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Ark. Gov. Names New Judge for Workers’ Comp Commission

Jan 30 2007 // Ark. Gov. Mike Beebe has appointed Chandra Hicks as the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission’s newest Administrative Law Judge, the AWCC reported.The AWCC administrates the state’s workers’...

Producer appointments available online in Ark.

Jan 29 2007 // LEO, an online producer/agency appointment feature offered by service provider Aithenti, has been launched in Arkansas, the state insurance department announced. This new online service will allow for direct appointments...

Injured Ark. trucker wins court order for rehearing

Jan 29 2007 // The Arkansas Court of Appeals says the state Work-ers’ Compensation Commission did such a poor job of considering an injured trucker’s claim that it was “impossible” for the court to properly review...

Producer appointments available online in Ark.

Jan 28 2007 // LEO, an online producer/agency appointment feature offered by service provider Aithenti, has been launched in Arkansas, the state insurance department announced. This new online service will allow for direct appointments...

10 Injured Ark. trucker wins court order for rehearing

Jan 28 2007 // Judge criticizes state Workers’ Compensation Commission10 Accused of insurance fraud, La. police officer resigns Change in accident report at issue10 La. Citizens gets nod to raise ratesStatewide average commercial...

Ark. Commissioner Elected Officer at NAIC

Jan 26 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman has been elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Southeastern Zone of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), her office announced. Becoming an officer...

Calls Link Agents with Dubious Medicare Sales Practices in Ark.

Jan 25 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman has expressed concern upon hearing reports of questionable practices by insurance agents selling Medicare Advantage plans in the southwest area of the state.Calls from...

New Ark. Attorney General to Target Identity Theft

Jan 23 2007 // Newly elected Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced a proposal aimed at preventing identity theft will be presented as part of his legislative package for the 2007 legislative session.“Essentially what...

Ark. Court Calls on Legislature to Look at Charitable Immunity

Jan 22 2007 // A woman lost her appeal challenging a verdict in favor of a not-for-profit hospital, but the state Supreme Court said in deciding the case Jan. 18, 2007, that a legal doctrine protecting charities for more than a century...

Ark. Injured Trucker Wins Court Order for Workers’ Comp Rehearing

Jan 19 2007 // The Arkansas Court of Appeals says the state Workers’ Compensation Commission did such a poor job of considering an injured trucker’s claim that it was “impossible” for the court to properly review...

Online Producer Appointments, Cancellations Now Available in Ark.

Jan 18 2007 // The Arkansas Insurance Department announced the availability of LEO, an online producer/agency appointment feature offered by service provider Aithent. This new online service will allow for direct appointments and/or...

Ark. Bankers Group Names Travelers Preferred Provider

Jan 17 2007 // St. Paul, Minn.-based Travelers today announced that the Arkansas Community Bankers Assn. has chosen the company as its preferred provider for bank insurance products.The Arkansas Community Bankers Association represents...

Ark. Work Comp Commission Gets New Labor Representative

Jan 16 2007 // Philip Alan Hood on Jan.9, 2007, was named by Gov. Mike Beebe as the labor representative for the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission, AWCC announced.He was appointed by the governor to a six-year term after...

Ark. Work Comp Commission Adds Electronic Notice for Claim Contacts

Jan 12 2007 // Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission Form announced that its form A-110, the paper document used for decades to notify insurer representatives of new cases at the AWCC, has been replaced by electronic...

Ark. Lawsuit Accuses Propane Supplier of Negligence in Blast

Jan 10 2007 // The wife of a man severely burned in an explosion three years ago at Detco Industries Inc. in Conway, Ark., has sued the plant’s supplier of propane gas, saying the supplier didn’t properly inspect Detco or...

Ark. Town put on Federal Notice Over Flood-Plain Management

Jan 9 2007 // The city of Malvern, Ark., could face costly consequences if it doesn’t address concerns the Federal Emergency Management Agency has with how the city manages flood-plain property.FEMA has put the city on notice and...

Ark. starts insurance plan for low-income workers

Jan 8 2007 // Enrollment began Dec. 20, 2006, in Arkansas for a program partly paid by Medicaid dollars that will eventually offer insurance to 80,000 low-income workers. The Associated Press reported that health officials hope the...

Ark. starts insurance plan for low-income workers

Jan 7 2007 // Enrollment began Dec. 20, 2006, in Arkansas for a program partly paid by Medicaid dollars that will eventually offer insurance to 80,000 low-income workers. The Associated Press reported that health officials hope the...

Ark. Joins Court Filing on Credit Scoring

Dec 28 2006 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced the Arkansas Insurance Department has joined with twelve other states filing a brief supporting a case brought by consumers against the insurance...

Alaska Firm Convicted in Worker’s Death Pardoned by Former Governor

Dec 26 2006 // A company convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the death of one of its workers, killed in an avalanche in 1999, was pardoned by former Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski just days before leaving office.Gary Stone, a...