All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 13 2022 // Women who were members of a Utah polygamous group said in a lawsuit that they were forced into underage marriages in which their husbands raped them and that they had to perform child labor in the group’s...
Aug 10 2022 // PCF Insurance Services acquired A Insurance Agencies in Utah. A Insurance is a personal lines insurance provider specializing in life, home, auto, and business. The firm has offices in Syracuse, Kaysville, and...
Aug 9 2022 // Gabby Petito’s family this week notified Utah officials of plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that police failed to recognize their daughter was in a life-threatening situation last year when officers...
Aug 4 2022 // A Utah man has been arrested on accusations he started a wildfire while trying to burn a spider with his lighter.Cory Allan Martin, 26, told deputies that he spotted the spider Monday while he was in a hiking area in the...
Jul 19 2022 // A wrongful death lawsuit filed after an 11-year-old autistic boy was left in a hot car while under the watch of a care facility in Utah has been settled.The lawsuit filed against Roost Services and some of its employees in...
Jun 30 2022 // PCF Insurance Services acquired Utah-based property/casualty managing general agent United Underwriters. United Underwriters offers agencies across the Western United States P/C MGA services and programs including...
Jun 1 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.State by state variations of laws, compliance protocols, industry transparency, and general regulatory cultures can lend one the impression that keeping up with industry...
Mar 11 2022 // PCF Insurance Services named Felix Morgan, the firm’s chief financial officer, chief operating officer as well.Morgan will oversee the business’s operational functions and guide the development of support...
Mar 8 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a Utah man who was shot at nearly 30 times and killed as he ran away from Salt Lake City police in 2020.U.S. District Judge David Barlow ruled...
Feb 16 2022 // Traffic deaths decreased in Utah after the state enacted the strictest drunken driving laws in the nation five years ago, new research published by a U.S. government agency shows.The findings, which pertain to fatalities...
Jan 24 2022 // Berkley One has expanded its personal insurance portfolio to Utah.Berkley One is also expanding into Maine. Berkley One Classics collector vehicle coverage is also launching in Montana, Utah and Wyoming.In Utah and Maine,...
Dec 29 2021 // Twenty people were injured when a Greyhound bus headed to Las Vegas veered off a highway and rolled over in central Utah late Monday night, officials said.The injured passengers were taken to area hospitals with a range of...
Dec 15 2021 // A Utah firefighter who uses medical marijuana for chronic back pain has sued the city of Ogden, saying he was unlawfully suspended from duty for refusing to surrender his prescription card.Levi Coleman said in a November...
Dec 13 2021 // Alera Group acquired J&J Benefits Insurance Agency, an employee benefits consulting and health insurance firm serving clients in Utah and Idaho. J&J Benefits joins Alera Group through Banasky, an Alera Group...
Dec 2 2021 // Lehi, Utah-based PCF Insurance Services named Colleen O’Hara vice president of marketing and communications, Charles Banyai vice president of regional operations and Lori Marino vice president and regional growth...
Nov 30 2021 // A minor earthquake struck parts of southern Utah, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The quake struck on Friday morning, had a preliminary magnitude of 3.0 and was centered about 7 miles west of Panguitch, the USGS...
Nov 23 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Park City, Utah-based Real Estate Insurance Solutions.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Chris Nangle and his associates will remain in their current location under the direction...
Nov 2 2021 // PCF Insurance Services completed a management and partner-led buyout of PCF from financial sponsor HGGC, which values the business at more than $2.2 billion.The transaction, including financing of more than $1 billion, was...
Oct 29 2021 // Utah Insurance Commissioner Jon Pike, acting as liquidator of Arches Mutual Insurance Co. through his special deputy liquidator Stillman Consulting Services LLC, announced on Friday that checks are being sent to...
Sep 29 2021 // AM Best downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B (Fair) from B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bb+” (Fair) from “bbb-” (Good) of Casualty Underwriters Insurance Co. in Salt...