All the headlines from our Alaska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 31 2006 // Pine Bluff, Ark., officials have euthanized 85 pit bills since June 16, when a new ordinance took effect, requiring owners to obtain $100,000 insurance policies to cover dog attacks.An additional 26 pit bulls have been...
Jul 27 2006 // Broad references to the “poultry industry” have no place in a case in which specific companies are accused of arsenic pollution in Arkansas, defense lawyers say.They have asked a judge to bar plaintiffs from...
Jul 24 2006 // Homeowners in Arizona Nuts & Bolts: Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif. is offering homeowners coverage in Arizona. The program includes high risk properties, seasonal homes, brush areas,...
Jul 24 2006 // Homeowners in ArizonaNuts & Bolts: Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif. is offering homeowners coverage in Arizona. The program includes high risk properties, seasonal homes, brush areas,...
Jul 24 2006 // A lack of fences around backyard pools and lapses in adult supervision are some of the reasons Idaho ranks fourth in the nation in drowning deaths per capita, a medical doctor says.“Almost 80 percent of children who...
Jul 7 2006 // A dozen fires in Benton County in less than a week has investigators wondering if all were accidents and, if not, who set them.Investigators are not yet willing to conclude definitely that arson was involved, according to...
Jul 5 2006 // Record prices for copper have made the metal an attractive target for thieves in Arkansas, police say, just as it is elsewhere in the country.Little Rock police say copper thefts are “rampant.” Thieves even...
Jul 3 2006 // Workers’ Comp: Middle MarketNuts & Bolts: Workers’ compensation for middle market and loss-sensitive plans, with broad risk appetite, is being offered by PointSure Insurance Services. Premiums are in...
Jul 3 2006 // PeopleTrindl Reeves joined Barney & Barney, San Diego, as a principal, responsible for the ongoing growth of Barney & Barney in San Diego and Orange County. She will be based in San Diego. Reeves, formerly...
Jul 3 2006 // Workers’ Comp: Middle Market Nuts & Bolts: Workers’ compensation for middle market and loss-sensitive plans, with broad risk appetite, is being offered by PointSure Insurance Services. Premiums are in...
Jun 30 2006 // The director of the Arkansas Department of Emergency management has resigned, leaving his post less than a week after a newspaper reported that the agency gave itself failing grades for its preparedness for a large-scale...
Jun 28 2006 // The Arkansas Insurance Department announced that a public hearing has been scheduled for Sept. 14, 2006, on whether Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman should adopt Emergency Rule 50, “Producers Continuing...
Jun 27 2006 // Attorney General Mike Beebe recently issued a consumer alert aimed at job seekers who receive bogus offers of employment from overseas. The offers are designed to trick individuals who are looking for work into wiring...
Jun 19 2006 // The Pacific coast states of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea, face the greatest tsunami hazard, but West Coast states could see the...
Jun 16 2006 // An insurance company doesn’t have to pay claims made in the deaths of two babies left inside a closed car in sweltering weather in Arkansas, a federal appeals court says.The claims were made in the April 1998 deaths...
Jun 7 2006 // In order to diminish some unintended effects from a previous rule, the Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman has adopted 2006 Emergency Rule 50, effective June 15, 2006.View the Emergency Rule and forms on...
Jun 5 2006 // General Motors, ShanghaiGeneral Motors Corp. received approval to open an office in Shanghai as a step toward beginning insurance operations in China. Detroit-based GM said that Motors Insurance Corp., part of the...
Jun 2 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Washington/Alaska (PIA) recently held its 40th Annual Conference and Trade Show. Association members elected new officers and a board of directors.The new officers include:...
Jun 1 2006 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced new, lower-on-average, workers’ compensation rates, which will become effective July 1, 2006.“While the decrease is moderate, we are pleased to...
May 22 2006 // News CurrentsAlaska legislators concluded the 2006 regular session this month and in the final hours rejected a bill opposed by insurers that would have encouraged more employers to self-insure for workers’...