All the headlines from our Arizona Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 16 2018 // Kroger Co. is bringing self-driving grocery delivery to Arizona.The largest grocery chain in the U.S. will start delivering groceries in autonomous-capable Toyota Prius cars starting Aug. 16 at a Fry’s Food Stores...
Aug 15 2018 // Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance has added Page Denny as market manager for Arizona.Denny joins SECURA from RLI Insurance where she most recently held the position of senior underwriter. She brings a solid...
Aug 13 2018 // Norman-Spencer Agency Inc. (NSA) has acquired American Insurance Professionals (AIP), a nationwide insurance broker based in Phoenix, Arizona, specializing in title agents errors and omissions. AIP has more than 30 years...
Aug 7 2018 // Norman-Spencer Agency Inc. has acquired the business assets of American Insurance Professionals, a nationwide insurance broker based in Phoenix, Ariz. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. AIP provides errors and omissions...
Aug 2 2018 // The Arizona Department of Transportation says 1,000 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes last year.A new statewide report released this week shows 2017 marked the third straight year of increases for traffic...
Jul 18 2018 // The National Weather Service says the storm that swept across northern Arizona over the weekend amounted to a 100-year event.The Arizona Daily Sun reported that those types of storms have a 1 percent chance of happening...
Jul 5 2018 // Trōv, a global on-demand insurance agency, has expanded into the United States, starting with insurance for single items in the state of Arizona.Munich Re’s Digital Partners provides underwriting capital through its...
Jun 27 2018 // The families of two pilots who died in a 2016 helicopter crash in western Arizona have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the California-based manufacturer of the aircraft.The suit filed last Friday in Los Angeles...
Jun 22 2018 // Police in Tempe, Arizona said evidence showed the “safety” driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber was distracted and streaming a television show on her phone right up until about the time of a fatal...
Jun 19 2018 // Mesa police say a self-driving vehicle was among five cars involved in a collision, but no serious injuries were reported.The driver of the Waymo vehicle told authorities that the car wasn’t in autonomous mode at the...
Jun 13 2018 // A new safety campaign will remind Arizona drivers stuck in dust storms to pull over, turn off all car lights and wait until visibility is back before hitting the road again. The “pull aside, stay alive”...
Jun 4 2018 // Uber has shut down its self-driving car operation in Arizona two months after a fatal crash involving one of its vehicles, the company said last month.Uber Technologies Inc. is not shuttering its entire autonomous vehicle...
May 29 2018 // RightSure Insurance Group has acquired Tucson, Ariz.-based ETNA Insurance Agency. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The purchase is RightSure’s 11th book of business acquisition. Current ETNA executives and...
May 25 2018 // Uber had disabled an emergency braking system in a self-driving vehicle that struck and killed a woman in Arizona in March even though the car had identified the need to apply the brakes, the National Transportation Safety...
May 24 2018 // Uber has shut down its self-driving car operation in Arizona two months after a fatal crash involving one of its vehicles, the company said on Wednesday.Uber Technologies Inc is not shuttering its entire autonomous vehicle...
May 21 2018 // A driver whose sedan collided with a self-driving vehicle owned by Waymo has been cited for running a red light, police in a Phoenix suburb said.Chandler Police Department spokesman Seth Tyler said that the Waymo-owned...
May 18 2018 // Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has vetoed a bill requiring drivers to carry higher limits on their car insurance.Ducey closed out the state’s legislative session by signing 55 new laws and vetoing seven others. Wednesday...
May 17 2018 // Officials in Goodyear, Ariz. say the city’s online payment system is functioning again after a cybersecurity attack affected the software.The city became aware of the situation on its online payment system May 7 and...
May 15 2018 // Cars that drive themselves are finding the clearest paths to showrooms in the U.K., Germany, South Korea and Singapore, where governments have enacted legislation allowing autonomous vehicles to be tested on public roads....
May 8 2018 // A driver whose sedan collided with a self-driving vehicle owned by Waymo has been cited for running a red light, police in a Phoenix suburb said.Chandler Police Department spokesman Seth Tyler said that the Waymo-owned...