Latest Arkansas Headlines

All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Tort Reform Measure Signed in Arkansas

Mar 27 2003 // The American Insurance Association praised Arkansas Governor Huckabee for signing significant tort reform legislation passed through the state legislature. “The Arkansas Legislature has made great strides toward...

La.’s Deputy Commissioner Takes on Rating Board, Struggling Firm

Mar 24 2003 // According to Jim Donelon, Chief Deputy Commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI), the answer to the homeowners’ insurance crisis in Louisiana is to move to a file and use rating system, and to...

There’s Always the Weather

Mar 10 2003 // People who live in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana are rarely at a loss for words. But if they’re ever in need of an exciting topic to liven up a dinner party they can talk about the weather. After all,...

ATNIP PLEADS GUILTY IN ARK.

Mar 10 2003 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced that Gary Atnip, an alleged co-conspirator with Martin Frankel, entered a guilty plea to a felony charge of violating the maintenance of home office records law. The...

ARKANSAS LANDS CAPTIVE

Feb 24 2003 // American Management Corporation (AMC), an insurance agency in Conway, has formed Arkansas’s first captive insurer, AMC Re. Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens said the new company will reinsure risks...

Frankel Co-Conspirator Pleads Guilty in Ark. Court

Feb 21 2003 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced that a guilty plea to a felony charge of violating the maintenance of home office records law has been entered for Gary Atnip, an alleged co-conspirator with Martin...

Arkansas Lands First Captive Insurer

Feb 18 2003 // Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced that his state’s first captive insurer, AMC Re, has been formed by American Management Corporation (AMC), an insurance agency in Conway. The new company...

Little Rock, Ark. Gets IIAI Greenfield Facility

Feb 11 2003 // Insurance Auto Auctions Inc. , a leading provider of automotive salvage and claims processing services in the U. S., opened a greenfield facility in Scott, Arkansas. This new 20-acre facility located in the Little Rock...

Arkansas Business Community Promotes Tort Reform Bill

Jan 17 2003 // The Arkansas business community initiated a tort reform effort which has resulted in the introduction of a bill that would be a major step in restoring rationality to the state’s tort system, according to the...

Ark. DOI Credit Directive Captures Insurer Attention

Dec 2 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) announced that insurers are weighing the ramifications of a directive filed by the Arkansas Department of Insurance that amends the requirements for insurers using...

NAII Reacts to Ark. Directive on Personal Lines Credit Scoring

Nov 28 2002 // Insurers are weighing the ramifications of a directive filed by the Arkansas Department of Insurance that amends the requirements for insurers using credit-based insurance scores for personal lines ratings and...

IIA Arkansas to Conduct CIC & CISR Programs

Oct 22 2002 // The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research and the Independent Insurance Agents (IIA) of Arkansas have announced that the IIA of Arkansas will assume administrative leadership of the Certified Insurance...

C&D ORDER ISSUED IN ARKANSAS

Sep 16 2002 // Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens issued a Cease and Desist Order to AMS Staff Leasing NA Inc., a company that the insurance department alleges had been illegally offering workers’ compensation...

Company Ordered to Cease Operations in Arkansas

Aug 30 2002 // Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens issued a Cease and Desist Order to AMS Staff Leasing, NA Inc., a company that the insurance department alleges had been illegally offering workers’ compensation...

Amerisure Mutual Receives AWCC’s Outstanding Carrier Award

Aug 13 2002 // Michigan-based Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company received the 2001 Outstanding Carrier Award, presented by the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC). Amerisure has received this award four times in the...

Safeguarding Customer Privacy Creates New Issues for States

Aug 5 2002 // Insurance associations have been abuzz the past couple of weeks with regard to impending changes and new proposals to privacy regulations under Congress’ Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act (GLB).States...

Progressive Reps Receive Awards in Arkansas, Kentucky

Jun 28 2002 // Two Progressive Insurance Company representatives from Kentucky and Arkansas who happen to share the same first and last name, have been named by their respective state association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) as...

Watch the Skies, Weather Still Causing Trouble for Homeowners Markets

May 27 2002 // For the past year, while the Texas homeowners insurance market reeled from the effects of mold claims on premium (and still does), homeowners markets in other states have begun bracing themselves for similar nightmare...

AIA Salutes Arkansas Task Force

Feb 25 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AIA) commended the Arkansas Insurance Department for creating a task force to gain input from interested parties on what steps the state should take to modernize insurance regulation in...

Building Profitability into the Commercial Auto Market

Feb 11 2002 // Like most property and casualty insurance lines, the commercial auto insurance market has witnessed rate increases over the past year and expects to see more. And, as in other lines, underwriters are scrutinizing accounts...