All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 26 2007 // Covington, La.-based First Premium Insurance Group Inc., a regional property and casualty insurance broker, added a new team member, Crystal DePascual.DePascual joined First Premium’s staff as marketing...
Feb 26 2007 // $309 Million The Federal Emergency Management Administration has determined nearly 70,000 households wrongly received $309.1 million in grants related to Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts, and officials acknowledge those...
Feb 25 2007 // Covington, La.-based First Premium Insurance Group Inc., a regional property and casualty insurance broker, added a new team member, Crystal DePascual.DePascual joined First Premium’s staff as marketing...
Feb 25 2007 // $309 MillionThe Federal Emergency Management Administration has determined nearly 70,000 households wrongly received $309.1 million in grants related to Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts, and officials acknowledge those...
Feb 16 2007 // The sign-up fee to attend the annual Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference has a discounted rate for early registration through March 15, the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission...
Feb 14 2007 // Helmetless motorcyclists need not fear arrest in Arkansas unless the sponsor of a measure to require helmets decides he can muster the votes in the state Senate to remove his proposal from a committee that declined to...
Feb 12 2007 // Privately owned insurance and risk management firm, McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P., has named Mike Rutledge a partner. Rutledge is a vice president in MHBT’s Fort Worth, Texas, office.Rutledge’s career in...
Feb 11 2007 // Privately owned insurance and risk management firm, McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P., has named Mike Rutledge a partner. Rutledge is a vice president in MHBT’s Fort Worth, Texas, office.Rutledge’s career in...
Feb 8 2007 // With nearly 650 traffic fatalities each year, Arkansas has a higher rate of deaths on streets and highways than 41 other states, according to a report released by a national transportation research group.“Getting...
Jan 28 2007 // Although 2006 is safely behind us, some sticky issues are on the horizon as we edge our way into 2007. Case in point is the pending Supreme Court cases of Safeco v. Burr and GEICO v. Edo. The cases are about notification...
Jan 26 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman has been elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Southeastern Zone of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), her office announced. Becoming an officer...
Jan 25 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman has expressed concern upon hearing reports of questionable practices by insurance agents selling Medicare Advantage plans in the southwest area of the state.Calls from...
Jan 22 2007 // A woman lost her appeal challenging a verdict in favor of a not-for-profit hospital, but the state Supreme Court said in deciding the case Jan. 18, 2007, that a legal doctrine protecting charities for more than a century...
Jan 17 2007 // St. Paul, Minn.-based Travelers today announced that the Arkansas Community Bankers Assn. has chosen the company as its preferred provider for bank insurance products.The Arkansas Community Bankers Association represents...
Jan 16 2007 // Philip Alan Hood on Jan.9, 2007, was named by Gov. Mike Beebe as the labor representative for the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission, AWCC announced.He was appointed by the governor to a six-year term after...
Jan 10 2007 // Cell phones already drive teens to distraction.But behind the wheel, the distraction can mean car crashes and injuries for drivers who already lack experience being on the road and an Arkansas state legislator wants to do...
Jan 8 2007 // Even though 2006 is safely behind us, some sticky issues are on the horizon as we edge our way into 2007. Case in point is the pending Supreme Court cases of Safeco v. Burr and GEICO v. Edo. The cases are about...
Jan 8 2007 // Cancellation and NonrenewalJohn Gibson Auto Sales Inc. v. Direct Insurance Company (Ark. App., Div. III and IV, Dec. 20, 2006) Arkansas statute deemed inapplicable.Insured brought suit against insurer for denial of auto...
Jan 7 2007 // Cancellation and NonrenewalJohn Gibson Auto Sales Inc. v. Direct Insurance Company (Ark. App., Div. III and IV, Dec. 20, 2006) Arkansas statute deemed inapplicable. Insured brought suit against insurer for denial of auto...
Jan 7 2007 // Even though 2006 is safely behind us, some sticky issues are on the horizon as we edge our way into 2007. Case in point is the pending Supreme Court cases of Safeco v. Burr and GEICO v. Edo. The cases are about...