All the headlines from our Alaska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 17 2005 // A workers’ compensation conference report approved during a special session of the Alaska Senate includes several new issues that raise a red flag for insurers and employers, says the American Insurance Association...
May 12 2005 // An Alaska committee of House and Senate members was unable to hammer out a compromise plan to revise workers’ compensation laws, leaving work on the bill to be completed during a special session scheduled to take...
May 12 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is urging Gov. Frank Murkowski to sign into law legislation which would modernize Alaska’s system for regulating forms and rates for most lines of...
Apr 21 2005 // Arkansas Secretary of State Charlie Daniels reminded businesses, including insurance organizations, that they should be aware that the filing deadline for franchise taxes is one month earlier this year with monies due to...
Apr 21 2005 // The Arkansas General Assembly has completed its business for 2005, but will return for a formal and mostly ceremonial sine die adjournment on May 13, the American Insurance Association (AIA) reported.“AIA had two...
Apr 12 2005 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman recently issued the following notice to insurance companies regarding their agent/agency appointments in Arkansas.Every insurer (company) that appoints a producer in...
Apr 8 2005 // Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced new workers’ compensation rates, which will take effect July 1, 2005.“I am happy to see that overall rates in the workers’ compensation market...
Feb 24 2005 // Following emotional speeches about a lack of treatment options offered by managed health plans, the Arkansas House of Representatives voted to resurrect the state’s “any willing provider” law and open the...
Feb 24 2005 // Auto insurance companies would be barred from using credit ratings as a factor in setting auto insurance premiums under a bill passed by the Arkansas House of Representatives, the Associated Press reported.Rep. Rick Green,...
Jan 24 2005 // Southeast Asia’s devastating tsunami has left many wondering if the threat could hit close to home. The reality is that tsunamis, in fact, have already made their mark on the West Coast, and the threat still remains...
Jan 7 2005 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced his state has reached a settlement agreement with UnumProvident insurance companies, which requires a re-evaluation of certain consumer-disputed disability insurance...
Dec 22 2004 // The Arkansas Insurance Department recently issued a reminder to property and casualty insurers operating in the state of the requirement to submit a report to the department concerning companies’ use of credit...
Dec 20 2004 // The American Agents Alliance Board of Governors announced the selection of Ken Nigohosian as the association’s new executive director. He has worked for Safeco Insurance for 25 years. He began his career as...
Dec 20 2004 // Ten small Alaska communities have discontinued their municipal insurance because of declining assistance from the state and rising insurance and fuel costs, and another dozen could follow within the next few months, said...
Dec 13 2004 // A new report says the share of Arkansas children not covered by health insurance declined from 19.4 percent in 1996 to 11 percent in 2002—lower than the national average of 12 percent.Rhonda Sanders, director of health...
Dec 8 2004 // Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens recently issued a warning for consumers to be on alert for potentially fraudulent insurance activity from a company called Nations Hazard Insurance and an individual using...
Dec 8 2004 // Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has named Julie Benafield Bowman of Little Rock as the state insurance commissioner. The governor made the announcement during a Tuesday morning news conference at the state Capitol. Bowman will...
Dec 8 2004 // Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee announced the reappointment of Karen McKinney of Little Rock to the state Workers’ Compensation Commission. She will serve until Dec. 5, 2010. She will continue to serve as the...
Nov 29 2004 // The Arkansas Insurance Department announced it has begun a general investigation of the insurance practices of Arkansas insurance brokers and insurance companies. In light of the recent “bid-rigging”...
Nov 22 2004 // No effort is planned in the upcoming Arkansas legislative session to gain approval for a measure that would limit damages that could be awarded in suits against nursing homes, a top industry official says.A measure to cap...