All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 24 2007 // Medical Staffing Professional LiabilityNuts & Bolts: International Excess Agency Inc. is offering claims-made allied health care stand alone professional liability insurance. A PL/GL combo program is also available....
Aug 29 2007 // Utah Governor Jon Huntsman has named the members of the newly organized Utah Mine Safety Commission to look into mine safety and accident prevention, as well as to investigate the Crandall Canyon Mine disaster and the...
Aug 20 2007 // A minor 3.9 magnitude earthquake early Saturday shook southwestern Utah, 150 miles from the collapsed coal mine where six men are missing.The quake hit in a remote area and was unlikely to have caused any damage, said Relu...
Aug 9 2007 // The cave-in that trapped six men in a Utah coal mine happened too soon for key safety reforms adopted after a dozen miners were killed in an underground explosion in West Virginia.The reforms were meant to protect miners...
Aug 7 2007 // A coal mine collapsed Monday in central Utah, trapping six miners less than 20 miles from the epicenter of a 4.0 magnitude earthquake, authorities said.The Genwal mine reported a “cave-in” at 3:50 a.m. MDT, an...
Jul 11 2007 // Progress was being made as crews headed out Tuesday to fight a record-breaking wildfire burning in central Utah.The size of the fire increased to 469 square miles gaining only about 11,000 acres from Monday to Tuesday...
Jul 9 2007 // A massive wildfire that has swept across two central Utah counties and closed two highways continued to grow over the weekend, officials said.So far, the Milford Flat Fire has burned an estimated 160,000 acres, or 250...
Jun 18 2007 // Bank of AlbuquerqueThe Bank of Albuquerque will be the custodian of more than $380 million in deposits from about 1,400 insurance companies doing business in New Mexico. The bank has been awarded a one-year contract,...
Jun 13 2007 // The Workers Compensation Fund in Salt Lake City has made several promotions. Ray Pickup has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer. Pickup has been with WCF for 14 years and most recently served as...
Jun 6 2007 // HIPUtah announced it is offering a one-time $50 referral fee to producers, who help an individual make application to enroll into the HIPUtah program.There is a new section on the HIPUtah application that must be completed...
Jun 5 2007 // Bristol West Holdings Inc. of Davie, Fla., announced that it has begun writing private passenger automobile insurance in Utah. With the addition of Utah, Bristol West now writes insurances in 25 states. Jeffrey J. Dailey,...
May 16 2007 // The local director of a federal low-income housing program in Salt Lake City has been suspended pending an investigation into allegations of questionable hiring practices and insurance fraud.Rosemary Kappes was placed on...
Apr 23 2007 // The Utah Supreme Court has found that a “party may recover under the doctrine of estoppel when an insurance agent makes material misrepresentations as to the policy provisions, the party reasonably relies on those...
Apr 16 2007 // The Utah Supreme Court has found that a “party may recover under the doctrine of estoppel when an insurance agent makes material misrepresentations as to the policy provisions, the party reasonably relies on those...
Feb 26 2007 // The Utah Insurance Department has announced a 114.3 percent increase in the number of licensed captive insurers in 2006. As of Dec. 31, 2006, assets of Utah captive insurance companies totaled approximately $41.4 million,...
Feb 25 2007 // The Utah Insurance Department has announced a 114.3 percent increase in the number of licensed captive insurers in 2006. As of Dec. 31, 2006, assets of Utah captive insurance companies totaled approximately $41.4 million,...
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Feb 6 2007 // The Utah Insurance Department has announced a 114.3 percent increase in the number of licensed captive insurers in 2006. As of Dec. 31, 2006, assets of Utah Captive Insurance Companies totaled approximately $41.4 million,...
Jan 29 2007 // Additional Insureds Alpha Holdings Ltd. v. Travelers Indemnity (California Court of Appeals, Second District, July 13, 2006)Ruling: This case involved a declaratory judgment action on insurance coverage under a...
Jan 9 2007 // Insurance companies would be required to cover gastric bypass surgery for morbidly obese residents under a bill the Utah Legislature will consider in the session that begins Jan. 15.A 386 pound man, Jeff Haaga, urged Rep....