Latest Alaska Headlines

All the headlines from our Alaska Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Business Moves

Mar 26 2007 // Mercury General commemorates 10th anniversary at NYSEMercury General Corp. rang The Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, March 9, 2007, to commemorate its 10th anniversary of being listed on the NYSE....

My New Markets

Mar 26 2007 // Community BanksNuts & Bolts: Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. has added a new coverage to its American Bankers Association-sponsored Financial Institution Program. The new coverage, Privacy Liability and Mitigation...

My New Markets

Mar 26 2007 // Social Service Organizations Nuts & Bolts: Riverport Insurance Co. provides property, general liability, professional liability, automobile, crime, and excess liability coverages for social service and nonprofit...

My New Markets

Mar 26 2007 // Community Banks Nuts & Bolts: Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. has added a new coverage to its American Bankers Association-sponsored Financial Institution Program. The new coverage, Privacy Liability and Mitigation...

My New Markets

Mar 26 2007 // Wedding Insurance Nuts & Bolts: Travelers launched Wedding Protector Plan, which covers with no deductible a variety of unfortunate occurrences associated with a wedding event. For example, coverage is provided if a...

Ark. Insurance Commissioner, Staff to Hold NAIC Posts

Mar 20 2007 // The Arkansas Insurance Department reported that state Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman has been elected vice-chair of the Southeastern Zone of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). Her...

Ark. Senate Passes Teen Driving Rules; Highway Bond Measure

Mar 16 2007 // Teenage drivers in Arkansas would have more restrictions on their driving privileges under Senate Bill 196, which recently passed the state Senate.According to the Senate announcement, teens with a learner’s permit...

Alaska Timber Insurance Exchange To Return $1.8 Million

Mar 15 2007 // The Board of Governors of the Alaska Timber Insurance Exchange, a policyholder owned workers’ compensation insurance company, announced that a $1.8 million dividend will be paid to its members on March 13, 2007. The...

R.I., Mass. Safest While Wyo., Ark. Deadliest States for Truck Crashes

Mar 15 2007 // Wyoming and Arkansas are the deadliest states for truck crashes, according to a safety group that has called for tougher federal regulation to reduce fatalities hovering above 100 a week nationwide for years.The safest...

My New Markets

Mar 12 2007 // Wedding InsuranceNuts & Bolts: Travelers recently announced the launch of the Wedding Protector Plan, an insurance policy covering weddings. The Wedding Protector Plan provides coverage, with no deductible, for a...

Ark. Work Comp Commission Adds Communications Liaison

Mar 7 2007 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation announced an expansion of assistance to the public through its Support Services Division with the addition of Communications Liaison Deana Graves.Alan McClain, AWCC Chief Executive...

Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Insurer in Ark. Financier’s Death

Mar 1 2007 // A federal appeals court rejected an insurance company’s claim that it shouldn’t have to pay accidental-death benefits for the 2002 death of a Little Rock financier at the center of a Securities Department...

Suspected Ark. insurance fraud ringleader turns self in

Feb 26 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced that suspected insurance fraud ringleader, Frederick Watson, turned himself in to Little Rock Police on Feb. 13, 2007.Watson is alleged to have masterminded...

Suspected Ark. insurance fraud ringleader turns self in

Feb 25 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced that suspected insurance fraud ringleader, Frederick Watson, turned himself in to Little Rock Police on Feb. 13, 2007.Watson is alleged to have masterminded...

Ark. Commissioner Commends Cabot School Fire Settlement

Feb 20 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman commended the Cabot School District and Great American Insurance Company in reaching a final settlement of the School District’s claim for losses to the Cabot...

Suspected Ark. Insurance Fraud Ringleader Turns Himself In

Feb 15 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced suspected insurance fraud ringleader, Frederick Watson, turned himself in to Little Rock Police on Feb. 13, 2007.Watson is alleged to have masterminded a car...

Motorcycle Helmet Bill Fails in Ark. Senate Committee

Feb 14 2007 // Helmetless motorcyclists need not fear arrest in Arkansas unless the sponsor of a measure to require helmets decides he can muster the votes in the state Senate to remove his proposal from a committee that declined to...

Ark. Court of Appeals Sides with Truck Driver in Workers’ Comp Case

Feb 9 2007 // A delivery truck driver injured on his route is entitled to disability benefits, the Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled on Feb. 6, 2007, overturning a state workers’ compensation commission decision.An opinion written...

Another Suit Filed Against Bayer by Ark. Farmers

Feb 7 2007 // The company that developed a genetically altered strain of rice intended to resist a herbicide has been sued again by Arkansas rice farmers claiming negligence and seeking compensation.The genetically altered rice was...

Ark. Firm Recalling More than 4,000 Pounds of Beef

Jan 31 2007 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that a Batesville, Ark., firm is voluntarily recalling more than 4,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with the E. coli bacteria. The Natural State...