Latest Arkansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurer Group Says Amendments to Arkansas Bill Prevent Coverage Expansion
Mar 29 2011 // Amendments to insurance-related legislation in Arkansas will prevent unintended expansion of commercial liability insurance coverage in that state, according to an insurance company trade group. The American Insurance...
Arkansas Economy Less Affected by Recession
Mar 21 2011 // Arkansas’ economy has been less affected by the national recession than most other states because of its concentration on agricultural industries, according to a report released March 18. The report, issued by the...
Arkansas Updates Procedures for Insurance Producer Appointment Renewals
Mar 17 2011 // Arkansas insurance regulators have published updated procedures for insurers to use in renewing producer appointments for 2011. The Arkansas Insurance Department said by renewing a producer or agency appointment, insurance...
Arkansas Earthquakes Decline After Injection Well Closures
Mar 16 2011 // The number and strength of earthquakes in central Arkansas have noticeably dropped since the shutdown of two injection wells in the area, although a state researcher says it’s too early to draw any...
Arkansas Supreme Court: Pharmacy Not Liable for Prescription Drug Mix
Mar 7 2011 // The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that a pharmacist has no duty to warn a customer about a dangerous mix of prescription medicines or to inquire about physicians who prescribe them, in a case that...
Arkansas House Rejects Backseat Belt Bill
Feb 24 2011 // The Arkansas House has voted down a bill that would require rear seat passengers in vehicles to wear seat belts. The House voted 57-34 against the bill by Reps. Hank Wilkins, D-Pine Bluff. House members questioned the...
Arkansas High Court: Pharmacy Not Liable for Prescription Drug Mix
Feb 17 2011 // The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that a pharmacist has no duty to warn a customer about a dangerous mix of prescription medicines or to inquire about physicians who prescribe them, in a case that...
Arkansas Legislature Bans Cell Phones in School, Work Zones
Feb 17 2011 // The Arkansas Legislature has given final approval to a ban on drivers using hand-held cell phones in school and work zones. The House has approved the legislation on a 52-41 vote. The proposal would exempt the use of...
Frigid Air, Snow, Worry Ranchers in Oklahoma, Arkansas
Feb 11 2011 // An icy blast tugged temperatures well below zero degrees in a large swath of the South on Feb. 10 leaving ranchers and farmers fretting about their animals after a winter storm dropped 2 feet of snow on parts of Arkansas...
Arkansas Senate to Take Up Cell Phone While Driving Restrictions
Feb 3 2011 // The Senate is looking at banning drivers from using handheld cell phones in school and highway work zones, going a step further than a similar ban that passed the House this week. The Senate is considering a proposal by...
Arkansas Panel Votes Down Bill Attacking Federal Health Insurance Overhaul
Jan 27 2011 // A legislative committee in Arkansas has blocked an attempt to reject a key portion of the federal health care overhaul, while another group of lawmakers passed the first appropriation bill in the third week of the...
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Jan 10 2011 // Todd Teitell, executive vice president and branch leader of AmWINS Brokerage of Texas in Dallas, has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. Other elected TSLA officers for the coming year...
Arkansas Counties Declared Disaster Areas After Storms
Jan 4 2011 // Gov. Mike Beebe has declared two Arkansas counties affected by a tornado and severe storms as state disaster areas. Severe weather on Dec. 31 caused three deaths and eight injuries, along with damage to more than 30 homes...
Mistrial Ruled After Arkansas Doctor Accused of Malpractice Treats Juror
Dec 28 2010 // An Arkansas medical malpractice lawsuit ended in mistrial in federal court in Jonesboro when the doctor being sued treated an ill juror in the courtroom in front of other jurors. The Jonesboro Sun reported that the juror...
Collapsed Arkansas Silo Not Checked for Safety in 19 Years
Dec 20 2010 // Federal safety regulators had not conducted an inspection in nearly 20 years at a southwest Arkansas grain silo that collapsed and killed a Tyson Foods Inc. worker last week, according to documents from the Occupational...
Arkansas Doctor, Clinic Cleared in Malpractice Suit
Dec 17 2010 // A northwest Arkansas doctor and a women’s clinic have been cleared in a medical malpractice lawsuit. A Washington County District Court Jury found Dr. Robert Hix and Parkhill Clinic for Women were cleared in the 2005...
Crone to Direct Planning for Health Exchange in Arkansas
Dec 14 2010 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford announced that Cynthia Crone of Little Rock has been hired to assist the Arkansas Insurance Department in planning for the development of its Health Insurance Exchange. Crone,...
Arkansas Warns Agents, Insurers About Certificates of Insurance
Dec 13 2010 // The Arkansas Department of Insurance is reminding insurance agents and insurers to take care when providing Certificates of Insurance to policyholders. The department said there have been recent instances in which...
Arkansas Court Upholds Workers’ Comp for Smoke-Break Injury
Dec 13 2010 // The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled that an employee who was injured when she fell down and broke her arm during a cigarette break is entitled to workers’ compensation. The Court sided with Ronna Woods, who sought...
Arkansas Lawmakers Propose Banning Health Insurance Mandate
Dec 10 2010 // Legislation filed by a pair of Republican lawmakers in Arkansas proposes blocking a portion of the health care overhaul that requires people to buy health insurance. Rep.-elect David Meeks and Sen. Denny Altes propose...
