All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 26 2010 // The Arkansas Insurance Department announced changes to its system for filing of continuing education hours by CE providers.The new program (LEO) allows providers to electronically file completions with the department by...
Oct 18 2010 // Little Rock, Ark., developer Aaron Jones, who was convicted of setting fire to his $1.6 million home in an insurance scheme, was taken into custody so he can start serving time pending a prison sentence.Arkansas Business...
Oct 12 2010 // The insurance industry called the passage of the Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act on July 21, 2010, a “big win” thanks to provisions in the massive reform bill that would modernize regulation...
Oct 7 2010 // Little Rock developer Aaron Jones, who was convicted of setting fire to his $1.6 million family home in an insurance scheme, has been taken into custody so he can start serving time pending a prison sentence.Arkansas...
Oct 4 2010 // Eight of nine individuals alleged to have produced, bought or sold counterfeit proof of insurance cards for motor vehicles have turned themselves in as the result of warrants executed by the Arkansas Insurance...
Oct 4 2010 // The insurance industry called the passage of the Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act on July 21, 2010, a “big win” thanks to provisions in the massive reform bill that would modernize regulation...
Oct 1 2010 // A jury convicted an Arkansas developer on fraud charges, finding that he set fire to his $1.6 million family home in Little Rock in an effort to collect insurance proceeds.Aaron Jones was convicted of three counts of mail...
Sep 27 2010 // Eight of nine individuals alleged to have produced, bought, or sold counterfeit proof of insurance cards for motor vehicles have turned themselves in as the result of warrants executed by the Arkansas Insurance...
Sep 22 2010 // Arkansas’ unemployment rate rose by one-tenth of a percentage point last month to 7.5 percent, the first increase since March. The state Department of Workforce Services says the state’s nonfarm payroll jobs...
Sep 8 2010 // Rural fire chiefs in Arkansas say they are finding it harder to recruit younger members to be part of rural fire departments.The time commitment coupled with the lack of financial benefits is taking its toll on area...
Sep 7 2010 // A federal judge has sentenced a Fort Smith, Arkansas, man to 18 months in prison for lying to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to get disaster assistance for Hurricane Katrina.U.S. District Judge Robert Dawson also...
Sep 3 2010 // A fire that did $20,000 in damages to a northeast Arkansas home wasn’t caused by an electrical problem or burning food or arson, an insurance investigator concluded.Instead, the dead plants did it, according to a...
Aug 16 2010 // The Arkansas Forestry Commission says crews suppressed six wildfires that have burned 17 acres since Thursday afternoon.Officials said Friday that crews have responded to 102 fires that have burned 1,054 acres since Aug....
Aug 3 2010 // The German conglomerate Bayer CropScience has been ordered to pay six Arkansas rice farmers $940,000 for allowing genetically altered rice into the commercial market.A jury in Desha County, Ark., found the farmers suffered...
Jul 21 2010 // The South Central states of Louisiana and Texas posted job gains for the month of June, but Arkansas and Oklahoma saw slight losses in employment.The Louisiana Workforce Commission reported Louisiana’s seasonally...
Jul 19 2010 // AJ Gallagher, Bowen, MicletteInsurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired the operations of Bowen, Miclette, Britt & Merry of Arkansas Inc. in Fort Smith, Ark.,...
Jul 8 2010 // Arkansas Consumers who were scammed by an unlicensed health benefits company called American Trade Association Inc. (ATA) or its affiliates have until Aug. 31, 2010, to pursue a refund of money they paid for this phony...
Jul 5 2010 // Arthur J. Gallagher, Joseph James & AssociatesIllinois-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired Joseph James & Associates of Dublin, Ohio. Terms of...
Jul 5 2010 // After facing strong opposition during a public meeting in Arkansas, a top federal official wants to give cities and towns in the Mississippi Delta more time to review maps that outline where flood insurance would be...
Jul 2 2010 // Insurance companies, agencies, brokers and producers may offer installment payment plans to Arkansas policyholders for the payment of premium, according to the Arkansas Insurance Department. However, except for those fees...