All the headlines from our Arizona Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 24 2022 // Western National Mutual Insurance Co. and Alfa Insurance announced an agreement for Alfa to purchase Legacy Insurance Services Inc. in Arizona.The deal is pending final regulatory approval. Alfa is acquiring the Legacy and...
Jan 12 2022 // Gov. Doug Ducey has proposed setting aside $1 billion to remove the salt from sea water and bring it to Arizona, a major legacy project as he enters his eighth and final year in office.The Republican governor previewed the...
Dec 16 2021 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of JP Griffin Companies LLC in Scottsdale, Arizona. Jeff Griffin, Founder and President of JP Griffin Group, and his team will join Hub Southwest. JP Griffin Group is a national...
Nov 24 2021 // Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced a settlement with e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. requiring the company to pay $14.5 million and make changes to its corporate practices to ensure JUUL products are not...
Nov 23 2021 // Alera Group acquired Schwartz Insurance Agency in an Arizona. Schwartz Insurance will expand Alera Group’s footprint in Arizona. Schwartz Insurance joins Alera Group through Benefit Commerce Group, an Alera Group...
Nov 19 2021 // Phoenix, Arizona officials agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit over the January 2017 death of a Black man during an arrest attempt in which he cried out that he couldn’t breathe as officers held him down.The...
Oct 25 2021 // The National Transportation Safety Board issued its preliminary report on a fatal midair collision involving a helicopter and a small plane outside a suburban Phoenix airport earlier this month.The flight instructor and...
Oct 22 2021 // Maricopa County, Ariz., officials approved a settlement this week with a restaurant owner in metro Phoenix who claimed in a lawsuit that then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office had defamed him and violated his rights about...
Oct 19 2021 // Crest Insurance Group of Tucson, Ariz., named Russell Pallesen vice president of commercial sales.Russell has previously been a branch manager for Enterprise Rent a Car, and has worked in pharmaceutical sales. In 2017, he...
Oct 6 2021 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired Yuma Foothills Insurance in Yuma, Ariz. Yuma Foothills Insurance has provided insurance services to both businesses and residents of Yuma and surrounding areas for more than 25 years....
Oct 4 2021 // The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report on an August gas line explosion in Coolidge, Ariz., that destroyed a home and killed a man and his 14-year-old daughter.NTSB investigators said a...
Sep 24 2021 // The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report on last month’s gas line explosion in Coolidge, Ariz., that destroyed a home and killed a man and his 14-year-old daughter.NTSB investigators...
Sep 15 2021 // Alera Group acquired Fendley Benefits in Flagstaff, Ariz.Fendley Benefits joins Alera Group through Benefit Commerce Group, an Alera Group company based in Scottsdale. The Fendley Benefits team will continue serving...
Sep 10 2021 // Arizona’s second most populous county is prodding its workforce to get COVID-19 vaccinations by requiring employees who refuse the shots to pay more for their health insurance.The Pima County Board of Supervisors...
Sep 9 2021 // Lockton Cos. added two executives focused on both construction and corporate bond products in Arizona.Joining Lockton’s Scottsdale office is Jim Bracy, senior vice president and client advocate, and Andrea Windish,...
Sep 3 2021 // An Arizona Supreme Court ruling rejects a major part of a Tucson hospital’s lawsuit accusing a pharmacy chain of negligence and seeking compensation for care provided to opioid-addicted patients.The justices ruled...
Sep 2 2021 // An accidental gas leak led to last week’s explosion at a Chandler strip mall print shop that left four men with serious burns, federal authorities said.Gabriel Pinon, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol,...
Aug 31 2021 // Federal authorities have run into some delays while investigating the cause of an explosion at a Chandler strip mall print shop that seriously injured four men inside the building.Tom Mangan, a special agent with the...
Aug 27 2021 // Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has issued a declaration of emergency for Coconino County after heavy rain last week caused major flood damage to homes, neighborhoods and private property.Ducey said this week that damage caused by...
Aug 25 2021 // An investigation into a cyberattack targeting Kingman, Ariz., has concluded after finding that sensitive information involving approximately 200 people apparently was compromised but making no official determination of how...