All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 23 2003 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced the arrest of Steven Edward Gwin, who has been charged with a class D felony count of Fraudulent Insurance Act. A Jan. 20, 2004 court date has been set in Pulaski...
Sep 19 2003 // Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee named Karen Hart McKinney of Little Rock to the state Workers’ Compensation Commission. According to the WCC, McKinney will replace Joe Yates, who’s retiring from the three-member...
Aug 5 2003 // Summit Holding Southeast Inc., a specialist in workers’ compensation insurance services, announced that it is expanding the operation of its Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Company subsidiary to Arkansas....
Aug 4 2003 // This year has been the busiest for enactment of state civil justice reform legislation since 1995, according to the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA). At mid-year, 20 states already have enacted laws; 19 laws were...
Aug 1 2003 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced the existence of a lower auto rate in Arkansas than in all surrounding states, with Tennessee being the state of exception.Arkansas ranked 33rd in 2001 for the average...
Jul 21 2003 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced an overall loss increase of 1.8 percent in the state’s Workers’ Compensation voluntary insurance market. This small increase is the first for Arkansas in...
Jul 15 2003 // This year has been the busiest for enactment of state civil justice reform legislation since 1995, according to the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA). At mid-year, 20 states already have enacted laws; 19 laws were...
Jul 14 2003 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced an overall loss increase of 1.8 percent in the State’s Workers’ Compensation voluntary insurance market. This small increase is the first for Arkansas in...
Jul 11 2003 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced the release and distribution of a Bulletin, which urges insurance companies to consider The Civil Justice Reform Act, Act 649 of 2003, when submitting rate filings...
Jun 23 2003 // Cracking down on illegal benefits plans that have cropped up in his state, Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens revoked the licenses of four insurance agents who sold or were involved in the marketing of an...
Jun 23 2003 // Having served six years in his present office, Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens has had an opportunity to see a number of changes in his state over the years. Pickens recently sat down with Insurance Journal to...
Jun 17 2003 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced that State Farm Fire and Casualty Insurance Company would immediately resume writing new homeowner’s policies in the State of Arkansas.The company returns to the...
Jun 10 2003 // U. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Bud Cummins and State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens, announced a 20-count federal indictment has been handed down against Jeffrey Ray Johnson for his alleged role...
Jun 9 2003 // Cracking down on a number of illegal benefits plans that have cropped up in his state, Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens revoked the licenses of four insurance agents who sold or were involved in the marketing...
May 22 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers announced that one of its insurance safety experts told Arkansas officials that a proposed change to the way Arkansas regulates insurer safety programs will create additional costs with no...
May 14 2003 // Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced that President George W. Bush appointed the Insurance Department’s Deputy Commissioner John Hartnedy to the Department of Defense Retirement Board of...
Apr 29 2003 // According to Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens, the enactment of a new law will give Arkansas insurance consumers stronger protections in the use of credit information and credit scoring when purchasing and...
Apr 7 2003 // Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens of Arkansas said five insurance agents have had their licenses suspended for enrolling Arkansans in a health plan not authorized in his state. The unauthorized plan has left Arkansas...
Apr 7 2003 // The American Insurance Association praised Arkansas Governor Huckabee for signing significant tort reform legislation passed in the state legislature. AIA said the bill will help “lower the cost of tort claims and...
Apr 1 2003 // Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced that licenses were suspended for five insurance agents who enrolled Arkansans in a health plan not authorized in the State of Arkansas. The unauthorized plan has...