Latest Alaska Headlines
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Legislator Would ban Cell Phone use by Drivers in Ark.
Dec 13 2006 // An Arkansas state senator wants the state to force drivers to hang up their cell phones while driving – or at least own a hands-free device that would allow them to do so. Sen. Kim Hendren filed two competing...
Study ranks states on workers’ comp premiums; Alaska highest
Dec 11 2006 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) has issued its biennial study on national workers’ compensation premiums, and noted that Alaska has the highest rates of all 50 states and the District...
Study ranks states on workers’ comp premiums; Alaska highest
Dec 10 2006 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) has issued its biennial study on national workers’ compensation premiums, and noted that Alaska has the highest rates of all 50 states and the District...
Ark. Agent Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Nov 27 2006 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman reported that Carolyn Dixon, the owner of Dixon Insurance in Pocahontas, entered a negotiated plea of guilty to two counts of Insurance Fraud (Class D felony) and one...
Ark. Workers’ Comp Commission Updating 2007 Kids’ Chance Application
Nov 21 2006 // Kids’ Chance of Arkansas Inc. is revising the 2007 application for its annual scholarships, the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission reported. The application will be available online by mid-January. These...
Fine Appointed as Ark. Workers’ Comp Commission Judge
Nov 20 2006 // O. Milton Fine II, a longtime attorney on Gov. Mike Huckabee’s staff, is the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission’s newest Administrative Law Judge, the AWCC reported. The AWCC is administrator of...
Alaska, Idaho could face new insurance regulators
Nov 20 2006 // The insurance commissioner posts in Alaska and Idaho are likely to change, following November’s mid-term elections. In Idaho, U.S. Rep Butch Otter, R, defeated opponent, newspaper publisher Jerry Brady, in the race...
10 Alaska, Idaho could face new insurance regulators
Nov 19 2006 // New governors likely means new appointees 10 Colorado election could affect key insurance issues “Ethics in government” amendment could have “chilling impact” 11 Oregon insurance division to sponsor...
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Nov 19 2006 // Alaska, Idaho could face new insurance regulators The insurance commissioner posts in Alaska and Idaho are likely to change, following November’s mid-term elections. In Idaho, U.S. Rep Butch Otter, R, defeated...
Jones Named Communications Director at Ark. Insurance Department
Nov 14 2006 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman has named Alice Jones as the Arkansas Insurance Department’s new communications director. Her primary responsibilities at the Department will be working with the...
Ark. Insurance Scam Ring Convicted
Nov 14 2006 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced that on Oct. 27, 2006, Curtis Moore of Jonesboro entered a negotiated plea of guilty to one count of Class B felony Theft of Property for his involvement in...
Ark. Gov. Blasts Okla. AG
Oct 13 2006 // Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson is playing politics by demonizing the poultry industry and setting unrealistic goals for reduced pollution levels in Oklahoma’s...
Alaska workers’ comp reforms helping to lower rates
Oct 9 2006 // Alaska Gov. Frank H. Murkowski has announced he is pleased that workers’ compensation system reforms proposed by the administration and enacted last year by the Legislature have led to a proposed 10.5 percent...
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Oct 9 2006 // Alaska workers’ comp reforms helping to lower rates Alaska Gov. Frank H. Murkowski has announced he is pleased that workers’ compensation system reforms proposed by the administration and enacted last year by...
Nearly 10,000 Empty FEMA Trailers in Ark. Freed up for Other Uses
Oct 2 2006 // Nearly 10,000 emergency housing trailers in Hope, Ark., that were intended to be sent to the Gulf Coast to help Hurricane Katrina victims have been freed up for other uses. The Federal Emergency Management Agency parked...
ATV Thefts on Rise in Ark. as Hunting Season Nears
Sep 27 2006 // Arkansas law enforcement officials are warning hunters to keep an eye on their all-terrain vehicles when they get out in the woods this fall. Although thieves nab four-wheelers all year, deer season is an especially big...
Ark. Jury Rules for Chicken Feed Company in Suit over Leukemia Cause
Sep 27 2006 // An Arkansas jury took only 21 minutes on Sept. 25 to rule in favor of a company that was sued for selling a chicken feed that plaintiffs alleged contributed to a Prairie Grove boy’s leukemia seven years ago. Ten of...
Alaska Workers’ Comp Reforms Lower Rates
Sep 22 2006 // Alaska Governor Frank H. Murkowski has announced hs is very pleased that workers’ compensation system reforms proposed by the administration and enacted last year by the Legislature have led to a proposed 10.5...
Officials Warn of Health Care Scam Targeting Ark. Veterans
Sep 21 2006 // The Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System is warning veterans of a scam in which a caller pretends to be from an insurance company to get credit card numbers and other personal information from veterans. Officials...
Ark. Commissioner Says Guidance Needed on Health Care Law
Sep 7 2006 // The Arkansas insurance commissioner this week told lawmakers she needs guidance on enforcing a state law to allow people covered by health maintenance plans to see the doctor of their choice. Insurance Commissioner Julie...
