All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 7 2004 // Professional Lines Underwriting Specialists Inc. (PLUS), an Austin-based professional liability insurance wholesaler, named Michael Donnelly as vice president. Donnelly comes to PLUS after spending his entire career in the...
May 11 2004 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC) recently announced it named Frank Arey, a one-time special appointee to the state’s Court of Appeals, as its newest Administrative Law Judge (ALJ).The AWCC,...
Apr 29 2004 // DataPath Inc., a Little Rock, Ark.-based provider of software solutions for employee benefits, announced it has been named as the Health Savings Account (HSA) Administrator for the State of Arkansas for the 2005 and 2006...
Apr 20 2004 // Attorney General Mike Beebe is asking Arkansans to think carefully before purchasing scooters, small all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) or small utility vehicles. Many of the purchasers of these scooters and small ATVs are...
Apr 9 2004 // The Arkansas Insurance Department issued a bulletin explaining compliance requirements of all property insurers licensed to do business in the state with Act 1345 of 2003, also known as the “Fire Loss Reporting Act...
Mar 22 2004 // The Arkansas Department of Insurance issued a notice to insurers and other interested parties about a significant new technology in the area of truck and truck cargo security.The Arkansas Department said it wants to make...
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Mar 5 2004 // Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced that agreements have been reached regarding the payment of outstanding claims that Arkansas insureds had thought could remain unpaid by TRG.Agreements have been...
Mar 2 2004 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens issued a recommendation to all licensed property/casualty insurance companies, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, trade associations and other interested...
Feb 24 2004 // On February 20, 2004, the Arkansas Insurance Department issued the following directive on cancellations, nonrenewals and discriminatory underwriting practices for property and casualty insurance:The Department recognizes...
Feb 23 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of Arkansas at 2,673,400. Approximately 75 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 17 percent had...
Feb 23 2004 // From 1979 to 1988 I had the pleasure of serving as executive V. P. of the Independent Insurance Agents of Arkansas. For the past fifteen years I have served as the lobbyist for the Arkansas Medical Society. When Kelley...
Feb 19 2004 // The Arkansas Insurance Department issued the following bulletin clarifying changes to the rules for company appointment renewals required by legislation passed in 2003:Every insurer (“company”) appointing an...
Feb 16 2004 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced the disbursement of $.8 million to certified fire departments in Arkansas. The funds are distributed pursuant to Act 1326 and Act1583 of 2003. More than 900 fire...
Feb 10 2004 // Independent insurance agents go to conferences and conventions to learn, to network, to meet company reps and, sometimes, just to get away. Opportunities to do all of those things abound this year for agents in Arkansas,...
Feb 2 2004 // The American Medical Association applauded President Bush for his efforts in support of patients and physicians, and expressed hope that his recent visit to Arkansas will highlight how America’s broken liability...
Jan 26 2004 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens issued a warning that despite his arrest for fraud, Steven Edward Gwin, better known as Steve Gwin, is continuing to sell insurance products in the Northwest Arkansas area....
Jan 26 2004 // The Property and Casualty Division of the Arkansas Insurance Department recently issued a report reflecting rate modifications in personal lines filed with the department from Feb. 1, 2003 through Aug. 31, 2003. The...
Jan 15 2004 // Companion Property & Casualty Insurance Group announced that the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has awarded the company one of the servicing carrier contracts for the Arkansas Workers’...
Jan 9 2004 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens issued a warning that despite his arrest for fraud, Steven Edward Gwin, better known as Steve Gwin, is continuing to sell insurance products in the Northwest Arkansas area....