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based Root Inc., the parent company of online insurer Root Insurance, has appointed Annette Reavis as its first chief people officer.Reavis has more than 20 years of human resource and business experience....

Arizona Court Rules Workers’ Comp OK for Cops’ High-Stress Situations

Mar 9 2020 // An Arizona court ruling stemming from a sheriff’s deputy’s encounter with a shotgun-wielding man says law enforcement officers can claim workers’ compensation benefits if diagnosed with PTSD or other...

NTSB Report Shows No Cause Yet of Deadly Plane Crash Near Arizona

Mar 5 2020 // A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board doesn’t list a possible cause for a small plane crash near Payson, Ariz., that killed one person aboard and injured two others last month.The report...

Arizona House Bans Cities from Requiring Fire Sprinklers in Big Bars

Feb 28 2020 // The Arizona House has voted to ban cities and counties from enforcing new national fire code standards requiring large restaurants and nightclubs that serve alcohol to install fire sprinklers.The proposal from Republican...

Arizona Court Rules Workers’ Comp OK for Cops’ High-Stress Situations

Feb 28 2020 // An Arizona court ruling stemming from a sheriff’s deputy’s encounter with a shotgun-wielding man says law enforcement officers can claim workers’ compensation benefits if diagnosed with PTSD or other...

Fired Arizona State University Associate Athletic Director Files $1.5M Claim

Feb 28 2020 // A former senior associate athletics director at Arizona State has filed a $1.5 million claim against the university over his firing last December.David Cohen said in his claim – which is the precursor to a lawsuit –...