Latest Alaska Headlines
All the headlines from our Alaska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ark. Workers’ Comp Commission Updates Fee Schedule
Mar 9 2006 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission issued Advisory 2006-1, Update to Medical Fee Schedule, which announces a new conversion factor in the Medical Fee Schedule for anesthesia reimbursements. The conversion...
Alaska Workers Recover 56,000 Gallons; Content Likely ‘Mostly Oil’
Mar 9 2006 // Workers in Alaska have recovered more than 56,000 gallons, or 1,335 barrels, of crude oil and snowmelt after a leak was discovered on a transit line on Prudhoe Bay, officials said. It’s still not known how much total...
Ark. to Extend Insurance Program to Low-Income Workers
Mar 8 2006 // The Bush administration has approved an Arkansas program to offer insurance to thousand of low-income workers, a spokesman for Gov. Mike Huckabee said. Huckabee was scheduled to announce the plan, expected to affect 80,000...
Shooting not Covered by Auto Insurance Policy, Ark. Court Says
Mar 3 2006 // An auto insurance company does not have to defend a customer in St. Francis County who, while sitting in his pickup truck, shot another person through the wall of a house, the Arkansas Court of Appeals has ruled. Judges...
Ark. Agent Awarded More Than $2.5M in Aon Risk Services Case
Mar 3 2006 // A Pulaski County Circuit Court jury awarded a Little Rock, Ark., insurance agent more than $2.55 million dollars in alleged unpaid salary and commissions in a case involving Aon Risk Services of Arkansas Inc. and Aon Risk...
Beacon Appoints New Field Representative for Ark.
Feb 23 2006 // Beacon Insurance Group has named Jim Woods as the company’s new field marketing representative for the State of Arkansas. Woods brings over 23 years of operations and marketing experience to Beacon. Prior to joining...
Ark. AG Releases Identity Theft Stats for 2005
Feb 14 2006 // In recognition of 2006 National Consumer Protection Week, Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe recently provided new statistics from the Federal Trade Commission on fraud-and-identity-theft trends in Arkansas and the...
Ark. State Police Defend Damage to Seized Autos
Jan 24 2006 // A group of residents from Phillips County is having its lawsuit against the Arkansas State Police heard in federal court in Little Rock, where the agency is defending its dismantling of a number of vehicles because they...
Ark. Court: Insurers Don’t Have to Pay for Wreck
Jan 23 2006 // An insurance company doesn’t have to defend or pay the claims of a Pulaski County woman whose 15-year-old son wrecked the family car, the Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled. The court upheld a judge’s ruling that...
Ark. Workers’ Comp 2006 Education Conference to be Held in March
Jan 23 2006 // Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that its Annual Educational Conference, being held for the first time in conjunction with the Arkansas Self-Insurers Association’s 2006 Spring Fling, is...
Ark. Court: Insurers Don’t Have to Pay for Wreck
Jan 22 2006 // An insurance company doesn’t have to defend or pay the claims of a Pulaski County woman whose 15-year-old son wrecked the family car, the Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled. The court upheld a judge’s ruling that...
Ark. Issues Reminder of Responsibility to Protect Customer Information
Jan 18 2006 // The Arkansas Insurance Department issued Bulletin No. 1-2006 to remind insurers and other insurance professionals of their responsibility to protect their customers’ personal information. According to the department,...
Ark. Court Says Insurers Don’t Have to Pay for Teen’s Wreck
Jan 13 2006 // An insurance company doesn’t have to defend or pay the claims of a Pulaski County woman whose 15-year-old son wrecked the family car, the Arkansas Court of Appeals has ruled. The court upheld a judge’s ruling...
Police: Woman in Ark. Prison for Trying to Have Adjuster Killed Being Investigated Again
Jan 13 2006 // A woman sent to prison in Arkansas for 40 years for trying to hire a hit man to kill an insurance adjuster is under investigation again after authorities were told she was trying to hire another hit man from inside...
Wildfire Outbreak in Ark. Forces Evacuations, Destroys Homes
Jan 10 2006 // Arkansas had its first major wildfire outbreak of the season as at least 43 fires blazed statewide, with one 3,000-acre arson fire in Ashley County that destroyed eight structures and forced evacuations still burning as of...
Agent Wins Appeal of Fraud Conviction in Ark.
Jan 6 2006 // An insurance agent accused of defrauding the state when he didn’t mention he had a criminal history when applying for an Arkansas insurance license has won an appeal. The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Jan. 4...
Alaska Superior Court offers ruling on credit history in underwriting
Jan 2 2006 // An Alaska Superior Court recently ruled that credit history can be used in insurance underwriting. That is a major victory for consumers, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
Alaska Superior Court offers ruling on credit history in underwriting
Jan 1 2006 // An Alaska Superior Court recently ruled that credit history can be used in insurance underwriting. That is a major victory for consumers, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
Alaska Superior Court Offers Ruling on Credit History in Underwriting
Dec 19 2005 // An Alaska Superior Court recently ruled that credit history can be used in insurance underwriting. That is a major victory for consumers, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
News Briefs
Dec 18 2005 // Alaska President Declares Alaska Major Disaster Following Fall Weather The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has reported that President George W. Bush has...
