All the headlines from our Alaska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 12 2004 // The regulations proposed by the Alaska Division of Insurance regarding privacy of consumer financial and health information, while improved from the original proposal, are still not in sync with state law, according to the...
Jan 9 2004 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens issued a warning that despite his arrest for fraud, Steven Edward Gwin, better known as Steve Gwin, is continuing to sell insurance products in the Northwest Arkansas area....
Dec 12 2003 // The Alaska Division of Insurance’s proposed regulations regarding privacy of consumer financial and health information, while improved from the original proposal, are still not in sync with state law, according to...
Aug 25 2003 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission reported that electronic registration is now available for its Oct. 8 – 10 educational conference. The conference will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel in downtown...
Aug 1 2003 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced the existence of a lower auto rate in Arkansas than in all surrounding states, with Tennessee being the state of exception.Arkansas ranked 33rd in 2001 for the average...
Jul 10 2003 // The reported increasing popularity of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) Insurance Scoring Model Act and the publication of two significant studies showing an irrefutable link between credit-based...
Jun 17 2003 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced that State Farm Fire and Casualty Insurance Company would immediately resume writing new homeowner’s policies in the State of Arkansas.The company returns to the...
May 22 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers announced that one of its insurance safety experts told Arkansas officials that a proposed change to the way Arkansas regulates insurer safety programs will create additional costs with no...
May 16 2003 // The Alaska Senate’s recent passage of legislation that would restrict insurers’ use of credit information came after lengthy negotiations among all interested parties, but still falls short of enabling insurers...
May 14 2003 // Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced that President George W. Bush appointed the Insurance Department’s Deputy Commissioner John Hartnedy to the Department of Defense Retirement Board of...
Apr 29 2003 // According to Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens, the enactment of a new law will give Arkansas insurance consumers stronger protections in the use of credit information and credit scoring when purchasing and...
Apr 23 2003 // Alaska legislators will consider three bills this week that would reportedly restrict or prohibit insurance companies’ use of credit information, potentially increasing the costs for auto and homeowners policies.The...
Mar 18 2003 // Heartland Marketing Group Inc. is adding multiple standard markets in the states of Oklahoma and Arkansas. According to the company, HMG started in Texas and now has over 650 agencies in seven states. Heartland’s...
Mar 17 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) reports the Arkansas Senate has amended and passed a House bill that would reform the state’s civil justice system. “We commend the Arkansas House and...
Mar 6 2003 // A study commissioned by the Alaska Insurance Division on the use of credit-based insurance scoring did not find a connection between insurance scores and income or ethnicity. Moreover, the report is riddled with...
Feb 27 2003 // The Supreme Court of Alaska will decide whether state law requires that personal auto insurance companies include price terms when offering optional uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage limits. The court will also...
Feb 21 2003 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced that a guilty plea to a felony charge of violating the maintenance of home office records law has been entered for Gary Atnip, an alleged co-conspirator with Martin...
Feb 11 2003 // Insurance Auto Auctions Inc. , a leading provider of automotive salvage and claims processing services in the U. S., opened a greenfield facility in Scott, Arkansas. This new 20-acre facility located in the Little Rock...
Feb 4 2003 // Meadors and Adams, an independent insurance agency in Little Rock, Ark., announced that one of the firm’s agents, Robert Lee, has received the designation of Certified Risk Manager (CRM). Certified Risk Managers...
Dec 2 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) announced that insurers are weighing the ramifications of a directive filed by the Arkansas Department of Insurance that amends the requirements for insurers using...