All the headlines from our Arizona Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 18 2009 // The Arizona Senate is considering beefing up the state’s child restraint system laws, to have older children ride in booster seats.According to SB 1050, existing law prohibits transporting children under five years...
Jun 18 2009 // Phoenix-based SCF Arizona President & CEO Smith has been named one of Arizona’s “Most Admired CEOs” by a local business paper. SCF Arizona is the state’s largest workers’ compensation...
Jun 4 2009 // The Arizona Supreme Court has turned away a legal challenge to the state’s budget-balancing move to take $4.6 million paid into a special workers’ compensation insurance fund. The Supreme Court declined to...
May 26 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to ‘B+’ (Good) from ‘B’ (Fair) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “bbb-” from “bb” of Arizona-based Republic Western...
May 21 2009 // SCF Arizona’s Board of Directors has unanimously approved a $10 million dividend for 2008 to qualified policyholders.The Arizona workers’ compensation insurer said SCF the dividend payout marks 38 straight...
May 20 2009 // Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has named Judith A. Patrick chair of the Board of Directors of SCF Arizona, the state’s largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance. Patrick becomes the first woman appointed...
May 18 2009 // Northern California, where nearly a million acres burned last summer, is poised to possibly be another hotspot for wildfire activity in 2009, according to the Fire Season Outlook released by the Predictive Services group...
May 13 2009 // Not much may seem recession-proof these days, but budgets for preventing and fighting wildfires nationally and in Arizona have stayed largely the same for the past five years.That much is good news for firefighting...
Apr 20 2009 // As the drought in the Southwest worsens, the wildfire season in Arizona grows longer, burning more acreage and threatening private property in forested areas.“The Arizona State Forestry Division estimates more than...
Apr 17 2009 // The Arizona Chapter of the CPCU Society (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters) is sponsoring scholarships to be awarded to graduating high school students and college/university students currently taking insurance...
Apr 13 2009 // An Arizona commission that oversees workers’ compensation is suing to keep the state from taking $4.6 million paid into a special fund by insurance companies and self-insured employers. A budget-balancing law...
Apr 7 2009 // The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of a law that limits the state’s liability in negligence lawsuits stemming from motor-vehicle accidents caused by drunken-drivers. A three-judge panel upheld...
Apr 1 2009 // As the drought in the Southwest worsens, the wildfire season in Arizona grows longer, burning more acreage and threatening private property in forested areas.“The Arizona State Forestry Division estimates more than...
Mar 31 2009 // A lawsuit filed by a property owner against an architect alleging professional negligence and seeking purely economic damages is not barred by the economc loss doctrine, the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled.According to...
Mar 18 2009 // The Arizona Supreme Court upheld a state law that lawmakers intended to weed out meritless medical malpractice lawsuits by tightening qualifications of expert witnesses.The ruling let stand a legislative move that an...
Mar 12 2009 // The Arizona House Banking and Insurance Committee is evaluating a bill that would make changes to the state’s mandatory vehicle insurance requirements.According to bill text, in November 1997, Arizona began allowing...
Mar 2 2009 // Responding to a request from the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS), Attorney General Terry Goddard provided a legal analysis that drivers caught by photo radar at speeds more than 20 miles per hour over the limit...
Feb 18 2009 // Due to budget reductions, the Arizona Department of Insurance is closing its Tucson office located at 400 W. Congress St., #152, effective Feb. 20, 2009. People seeking DOI services are being directed to the office in...
Feb 12 2009 // American Summit Insurance Co. of Waco, Texas, has introduced its residential property insurance program, Home Choice, in Arizona. The program features four packages of coverage: basic, value, ultra and special, plus...
Feb 5 2009 // The Arizona Legislature is debating a bill that would prohibit a state or local authority from using photo enforcement systems to detect speeding violations on state highways. If passed, the bill, HB 2106, also would...