All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 17 2021 // The state of Utah didn’t do enough to make sure a remote highway was safe before a tour bus crashed, killing four people from China and injuring two dozen more in 2019, family and survivors said in a lawsuit filed...
Sep 7 2021 // A paraplegic man who was injured on a roller coaster is now suing a Utah amusement park, saying his paralyzed leg wasn’t properly secured while he was on the ride and his foot was shredded.The Salt Lake Tribune...
Aug 4 2021 // IMA Financial Group has acquired Salt Lake City, Utah-based Diversified Insurance Group.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Diversified will retain its name as a division of IMA Inc. Its CEO, Spence Hoole, will remain...
Jun 22 2021 // Island Insurance Co. has promoted Toby Tonaki to vice president, claims.Tonaki will continue to oversee the claims division’s casualty unit. Tonaki joined Island in 2013 and has more than 25 years of litigation...
Jun 16 2021 // Transportation officials have reported nearly twice as many people died in alcohol-involved crashes on Utah roads last year compared to the year before, despite less commuter traffic during the coronavirus pandemic.The...
Jun 4 2021 // A lawsuit against the Utah Jazz by a fan who was banned for life from the team’s arena over what were called racial taunts directed at point guard Russell Westbrook was dismissed by a judge, according to court...
Mar 29 2021 // The lawsuit from a 2017 crash of an airplane on 1900 West in Roy lingers on, more than three years after it was filed.The pilot, apparently, was not insured, leaving Samantha Sandoval – hit in her car in the Sept. 12,...
Mar 11 2021 // Alera Group has acquired Behling Insurance Agency Inc. in Utah. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Behling provides personal and commercial property/casualty insurance solutions across three locations in Utah and...
Feb 9 2021 // The WCF Insurance board of directors has named Matt Lyon president of the Utah-based firm. Lyon will retain his position as chief operating officer in addition to his new role as president. Ray Pickup will remain chief...
Feb 5 2021 // A theme park in Utah has filed a lawsuit against Taylor Swift that accuses her of trademark infringement.Evermore Parks said in its suit filed this week that the title of Swift’s 2020 album...
Jan 29 2021 // Sandy, Utah-based Larry H. Miller Group of Companies in partnership with Leavitt Group in Utah has launched Larry H. Miller Insurance Services, an independent insurance agency that will offer auto, home, life and business...
Jan 14 2021 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has added Georgia and Utah to the list of states where the insurer offers its homeowners product. With these additions, the company now offers its personal lines products in 22...
Dec 21 2020 // A small earthquake hit a rural area Saturday near the Colorado-Utah border, the University of Utah Seismograph Stations confirmed. The magnitude 4.3 earthquake took place at 7:11 p.m on Saturday. The epicenter was 3 1/2...
Dec 9 2020 // Fedral prosecutors in Utah have sued a pharmacy after claiming employees allegedly filled hundreds of opioid prescriptions for members of the same family in the small city of Morgan.The state U.S. attorney’s office...
Nov 25 2020 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” of PrimeOne Insurance Co. in Salt Lake City,...
Oct 28 2020 // Sam Gordon’s staggering football skills made her famous at age 9. But they didn’t make her fully welcome on the field.As the only girl in a tackle football league in Utah, she heard parents from opposing teams...
Oct 12 2020 // A newly released inspection report has revealed that a coronavirus outbreak at a meatpacking plant in northern Utah was more widespread than local health officials previously reported.The Utah Occupational Safety and...
Oct 9 2020 // Authorities say a 36-year-old man died after the trench he was working in collapsed at a construction site south of Provo, Utah. Spanish Fork Police Lt. Brandon Anderson tells KSL-TV that emergency crews were called to the...
Oct 6 2020 // WCF Insurance has promoted Laura Stireman to Utah regional vice president. Stireman and her team Kevin McGee, Randah Urbina, and Tovik Olsen, will now focus on assisting Utah agencies with WCF’s staged growth into...
Sep 21 2020 // Utah’s wildfire season has broken records for the number of human-caused fires and the costs to taxpayers.During a presentation of the Utah State Legislature’s powerful Executive Appropriations Committee, the...