All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 5 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman recently announced the conviction of Elesha Martin, 35, to three counts of arson and one count of insurance fraud.On June 22, 2007, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Marion...
Jun 25 2007 // Former Arkansas insurance agent Beverly Gowan was sentenced in White County Circuit Court to 18 months detention with the Department of Community Correction for two counts of insurance fraud and one count of Theft of...
Jun 1 2007 // A state program to help Arkansans put safe rooms in their homes for protection from tornadoes and storms is becoming so popular officials say they have run out of money months before the budget year ends in July.The...
May 30 2007 // Another state insurance department has issued a warning about a Tennessee entity posing as an insurance company. Days after National Foundation of America (NFOA) of Franklin, Tenn., was ordered to cease and desist from the...
May 29 2007 // Swift currents on the Arkansas River is continuing to pose a danger to boaters, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reissued a warning as the state records more boating-related deaths this year than in all of 2006.The...
May 21 2007 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs, Global Special RisksHilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. (HRH) acquired the operating assets of Global Special Risks LLC, effective May 1, 2007. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Global...
May 1 2007 // Bristol West Holdings Inc. announced it has begun writing private passenger automobile insurance in Arkansas. Bristol West entered Arkansas by deploying Select 2.0, a segmented insurance product that utilizes the...
Apr 23 2007 // Testifying before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on April 11, Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman, told lawmakers that insurance regulators have the dual...
Apr 12 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman testified before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on April 11 on the overall state of the property/casualty insurance market...
Apr 9 2007 // Doctors in Ark. stress ATV safety after recent deathsThree recent deaths in all-terrain vehicle accidents in Arkansas, including a toddler and a teenager, are a reminder that ATV accidents are on the rise, and doctors at...
Apr 9 2007 // Dallas-based KMC Insurance Services promoted Warren Lee to vice president of its commercial lines department. Lee focuses on large commercial accounts, specializing in the home building, roofing, real estate development,...
Apr 4 2007 // Another attempt to fund a statewide trauma center system in Arkansas by adding a tax to insurance policies failed to win the endorsement of a legislative conference committee April 2, effectively killing it.A proposal by...
Apr 2 2007 // Funding for a statewide trauma system in Arkansas could end up coming from an increase in taxes placed on insurance policies in the state, members of a joint House and Senate committee heard March 30.Senate President Jack...
Mar 28 2007 // Three recent deaths in all-terrain vehicle accidents in Arkansas, including a toddler and a teenager, are a reminder that ATV accidents are on the rise in the state, and doctors at Arkansas Children’s Hospital want...
Mar 26 2007 // Ark. Senate passes teen driving rules; highway bond measureTeenage drivers in Arkansas would have more restrictions on their driving privileges under Senate Bill 196, which recently passed the state Senate. According to...
Mar 26 2007 // According to the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation costs to states generated by underage drinking include medical care, work loss, and pain and suffering associated with the multiple problems caused by the use...
Mar 26 2007 // According to the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation costs to states generated by underage drinking include medical care, work loss, and pain and suffering associated with the multiple problems caused by the use...
Mar 20 2007 // The Arkansas Insurance Department reported that state Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman has been elected vice-chair of the Southeastern Zone of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). Her...
Mar 16 2007 // Teenage drivers in Arkansas would have more restrictions on their driving privileges under Senate Bill 196, which recently passed the state Senate.According to the Senate announcement, teens with a learner’s permit...
Feb 27 2007 // Authorities went door to door in search of an unknown number of people who remained unaccounted for after severe storms swept through southern Arkansas, shredding home and businesses and injuring at least 27...