Latest Arkansas Headlines
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Arkansas Sues Pharmacy Benefit Managers For Role in Opioid Crisis
Jul 15 2024 // Arkansas sued two pharmacy benefit managers that oversee coverage for insurers, employers and other large clients, accusing them of fueling the opioid crisis in the state. Attorney General Tim Griffin filed the lawsuit...
Arkansas Sues Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Alleged Role in Fueling Opioid Crisis
Jun 26 2024 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas on Monday sued two pharmacy benefit managers that oversee coverage for insurers, employers and other large clients, accusing them of fueling the opioid crisis in the state. Attorney...
First Arkansas Merges With Sunstar Insurance Group
Jun 12 2024 // Sunstar Insurance Group, LLC announced a merger with First Arkansas Insurance in Pine Bluff, elevating Sunstar’s statewide presence to now include 14 independent insurance locations and over 120 employees generating...
AM Best Downgrades Credit Ratings of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Arkansas
Jun 5 2024 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B (Fair) from B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bb” (Fair) from “bbb-” (Good) of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of...
Latest Texas Storms Bring Damaging Winds, Baseball-Sized Hail
May 30 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving one person dead and about 1 million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe...
Storms Leave 15 Dead, Hundreds Injured in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas
May 28 2024 // VALLEY VIEW, Texas (AP) — Powerful storms killed at least 15 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop...
Arkansas Steakhouse Cleared in Lawsuit Over Social-Distancing Brawl
May 24 2024 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A jury has ruled against a Black couple who sued a Little Rock steakhouse over a fight the couple had with white customers who weren’t wearing masks and stood too close during the COVID-19...
Arkansas Officials Mark Anniversary of Deadly Tornado
Apr 1 2024 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas and local officials hailed the response from emergency workers, community groups and individuals on Friday as they marked the one-year anniversary of tornadoes that tore through the...
Arkansas Private Railroad Fined $910K Over Hazardous Waste Violations
Mar 25 2024 // The EPA recently finalized a settlement with the Arkansas Midland Railroad Company over alleged hazardous waste violations at a private rail track in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The company illegally stored more than 750,000...
How to Renew Your Insurance License with a Criminal Background Part 1: Alabama through Georgia
Mar 19 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Insurance licenses can be hard to get and keep, even for those with the most pristine backgrounds. So, what’s an insurance producer to do if they find themselves...
Family Dollar to Pay $41M Over Rodent-Infested Distribution Center
Mar 18 2024 // Family Dollar agreed to pay $41.7 million for holding food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics under insanitary conditions at company’s West Memphis, Arkansas, distribution center. A criminal information unveiled...
Family Dollar to Pay $41M Fine Over Rodent-Infested Distribution Center
Feb 27 2024 // Family Dollar agreed this week to pay $41.7 million for holding food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics under insanitary conditions at company’s West Memphis, Arkansas, distribution center. A criminal information...
Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame Opens Nominations for Class of 2024
Feb 2 2024 // The Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame (AIHF) has opened nominations for its Class of 2024 inductees. Nominations opened February 1 and will remain open through April 15, 2024. Nominations may be submitted online at...
Top South Central Insurance Journal Stories of 2023
Dec 29 2023 // Efforts to curb Louisiana’s property insurance crisis made for some of the most-read Insurance Journal South Central stories of 2023. Readers also delved into Texas court rulings, a profile of Fort-Worth based...
Lawsuit Claims Victims of Sexual Abuse and Rape at Shuttered Arkansas Facility
Dec 4 2023 // Eight former residents of a youth treatment center that was run by an Arkansas man whose bribery conviction was commuted by former President Donald Trump have filed a lawsuit claiming they were victims of “systematic...
Lawsuit Claims Victims of Sexual Abuse and Rape at Shuttered Arkansas Facility
Nov 9 2023 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Eight former residents of a youth treatment center that was run by an Arkansas man whose bribery conviction was commuted by former President Donald Trump have filed a lawsuit claiming they were...
2 Died in Pileup on Smoke-Filled Arkansas Highway
Oct 5 2023 // Smoke from a burning field apparently caused a crash involving over a dozen vehicles, killing at least two people and closing Highway 67 in both directions, Arkansas State Police said. Troopers at the site of the pileup...
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Oct 2 2023 // National Charles Symington Charles Symington is the new president and chief executive of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big I), effective Sept. 1. In September 2022, Symington was promoted...
Arkansas’ United Home Placed In Receivership
Oct 2 2023 // Arkansas’ United Home Insurance was placed in receivership by the Pulaski County Circuit Court on September 6. Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain was appointed receiver. United Home consented to the...
EEOC Files Lawsuit Against Walmart for Alleged Discrimination of Disabled Employees
Sep 15 2023 // Walmart, Inc. and Walmart Stores Arkansas, LLC, a multinational retailer, violated federal law when it subjected a nationwide class of employees with disabilities to unlawful testing, the U.S. Equal Employment...
