All the headlines from our Arizona Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 5 2008 // Patrick G. Ryan, founder and executive chairman Aon Corp., said he intends to retire Aug. 1, 2008. Ryan said the firm’s transition to a new management team under CEO Greg Case is complete.Ryan founded Aon, which has...
May 5 2008 // Grange Mutual Casualty Co. announced that Randy Montelone will retire at year end after 29 years of service with the company.Tom Welch, current president of Grange Life Insurance Co., a Grange subsidiary, assumes the role...
May 1 2008 // Firefighters had to contend with gale-force winds while battling a huge brush fire that raced along the edge of a valley south of Reno, forcing a major highway to close, threatening homes, and causing the evacuation of a...
May 1 2008 // The Arizona Department of Public Safety says a driver arrested after a hit-and-run wreck on a Phoenix-area freeway had been involved in 10 accidents before he stopped. Tempe police arrested 46-year-old Rosendo Duenas of...
Apr 30 2008 // Wildland fire officials are warning of a potential disaster in southeastern Arizona.Fire behavior analysts with the Eastern Arizona Incident Management Team say the potential for extreme wildfire conditions are the worst...
Apr 30 2008 // Tucson, Ariz. police used a sobriety checkpoint to pull over 1,084 drivers while arresting 15 on suspicion of drunken driving, city police said in a statement about the operation.The checkpoint ran from early on April 25...
Apr 25 2008 // M.J. Hall and Co. Inc. has announced that Christine Faber has joined the company’s Arizona branch to work on managing general agent and brokerage business. Faber comes to MJ Hall with seven years industry experience...
Apr 21 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Liquor Liability Coverage Nuts & Bolts:...
Apr 14 2008 // Chicago-based Hub International Ltd. annouced that Tom Hartley has joined Hub International Arizona (HUB Arizona) as president. Richard Milne, the former HUB Arizona president, has been named chairman of HUB Arizona and...
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Apr 7 2008 // Arizona’s Court of Appeals has ruled that an administrative law judge erred in finding that an off-duty police officer’s gunshot injury in the course of protecting a friend was not due workers’...
Apr 4 2008 // The Arizona Insurance Council (AIC) has elected new officers for 2008. AIC is a non-profit organization dedicated to consumer education and partnership building on behalf of property and casualty insurers in Arizona.The...
Mar 27 2008 // Chartwell Independent Insurance Brokers LLC, a wholesale and specialty insurance broker focusing on high-risk, hard-to-place coverage, announced that it has added an Excess & Surplus (E&S) Casualty Division to...
Mar 26 2008 // Arizona’s Court of Appeals has ruled that an administrative law judge erred in finding that an off-duty police officer’s gunshot injury in the course of protecting a friend was not due workers’...
Mar 26 2008 // Federal officials sentenced a Prospect, Ky. woman to 41 months imprisonment for one count of mail fraud, U.S. Attorney David L. Huber of the Western District of Kentucky announced.Chief Judge John G. Heyburn II, also...
Mar 24 2008 // A bill signed into law by Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano will impose new mandates for insurance coverage for diagnosis and treatment of the developmental disorder of autism.The bill signed by Napolitano had support from...
Mar 24 2008 // Arizona lawmakers are considering two workers’ compensation bills that would change how benefits are calculated and awarded, and allow more communication with the doctors of injured workers.House Bill 2828, sponsored...
Mar 19 2008 // A bill approved by the Arizona Legislature would mandate insurance coverage for diagnosis and treatment of autism.A 23-6 Senate vote completed legislative action on the bill (HB2847) previously approved by the House. That...
Mar 18 2008 // The Arizona Insurance Information Association has changed its name to the Arizona Insurance Council (AIC) to reflect a new direction for the insurance industry organization. AIC’s expanded scope includes education...
Mar 12 2008 // Arizona lawmakers are considering two workers’ compensation bills that would change how workers’ compensation benefits are calculated and awarded, and allow more communication with the doctors of injured...