Latest Alaska Headlines
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Ark. Senate Passes Teen Driving Rules; Highway Bond Measure
Mar 16 2007 // Teenage drivers in Arkansas would have more restrictions on their driving privileges under Senate Bill 196, which recently passed the state Senate. According to the Senate announcement, teens with a learner’s permit...
Alaska Timber Insurance Exchange To Return $1.8 Million
Mar 15 2007 // The Board of Governors of the Alaska Timber Insurance Exchange, a policyholder owned workers’ compensation insurance company, announced that a $1.8 million dividend will be paid to its members on March 13, 2007. The...
R.I., Mass. Safest While Wyo., Ark. Deadliest States for Truck Crashes
Mar 15 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 12 2007 // Wedding Insurance Nuts & Bolts: Travelers recently announced the launch of the Wedding Protector Plan, an insurance policy covering weddings. The Wedding Protector Plan provides coverage, with no deductible, for a...
Ark. Work Comp Commission Adds Communications Liaison
Mar 7 2007 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation announced an expansion of assistance to the public through its Support Services Division with the addition of Communications Liaison Deana Graves. Alan McClain, AWCC Chief Executive...
Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Insurer in Ark. Financier’s Death
Mar 1 2007 // A federal appeals court rejected an insurance company’s claim that it shouldn’t have to pay accidental-death benefits for the 2002 death of a Little Rock financier at the center of a Securities Department...
Suspected Ark. insurance fraud ringleader turns self in
Feb 26 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced that suspected insurance fraud ringleader, Frederick Watson, turned himself in to Little Rock Police on Feb. 13, 2007. Watson is alleged to have masterminded...
Suspected Ark. insurance fraud ringleader turns self in
Feb 25 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced that suspected insurance fraud ringleader, Frederick Watson, turned himself in to Little Rock Police on Feb. 13, 2007. Watson is alleged to have masterminded...
Ark. Commissioner Commends Cabot School Fire Settlement
Feb 20 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman commended the Cabot School District and Great American Insurance Company in reaching a final settlement of the School District’s claim for losses to the Cabot...
Suspected Ark. Insurance Fraud Ringleader Turns Himself In
Feb 15 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced suspected insurance fraud ringleader, Frederick Watson, turned himself in to Little Rock Police on Feb. 13, 2007. Watson is alleged to have masterminded a...
Motorcycle Helmet Bill Fails in Ark. Senate Committee
Feb 14 2007 // Helmetless motorcyclists need not fear arrest in Arkansas unless the sponsor of a measure to require helmets decides he can muster the votes in the state Senate to remove his proposal from a committee that declined to...
Ark. Court of Appeals Sides with Truck Driver in Workers’ Comp Case
Feb 9 2007 // A delivery truck driver injured on his route is entitled to disability benefits, the Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled on Feb. 6, 2007, overturning a state workers’ compensation commission decision. An opinion written...
Another Suit Filed Against Bayer by Ark. Farmers
Feb 7 2007 // The company that developed a genetically altered strain of rice intended to resist a herbicide has been sued again by Arkansas rice farmers claiming negligence and seeking compensation. The genetically altered rice was...
Ark. Firm Recalling More than 4,000 Pounds of Beef
Jan 31 2007 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that a Batesville, Ark., firm is voluntarily recalling more than 4,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with the E. coli bacteria. The Natural State...
Ark. Gov. Names New Judge for Workers’ Comp Commission
Jan 30 2007 // Ark. Gov. Mike Beebe has appointed Chandra Hicks as the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission’s newest Administrative Law Judge, the AWCC reported. The AWCC administrates the state’s workers’...
Producer appointments available online in Ark.
Jan 29 2007 // LEO, an online producer/agency appointment feature offered by service provider Aithenti, has been launched in Arkansas, the state insurance department announced. This new online service will allow for direct appointments...
Injured Ark. trucker wins court order for rehearing
Jan 29 2007 // The Arkansas Court of Appeals says the state Work-ers’ Compensation Commission did such a poor job of considering an injured trucker’s claim that it was “impossible” for the court to properly review...
Producer appointments available online in Ark.
Jan 28 2007 // LEO, an online producer/agency appointment feature offered by service provider Aithenti, has been launched in Arkansas, the state insurance department announced. This new online service will allow for direct appointments...
10 Injured Ark. trucker wins court order for rehearing
Jan 28 2007 // Judge criticizes state Workers’ Compensation Commission 10 Accused of insurance fraud, La. police officer resigns Change in accident report at issue 10 La. Citizens gets nod to raise rates Statewide average...
Ark. Commissioner Elected Officer at NAIC
Jan 26 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman has been elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Southeastern Zone of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), her office announced. Becoming an officer...
