Latest Alaska Headlines
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Ark. commissioner: Regulators have dual role
Apr 23 2007 // Testifying before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on April 11, Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman, told lawmakers that insurance regulators have the dual...
Ark. Commissioner Speaks to Senate Committee on State of P/C Industry
Apr 12 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman testified before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on April 11 on the overall state of the property/casualty insurance market...
My New Markets
Apr 9 2007 // Commercial Auto Nuts & Bolts: Texas Specialty Risk Programs is offering coverage on commercial auto fleets, 1-20 power units. Lowest pricing available. Same day quotes if requested. No loss info required. Submission...
Ark. Company Develops New Test for Food-Borne Pathogens
Apr 5 2007 // The source of some outbreaks of illness could be found much more quickly if an Arkansas company’s new, fast method to test food for pathogens gains widespread use. The process developed by Little Rock-based Litmus...
Proposed Trauma Center Funding Fails in Ark. Legislative Committee
Apr 4 2007 // Another attempt to fund a statewide trauma center system in Arkansas by adding a tax to insurance policies failed to win the endorsement of a legislative conference committee April 2, effectively killing it. A proposal by...
Ark. House Rejects Bill to Ban Cell Phone Use by Teen Drivers
Apr 4 2007 // Teenagers will not have to pull over their cars to make calls on their cell phones after House members rejected a proposal on April 2 aimed at reducing distractions for Arkansas’ younger motorists. On a 34-45 vote,...
Ark. Man Claims He Was Fired For Not Attending Church
Apr 2 2007 // A Benton County, Ark., man has sued his former employer, claiming that he was fired for not attending a specific church as ordered by his boss. Clifford D. Randel filed the lawsuit in Benton County Circuit Court against...
Proposal for Ark. Trauma System Could Raise Taxes on Insurance Policies
Apr 2 2007 // Funding for a statewide trauma system in Arkansas could end up coming from an increase in taxes placed on insurance policies in the state, members of a joint House and Senate committee heard March 30. Senate President Jack...
Ark. Gov. Signs $575M Highway Bill, Other Measures into Law
Mar 29 2007 // Arkansans will be able to vote on a proposal to issue $575 million in bonds for highway improvements and authorities will be able to track purchases of a key ingredient in methamphetamine under measures signed into law...
Ark. House Rejects Driving Restrictions for Teen Drivers
Mar 28 2007 // New driving restrictions for younger teenagers – including a ban on late-night driving and limits on passengers – were overwhelmingly rejected March 26 by the Arkansas House of Representatives. “Leave...
Doctors in Ark. Stress ATV Safety after 3 Recent Deaths
Mar 28 2007 // Three recent deaths in all-terrain vehicle accidents in Arkansas, including a toddler and a teenager, are a reminder that ATV accidents are on the rise in the state, and doctors at Arkansas Children’s Hospital want...
R.I., Mass. safest while Wyo., Ark. deadliest states for truck crashes
Mar 26 2007 // Wyoming and Arkansas are the deadliest states for truck crashes, according to a safety group that has called for tougher federal regulation to reduce fatalities hovering above 100 a week nationwide for years. The safest...
My New Markets
Mar 26 2007 // Social Service Organizations Nuts & Bolts: Riverport Insurance Co. provides property, general liability, professional liability, automobile, crime, and excess liability coverages for social service and nonprofit...
New Markets
Mar 26 2007 // My New Markets Wedding Insurance Nuts & Bolts: Travelers launched Wedding Protector Plan, which covers with no deductible a variety of unfortunate occurrences associated with a wedding event. For example, coverage is...
Business Moves
Mar 26 2007 // Mercury General commemorates 10th anniversary at NYSE Mercury General Corp. rang The Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, March 9, 2007, to commemorate its 10th anniversary of being listed on the NYSE....
My New Markets
Mar 26 2007 // Community Banks Nuts & Bolts: Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. has added a new coverage to its American Bankers Association-sponsored Financial Institution Program. The new coverage, Privacy Liability and Mitigation...
My New Markets
Mar 26 2007 // Social Service Organizations Nuts & Bolts: Riverport Insurance Co. provides property, general liability, professional liability, automobile, crime, and excess liability coverages for social service and nonprofit...
My New Markets
Mar 26 2007 // Community Banks Nuts & Bolts: Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. has added a new coverage to its American Bankers Association-sponsored Financial Institution Program. The new coverage, Privacy Liability and Mitigation...
My New Markets
Mar 26 2007 // Wedding Insurance Nuts & Bolts: Travelers launched Wedding Protector Plan, which covers with no deductible a variety of unfortunate occurrences associated with a wedding event. For example, coverage is provided if a...
Ark. Insurance Commissioner, Staff to Hold NAIC Posts
Mar 20 2007 // The Arkansas Insurance Department reported that state Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman has been elected vice-chair of the Southeastern Zone of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). Her...
