Latest Arkansas Headlines
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New Requirements Drive Need for Surety Bonds in Texas and Arkansas
Dec 14 2009 // At least four new surety bonds have hit the market in Texas and Arkansas in the last six months, part of a wave of new bonding requirements nationwide. Brokers in both states are working to stay on top of the new mandates....
Requirements Drive Need for Surety Bonds
Dec 6 2009 // At least four new surety bonds have hit the market in Texas and Arkansas in the last six months, part of a wave of new bonding requirements nationwide. “This past year has seemed to be especially active statutorily...
New Requirements Drive Need for Surety Bonds
Dec 6 2009 // At least four new surety bonds have hit the market in Texas and Arkansas in the last six months, part of a wave of new bonding requirements nationwide. “This past year has seemed to be especially active statutorily...
It Figures
Nov 15 2009 // $1 Billion The Army Corps of Engineers is launching a $1 billion project to protect the suburban West Bank of New Orleans from devastating floods. Some critics say the project may have the potential dangerous consequence...
8th Circuit Affirms Arkansas Court Ruling Against Drug Companies
Nov 15 2009 // The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has upheld Arkansas district court decisions in a products liability case against pharmaceutical companies that are the makers of hormone therapy drugs that, combined, have...
Arkansas Governor Declares 46 Counties Disaster Areas
Nov 9 2009 // Gov. Mike Beebe has named 46 more Arkansas counties as disaster areas following severe storms caused tornadoes and flooding last month. Beebe took the action Saturday. It is separate from previous declarations for earlier...
8th Circuit Affirms Arkansas Court Ruling in Products Liability Case
Nov 5 2009 // The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has upheld Arkansas district court decisions in a products liability case against pharmaceutical companies that are the makers of hormone therapy drugs that, combined, have...
Ban on Texting While Driving in Arkansas Starts Oct. 1
Sep 29 2009 // A law that goes into effect Oct. 1 will prohibit Arkansas drivers from texting or sending e-mail from their handheld devices while driving. The Legislature passed the ban during the last session, calling it...
Closely-Watched Oklahoma Pollution Suit Against Big Poultry Goes to Trial
Sep 23 2009 // David Overbey is no scientist, but he says a person doesn’t have to be to see how much the Illinois River has improved in recent years. Overbey, a 67-year-old retired laborer who spends his days fishing the river in...
It Figures
Sep 21 2009 // 1 Million From 1996 to 2008, Oklahoma averaged about 1 million cloud-to-ground lightning strikes each year, and according to the National Weather Service the lightning strike total in the state is on the increase for 2009....
Homeowner’s Insurance Rates to Rise 10% In Arkansas
Sep 14 2009 // Homeowner insurance premiums in Arkansas are expected to rise this year by an average of 10 percent as the industry works to rebound from 2008’s dual blows of foul weather and nasty financial markets. The Arkansas...
Arkansas Among States Said to Be Lax on Motor Carrier Safety
Sep 7 2009 // A new analysis of government data reveals that more than 28,000 motor carrier companies that operate 200,000 trucks have violated federal safety regulations. The trial bar association, the American Association for Justice...
Burke Joins Arkansas’ Stephens Insurance
Sep 4 2009 // Patrick J. Burke has been appointed as a senior vice president with Stephens Insurance LLC, based in Little Rock, Ark. Burke has spent the last 30 years advising select utilities and utilities mutual insurance companies....
Missouri Sues Arkansas Insurer
Aug 31 2009 // Missouri insurance regulators have gone to court to stop an Arkansas-based life insurance company from illegally changing the terms of its cancer insurance policies, the Missouri Department of Insurance announced. The DOI...
Arkansas Panel Rules Jailers Can Be Sued as Individuals
Aug 24 2009 // A federal appeals panel on Aug. 20 upheld a ruling that jailers in Garland County, Ark., can be sued personally for allegedly ignoring a suspected intoxicated driver who didn’t move for hours in his cell and suffered...
Labor Dept.: Gerber Settles Hiring Case at Arkansas Plant
Aug 20 2009 // Gerber Products Co. in Fort Smith, Ark., will pay $900,000 to settle accusations of hiring practices that discriminated against women and minority-group applicants, the U.S. Department of Labor said. The agreement covers...
Arkansas: Employers Can’t Make Direct Payment for Work Comp Bills
Aug 18 2009 // The Arkansas Insurance Department has issued a reminder that employers should not make direct payments for employees’ medical bills that were incurred on small workers’ compensation claims. The department says...
Louisiana Retailers Mutual Converts to Holding Company System
Aug 11 2009 // Louisiana Retailers Mutual Insurance Company, a workers’ compensation insurer, has received regulatory approvals from the Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi departments of insurance to convert to a mutual insurance...
Arkansas Details Obligations for P/C Insurance Providers
Aug 6 2009 // The Arkansas Insurance Department has posted directives on its Web site that detail compliance requirements for property casualty insurance providers in that state. The insurance department noted that while Arkansas state...
Federal Judge: Oklahoma Can’t Seek Damages in Poultry Lawsuit
Jul 24 2009 // Oklahoma can’t pursue monetary damages in its environmental lawsuit against a dozen Arkansas poultry companies because it didn’t name the Cherokee Nation as a plaintiff, a federal judge ruled in a major blow to...
