Insurance

SALT LAKE CITY — More than 16,000 Utah residents with drug and alcohol addictions will become newly eligible for insurance next year under the health care overhaul, but it’s unclear whether state substance abuse facilities will be able to handle any increase in demand.

SALT LAKE CITY — A local lawmaker’s effort to put a dent in crime by limiting personal information a thief can access from vehicle registration has cleared another hurdle.

HB 79, sponsored by Rep. Stephen Handy, R-Layton, passed the Senate by a unanimous vote Friday and now advances to the governor.

The bill will remove address information from vehicle registrations and also lead to insurance companies being able to produce insurance information without an address.

LAYTON — Cindy N. Morris is now working with the Elaine Runyan-Simmons Insurance Agency, Inc. She has an associate degree in business from Stevens-Henager College.

SALT LAKE CITY — The dental insurance company Dental Select has appointed Suzette Musgrove as its new chief operations and strategy officer.

SALT LAKE CITY — Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah has a new president.

OGDEN — Eight hundred plastic Easter eggs aren’t destined for Sunday baskets.

No, the colorful eggs have Saturday duty, teaching the importance of earthquake preparedness to kids who attend Weber State’s “ShakeUp: Drop, Cover, Hold On” event.

OGDEN -- City officials hope proposed changes in the animal ordinance will curb dog bites without targeting specific breeds.

The city council is considering amendments to the animal control ordinance that would change registration requirements for what the city determines to be a dangerous dog, establishes additional insurance requirements for dogs that are unaltered -- meaning not spayed or neutered -- and increases fees for dangerous dogs and unaltered dogs and cats.