Latest Alaska Headlines
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State Farm Resumes Writing New Policies in Ark.
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...
Alliance Argues Against Proposed Changes to Ark. Safety Rule
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...
NAII Urges Lawmakers to Improve Alaska Credit Info Bill
May 16 2003 // The Alaska Senate’s recent passage of legislation that would restrict insurers’ use of credit information came after lengthy negotiations among all interested parties, but still falls short of enabling insurers...
Ark. Regulator Tapped for Presidential Appointment
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...
Pickens Announces Credit Scoring Protections for Ark. Consumers
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...
Three Alaska Credit Bills Up for Vote This Week
Apr 23 2003 // Alaska legislators will consider three bills this week that would reportedly restrict or prohibit insurance companies’ use of credit information, potentially increasing the costs for auto and homeowners policies. The...
Heartland Marketing Group Expands to Okla. and Ark.
Mar 18 2003 // Heartland Marketing Group Inc. is adding multiple standard markets in the states of Oklahoma and Arkansas. According to the company, HMG started in Texas and now has over 650 agencies in seven states. Heartland’s...
Ark. Senate Okays Tort Reform Bill
Mar 17 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) reports the Arkansas Senate has amended and passed a House bill that would reform the state’s civil justice system. “We commend the Arkansas House and...
NAII Says Alaska Study on Use of Credit Scoring is Flawed
Mar 6 2003 // A study commissioned by the Alaska Insurance Division on the use of credit-based insurance scoring did not find a connection between insurance scores and income or ethnicity. Moreover, the report is riddled with...
Alaska Supreme Court to Decide UM/UIM Coverage Limits Case
Feb 27 2003 // The Supreme Court of Alaska will decide whether state law requires that personal auto insurance companies include price terms when offering optional uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage limits. The court will also...
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...
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...
Ark. ‘Young Agent of the Year’ Receives CRM Designation
Feb 4 2003 // Meadors and Adams, an independent insurance agency in Little Rock, Ark., announced that one of the firm’s agents, Robert Lee, has received the designation of Certified Risk Manager (CRM). Certified Risk Managers...
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...
Ark. Issues Privacy Regulations
Sep 23 2002 // The Arkansas Department of Insurance has issued a rule that establishes standards for developing and protecting customer information, Rule and Regulation 77-Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information. It was drafted...
Alaska Privacy Regulation Does Not Comply with State Law
Sep 20 2002 // A proposed state privacy regulation does not comply with the enabling legislation, and therefore the state Insurance Division does not have authority to adopt the rule, according to the National Association of Independent...
EIGHT INSURERS EXPOSED TO WESTERN FIRE RISKS
Sep 2 2002 // In seven Western fire-prone states, only eight large property and casualty insurers are exposed to 72.9 percent of the home insurance risk, according to a recent analysis by Weiss Ratings Inc. At year-end 2001, eight...
Eight Insurers Exposed to 73 Percent of Homeowners Risk in Western Fire-Prone States
Aug 15 2002 // In seven Western fire-prone states, only eight large property and casualty insurers are exposed to 72.9 percent of the home insurance risk, according to a recent analysis by Weiss Ratings, Inc. At year-end 2001, eight...
NAII Seeks Adjustments to Ark. Scoring Rules
Aug 7 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) is asking the Arkansas Department of Insurance (DOI) to remove several what its feels are burdensome and costly requirements from its recently released directive on...
