All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 2 2014 // The former director of Utah’s health insurance exchange has been named director of a group that is exploring whether to create a state-run exchange in Arkansas.Cheryl Smith will begin work next month for the Arkansas...
Mar 28 2014 // Scott Harper’s hobby is insurance, but not the kind that protects your home, car or health. His insurance is emergency preparedness. And he’s found an opportunity to help other Oklahomans in the metro area get...
Mar 27 2014 // One of the last U.S. ski resorts to prohibit snowboarding said a lawsuit challenging the ban degrades the U.S. Constitution and should be thrown out.Lawyers for the Alta ski area east of Salt Lake City, Utah said in their...
Mar 10 2014 // The Leavitt Group has hired Jim Lineweaver, a client advisor, in its Tacoma, Wash., office.Lineweaver has 25 years of insurance experience. He specializes in large manufacturing risks, forest products, transportation,...
Mar 7 2014 // David J. Snowball has been named the new director for the Utah Insurance Department’s captive division. Snowball replaces Ross Elliott, who is set to retire at the end of the month. Snowball joined the division in...
Feb 24 2014 // James Eldredge has joined The Buckner Co. in Utah Eldredge has more than a decade of insurance experience, mostly within the commercial insurance sector. Eldredge focuses on contractors, real estate development,...
Feb 24 2014 // Kemper Corp.Kemper Corp. is realigning its property/casualty business. This realignment will result in one property/casualty segment for financial reporting purposes, beginning with the first quarter 2014. The new Kemper...
Feb 19 2014 // Bargoers weighing whether they’re sober enough to take the wheel could soon have a tool to help make that decision.Breathalyzers and similar devices could pop up in more bars across Utah under a coming proposal from...
Feb 12 2014 // A major blaze at a vacant downtown Salt Lake City, Utah apartment complex that could be seen for miles and brought onlookers from around the metro area caused at least $1.5 million in damage, fire investigators said...
Feb 12 2014 // The Leavitt Group has merged five of its agencies in southern Utah and Nevada.The merger includes Dixie Leavitt Agency, Hunt-Leavitt Insurance Agency, Leavitt Group Benefits Services of Southern Utah, Bringhurst-Leavitt...
Feb 10 2014 // Utah transportation officials say they counted 219 traffic deaths in Utah in 2013, and almost half of the car crash victims who died hadn’t been wearing seatbelts. The Utah Department of Transportation statistics...
Jan 28 2014 // Cameron Hallows has joined Okerlund, Sorensen & Leavitt in Utah as a producer. Hallows will focus on commercial and agribusiness insurance. Prior to insurance, Hallows worked selling farm equipment for Mason Machinery....
Jan 27 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Cos. added John Brooks as a senior field representative for Arkansas, Louisiana and eastern Texas.A graduate of Louisiana State University, Brooks has been part of the insurance industry...
Jan 22 2014 // Utah transportation officials say they counted 219 traffic deaths in Utah in 2013, and almost half of the car crash victims who died hadn’t been wearing seatbelts. The Utah Department of Transportation statistics...
Jan 14 2014 // Oil refiner Phillips 66 has paid $2 million to settle allegations it helped itself to a state fund for cleaning up damage from leaking fuel storage tanks even though it had insurance to cover the cleanups.Phillips 66 is...
Jan 2 2014 // State Auto’s Western Region unit, based in Austin, Texas, has made new assignments and promotions effective Jan. 1, 2014, the company announced.Lyndell Haigood, previously regional vice president – personal...
Dec 24 2013 // A Utah couple have sued an online retailer over a $3,500 charge the company assessed after one of them wrote a negative review concerning its customer service.John and Jennifer Palmer of Layton filed the lawsuit Wednesday...
Dec 18 2013 // Utah officials say they’ve come to a tentative $5.35 million settlement with Chevron after a pipeline leaked about 20,000 gallons of diesel fuel in northern Utah earlier this year.Chevron officials did not...
Dec 2 2013 // Officials with the Utah Department of Public Safety say more people are wearing seatbelts this year than they were a year ago.The state’s annual seatbelt observational study found 82.4 percent of people riding in...
Nov 13 2013 // A Utah mortgage company and two of its top officers will pay $13.2 million in refunds and fines in a settlement that puts an end to a lawsuit filed in July.The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Salt Lake City-based Castle...