All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 3 2007 // They tried to work with him “The Arkansas Insurance Department tried to work with Mr. Middleton in order to ensure prompt restitution to the victim for the various annuities or insurance products he sold. He failed...
Sep 3 2007 // Residential contractors in Arkansas who own their own businesses may opt out of workers’ compensation coverage for themselves, but must purchase it for their business, according to a bulletin recently issued by state...
Sep 3 2007 // DeclarationsThey tried to work with him “The Arkansas Insurance Department tried to work with Mr. Middleton in order to ensure prompt restitution to the victim for the various annuities or insurance products he sold....
Aug 21 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced former insurance agent John Phillip Middleton, a Van Buren resident with an office in Fort Smith, has been sentenced by Judge James Cox, Sebastian County...
Aug 6 2007 // 500 The number of current and former residents of a West Dallas, Texas, neighborhood who showed up for an asbestos screening in July. The neighborhood was also home to a vermiculite plant. Parkland Memorial Hospital was...
Aug 6 2007 // Following a series of burglaries at insurance agencies in Arkansas, Insurance Commis-sioner Julie Benafield Bowman issued a reminder to all insurance companies of the notification requirements in the event of security...
Aug 2 2007 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission has posted proposed changes to existing rules and forms and a proposed new rule and accompanying form on its Web site at...
Jul 31 2007 // Deaths from traffic crashes in Arkansas slightly increased last year, as the nationwide average dropped, new federal statistics show.The National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration recorded 665 fatal crashes in 2006...
Jul 31 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) of Arkansas named Progressive’s Arkansas claims unit as the 2007 “Claims Department of the Year” following a vote by the more than 250 independent insurance agency...
Jul 25 2007 // Following a series of burglaries at insurance agencies in Arkansas, Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman issued a reminder to all insurance companies of the notification requirements concerning security...
Jul 23 2007 // Republic, Southern States General AgencyDallas-based Republic Companies Inc. (Republic) acquired Southern States General Agency Inc. (SSGA) from Unitrin Inc., effective July 9. SSGA President Mickey Slaughter and his team...
Jul 23 2007 // Cattle claims result in fraud allegationsOklahoma Insurance Department anti-fraud investigators allege that Holly Timmons Campbell committed insurance fraud by filing fraudulent cattle loss claims in Pontotoc County,...
Jul 23 2007 // DeclarationsIn service to their country “It is important that members of the Armed Services who enlist in, or return from, active duty are not penalized by their insurance companies for the period of time in which...
Jul 20 2007 // Omaha, Neb.-based workers’ compensation insurer, FirstComp, is celebrating 10 years of business in Arkansas with some big checks and big thanks to independent agencies and policyholders, the company...
Jul 19 2007 // Five manufacturers of the herbicide 2,4-D have denied claims made in a suit by a group of 82 cotton growers in northeast Arkansas who say the companies’ products harmed last year’s crop.The lawsuit filed June 1...
Jul 13 2007 // The Arkansas Insurance Department issued a directive to property and casualty carriers issuing policies containing “occupancy” requirements in their underwriting standards that could adversely impact insurance...
Jul 11 2007 // Employees of small businesses in Arkansas who have had to go without health insurance will be able to get basic coverage under a new plan underwritten by the state and federal government.As many as 50,000 Arkansans could...
Jul 9 2007 // On its Web site, www.awcc.state.ar.us/news.html, the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission summarized workers’ compensation acts passed by the state’s 2007, 86th General Assembly. The full text of...
Jul 9 2007 // Burns & Wilcox announced it received the 2007 Broker of the Year award from the Independent Insurance Agents of Arkansas (IIAA) at their 106th annual convention held in early June. Broker of the Year is awarded to a...
Jul 6 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced insurance agent Christy Vocque of Saline County has been sentenced to serve 60 days in a regional correction facility for committing insurance fraud. Vocque,...