A Self Driving Uber Car Hit and Killed A Woman In The First Known Autonomous Vehicle Death
A woman in Arizona has died after being hit by a self-driving car operated by Uber in what is believed to be the first time a pedestrian has been killed by an autonomous vehicle.
March 20, 2018
Auto
Liability
Technology
Arizona
3 Die In Grand Canyon Touring Chopper Crash, 4 Critically Injured
Four survivors of a deadly tour helicopter crash onto the jagged rocks of the Grand Canyon were being treated at a Nevada hospital on Sunday while crews tackled difficult terrain in a remote area to try to recover the bodies of three other people.
February 12, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Arizona
Child Dies After Being Injured By Firehouse Bay Doors
The City of Scottsdale is investigating an accident over the weekend at a Scottsdale fire station that resulted in the death of a child.
February 9, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Arizona
Three Injured In Explosion During Gas Transfer At Mesa, Arizona Airport
Authorities say three people were injured, including one seriously, in an explosion as workers transferred compressed natural gas at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa.
February 7, 2018
Workers' Compensation
Arizona
NICB Reports On Insured Tailgate Thefts
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reports today that insured tailgate thefts have stabilized since 2014. NICB analysis shows that in 2016, there were 1,877 claims for tailgate theft identified in ISO ClaimSearch®, an insurance industry claims database.
January 30, 2018
Auto
Arizona
California
Florida
Nevada
Texas
1 Dead, 1 Injured In Home Explosion In Phoenix
One person is dead and another was taken to a local trauma center Thursday morning after a natural gas explosion and fire at a Phoenix home, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.
December 22, 2017
Property
Subrogation
Workers' Compensation
Arizona
Waymo Has Taken The Human Out Of Its Self-Driving Cars
Eight years after launching its self-driving “moon shot,” Waymo, a k a Googles driverless car company, is having its Neil Armstrong moment.
November 9, 2017
Auto
Technology
Arizona
Evacuees Return, Damage Measured As Western Wildfires Wane
Relief was arriving after a rough stretch of wildfires all around the U.S. West, with firefighters slowly surrounding once-fierce blazes and evacuees starting to stream back home. Authorities surveying the damage from a blaze in Northern California said Tuesday that at least 41 homes and 55 other buildings had been destroyed near the town of Oroville.
July 12, 2017
Auto
Property
Arizona
California
Colorado
Nevada
Wildfires In Western U.S. Endanger Lives, Property
Thousands of residents in the western U.S. and Canada have fled their homes as wildfires barreled across the baking landscape, destroying property.
July 10, 2017
Property
Arizona
California
Nevada
30 Large Wildfires Are Burning Across The West
More than 8,000 firefighters across the West battled dozens of wildfires Thursday that forced thousands of local residents to pack up families, pets and personal treasures to flee the advancing blazes.
June 29, 2017
Property
Arizona
California
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Wildfires Blazing Under Extreme Heat Out West
A series of wildfires is blazing across the Southwest as the chance of rain remains low amid a deadly heatwave. Eighteen large fires are burning in the region, including six in Arizona, three in Utah, three in California, three in New Mexico, two in Nevada and a large one in Oregon.
June 26, 2017
Property
Arizona
California
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Four Homes Lost To Sonoita, Arizona Wildfire
Four homes have been destroyed and more than 120 are threatened by a wildfire in Sonoita, officials said Wednesday morning.
June 22, 2017
Property
Arizona
Deadly Dust Storm Pile-Up On New Mexico Highway
Authorities closed a massive stretch of Interstate 10 in southeast Arizona on Monday due to a deadly vehicle pile-up caused at least in part by a dust storm blowing through the area.
June 20, 2017
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Arizona
New Mexico
6 Homes Lost To Brush Fire In Black Canyon City, Arizona
Six homes have been destroyed due to a brush fire that first started on Saturday evening in Black Canyon City.
May 30, 2017
Property
Arizona
Driver Takes A Lap Inside RV Store: You Mad Bro?
State Trailer in Peoria has everything you would want or need for an RV, and thanks to an out of control criminal they now have an unwanted drive-thru.
May 19, 2017
Property
Weird
Arizona



