Latest Arkansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arkansas Insurance Department Adds Nicholas, Morris
Apr 26 2010 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford has named Lowell Nicholas, D.D.S., as special projects director for the Arkansas Insurance Department and John F. Morris as deputy commissioner/general counsel. Dr. Nicholas...
Arkansas, Oklahoma Record Minor Earthquakes
Apr 12 2010 // The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded another earthquake in central Oklahoma, and an additional one in central Arkansas as well. A 3.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 7:42 a.m. April 8 about two miles southwest of...
Oklahoma Raises $65M Selling Data; Customers Include Insurance Cos.
Apr 6 2010 // The state of Oklahoma has collected at least $65 million in the past five years by selling personal information from motor vehicle records, according to newspaper reports. Wellon Poe, the chief legal counsel for the...
Business Moves
Apr 5 2010 // IMA Financial Insurance and risk management services company, IMA Financial Group Inc., has established a contract management practice at its retail insurance brokerage subsidiary, IMA of Texas. The contractual risk...
Arkansas Suspends Lincoln General Insurance Company
Apr 1 2010 // Arkansas regulators have suspended the Certificate of Authority of Lincoln General Insurance Company, domiciled in Pennsylvania, due to the company’s “financially hazardous condition.” In a March 24...
Arkansas Regulators Suspend Agent License of Standridge for Dishonest Practices
Mar 22 2010 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford has suspended the resident producer license of Steve Standridge, founder of Steve Standridge Insurance Inc. based in Mount Ida, Ark., for allegations that he falsified...
Arkansas Suspends License of 2 New York-based Insurers
Mar 12 2010 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford on March 11 suspended the certificates of authority to conduct insurance business of two New York domiciled property and casualty insurance companies: Centennial Insurance...
Powerful Tornadoes in Arkansas Damage Homes; Injuries Reported
Mar 11 2010 // Three powerful tornadoes touched down in Arkansas on March 10, damaging homes and injuring at least four people, Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has reported. According to National Weather Service, the first of the three...
Ark. Regulators Suspend Agent License of Standridge for Dishonest Practices
Mar 10 2010 // Arkansas’ Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford has immediately suspended the resident producer license of Steve Standridge, founder of the Steve Standridge Insurance Inc. based in Mount Ida, Ark., for allegations that...
Declarations
Mar 7 2010 // No Truth to the Matter “This statement could not be further from the truth.” —Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford took issue with a company identifying itself as a nationwide provider of innovative...
Insurance Agents Name ‘Blue Dog’ U.S. Rep. Ross of Arkansas Top Legislator
Mar 4 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) has recognized Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.), a former independent insurance agent, as its Legislator of the Year for 2009. The award was...
Arkansas: Company Marketing Fraudulent Insurance Products Must Stop
Feb 24 2010 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford has suspended the non-resident business entity producer’s license of Cinergy Health Inc. pending the outcome of an administrative hearing scheduled for March 11, 2010, at...
Missouri Governor: State Must Be Ready for Big Quake
Feb 22 2010 // Most experts believe it’s just a matter of time before another big earthquake strikes along the New Madrid fault line, and Gov. Jay Nixon says Missouri and neighboring states need to be ready. Nixon on Feb. 19...
Iroquois Group Expands into Arkansas
Feb 16 2010 // The Iroquois Group, an insurance agency network organization, announced it is expanding into Arkansas. Iroquois said with the addition of Arkansas it is now doing business in 37 states and representing more than 1,800...
Lawsuit Claims Arkansas DMV Database Used for Marketing
Jan 22 2010 // A federal lawsuit filed in the Texarkana Division of the Western District of Arkansas claims the Arkansas Department of Motor Vehicle database has been illegally used for marketing and it could affect anyone who has had an...
Arkansas Senator: Business Tax Hike May Be Needed for Unemployment
Jan 21 2010 // A lawmaker said he may propose increasing taxes on businesses to help Arkansas pay off about $220 million it owes the federal government for unemployment insurance benefits. Sen. Larry Teague of Nashville said he’s...
Feds Say Arkansas Pastor’s Abuse Victims Entitled to $2.7M Each
Jan 14 2010 // A government witness said Jan. 13 that the five young woman who testified last year that evangelist Tony Alamo took them as a “wife” and sexually abused them as minors should receive $2.7 million each for...
Wet, Cool Year in Arkansas; Fewer Tornadoes Than ’08
Jan 5 2010 // First there was the ice that blanketed the northern third of Arkansas. Then the tornado that ripped through Mena. Next came rain – record-breaking amounts of it in 15 Arkansas cities and areas. Long, soaking rains...
Arkansas Reports Insurance Scam Targeting Consumers in That State
Dec 17 2009 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford has cautioned that a scam operation that has sold fraudulent health insurance in Oklahoma and Connecticut is now targeting Arkansans. A company called American Trade Association...
Economists Estimate $309M Arkansas Crop Losses
Dec 15 2009 // Rains late in the growing season that inundated some cropland and pummeled rice and cotton plants caused an estimated $309 million in losses, according to economists at the University of Arkansas Division of...
