Latest Alaska Headlines
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Ark. Sets 2008 Workers’ Comp Rates, Disability and Death Benefits
Oct 1 2007 // An update to Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission Advisory 2000-1 sets the new maximum rates for 2008 for total disability at $522 and permanent partial disability at $392. The new Advisory 2007-1 sets $169,650...
Ark. to Receive $224K from United Healthcare Settlement
Sep 14 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced that Arkansas stands to receive more than $224,000 as a result of a regulatory settlement agreement between United Healthcare Insurance and 36 states and the...
Ark. Commissioner to Travel to Meet with Producers, Educate Consumers
Sep 7 2007 // Ark. Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman will head to various Arkansas communities the third week of September to field questions from insurance consumers, the Arkansas Insurance Department reported. Commissioner...
Residents in Rural Ark. Community to Enjoy Low Fire-Insurance Rates
Sep 6 2007 // The 33 residents of the Holley Mountain Airpark in rural Van Buren County, Ark., enjoy a break on their home-insurance rates that most residents of cities around the state would envy: A Class 1 rating. That rating, the...
Ark. Agencies to Merge
Sep 5 2007 // BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of Mississippi-based BancorpSouth Bank, announced it reached an agreement to acquire Insurance Network of Jonesboro, Ark., effective Sept. 1, 2007. Insurance Network will...
Insurers say Alaska court decision could lead to uneven rates
Sep 3 2007 // A ruling by the Alaska State Supreme Court requiring insurers to re-rate all policies at the very first renewal as if credit information was never considered will have the unintended result of forcing good insurance risks...
Insurers say Alaska court decision could lead to uneven rates
Sep 3 2007 // A ruling by the Alaska State Supreme Court requiring insurers to re-rate all policies at the very first renewal as if credit information was never considered will have the unintended result of forcing good insurance risks...
New rules for residential contractors in Ark.
Sep 3 2007 // All must show proof of workers’ comp insurance Residential contractors in Arkansas who own their own businesses may opt out of workers’ compensation coverage for themselves, but must purchase it for their...
New rules for residential contractors in Ark.
Sep 3 2007 // Residential contractors in Arkansas who own their own businesses may opt out of workers’ compensation coverage for themselves, but must purchase it for their business, according to a bulletin recently issued by state...
Ark. Lawmakers Call for Increased Children’s Insurance Funding
Aug 29 2007 // Ark. Gov. Mike Beebe and members of Arkansas’ congressional delegation called for increased funding of a federal health insurance program this week, and said a potential veto by President Bush could hurt the...
Alaska Court Decision Could Open Door to Millions of Disability Claims, Nonprofit Says
Aug 23 2007 // The Alaska Supreme Court has decided a case that could open the door to disability claims from millions of wireless industry or maintenance workers who experience occupational exposures to operating antenna arrays,...
Insurers Say Alaska Court Decision Could Lead to Uneven Rates
Aug 22 2007 // A ruling by the Alaska State Supreme Court requiring insurers to re-rate all policies at the very first renewal as if credit information was never considered will have the unintended result of forcing good insurance risks...
Former Ark. Insurance Agent Sentenced in Theft Case
Aug 21 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced former insurance agent John Phillip Middleton, a Van Buren resident with an office in Fort Smith, has been sentenced by Judge James Cox, Sebastian County...
Alaska Hospital Loses Laptop with Cancer Patient Information
Aug 14 2007 // For the past two months, Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage has been unable to locate a laptop containing confidential information for up to 250 cancer patients. The records include those of patients seen...
Notification may be required after Ark. burglaries
Aug 6 2007 // Following a series of burglaries at insurance agencies in Arkansas, Insurance Commis-sioner Julie Benafield Bowman issued a reminder to all insurance companies of the notification requirements in the event of security...
My New Markets
Aug 6 2007 // Phone Indications on EPLI Nuts & Bolts: International Excess Agency Inc. is offering phone indications on employment practices liability. The company suggests that interested parties provide the number of employees,...
Ark. Workers’ Comp Proposed Rule, Form Changes Available for Comment
Aug 2 2007 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission has posted proposed changes to existing rules and forms and a proposed new rule and accompanying form on its Web site at...
Case Dismissed Against Ex-Firefighter Accused of Arson in Ark.
Aug 1 2007 // Prosecutors have dismissed a case against a former Missouri firefighter accused of intentionally starting fires in Benton County, Ark. Deputy Prosecutor Drew Ledbetter said there wasn’t sufficient evidence to proceed...
Ark. Traffic Deaths Rise as Nationwide Average Drops in 2006
Jul 31 2007 // Deaths from traffic crashes in Arkansas slightly increased last year, as the nationwide average dropped, new federal statistics show. The National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration recorded 665 fatal crashes in...
Ark. Agents Honor Progressive’s Claims Department
Jul 31 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) of Arkansas named Progressive’s Arkansas claims unit as the 2007 “Claims Department of the Year” following a vote by the more than 250 independent insurance agency...
