All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 3 2005 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens recently issued a warning about potentially fraudulent insurance activity from a company called Nations Hazard Insurance and an individual using the names Michael Napadow and...
Dec 20 2004 // The Arkansas Insurance Department has begun an investigation into the practices of Arkansas insurance brokers and companies in light of the recent bid-rigging allegations against one of the nation’s top brokers.The...
Dec 20 2004 // The big news for the old year is that Arkansas will kick off the New Year with a new insurance commissioner. Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Dec. 7, 2004, named Julie Benafield Bowman of Little Rock as insurance department...
Dec 13 2004 // A new report says the share of Arkansas children not covered by health insurance declined from 19.4 percent in 1996 to 11 percent in 2002—lower than the national average of 12 percent.Rhonda Sanders, director of health...
Dec 8 2004 // Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens recently issued a warning for consumers to be on alert for potentially fraudulent insurance activity from a company called Nations Hazard Insurance and an individual using...
Dec 8 2004 // Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has named Julie Benafield Bowman of Little Rock as the state insurance commissioner. The governor made the announcement during a Tuesday morning news conference at the state Capitol. Bowman will...
Nov 29 2004 // The Arkansas Insurance Department announced it has begun a general investigation of the insurance practices of Arkansas insurance brokers and insurance companies. In light of the recent “bid-rigging”...
Nov 22 2004 // No effort is planned in the upcoming Arkansas legislative session to gain approval for a measure that would limit damages that could be awarded in suits against nursing homes, a top industry official says.A measure to cap...
Nov 14 2004 // No effort is planned in the upcoming Arkansas legislative session to gain approval for a measure that would limit damages that could be awarded in suits against nursing homes, a top industry official says.A measure to cap...
Nov 8 2004 // In the days after New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed a civil lawsuit against insurance broker Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. for alleged commercial account steering and bid rigging, the insurance industry...
Oct 22 2004 // The Arkansas Insurance Department has scheduled a public hearing on Nov. 23, 2004, to determine whether the Arkansas Insurance Commissioner should adopt Proposed Amended Rule and Regulation 19, “Unfair Sex...
Oct 18 2004 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC) announced the availability on its Web site of Spanish translations of two forms, AWCC Spanish Form AR-P (poster of instructions) and Spanish Form AR-N (employee...
Oct 15 2004 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC) appointed Dale Douthit, a Russellville attorney, as its newest Administrative Law Judge (ALJ).The AWCC, administrator of the state’s workers’...
Sep 28 2004 // America First Insurance named Arthur E. Lackey territory manager for the operating states of Oklahoma and Arkansas. In this position, Lackey will have responsibility for marketing America First Insurance products and...
Sep 22 2004 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced recently that although reservations can still be made for the 17th Annual Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference Oct. 13-15, planners are...
Sep 15 2004 // Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe announced that his office has reached a settlement with Advocat Inc. of Franklin, Tenn., operating in Arkansas as Diversicare Management Services, to resolve a series of lawsuits and...
Jul 22 2004 // Acknowledging that Arkansas law imposes minimal restrictions on underwriting, the Arkansas Insurance Department nevertheless announced that it expects property and casualty insurers to give proper attention to the explicit...
Jun 15 2004 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the U.S. Department of Labor, the Arkansas Home Builders Association and the Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board are teaming up to provide a training workshop in...
Jun 10 2004 // Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO) has unveiled a new service that eliminates the need for workers’ compensation insurers to manually prepare and submit Proof of Coverage (POC) reports to the Arkansas...
Jun 7 2004 // It’s here—convention season, that is. From now until the end of November, there will be plenty of opportunities for agents in the South Central states to get out of the office and go mingle with friends and...