Latest Arkansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
On Radio Show, Ark. Gov. Takes Questions on New Health Plan
Mar 10 2006 // Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says businesses won’t be forced to participate in a program using federal Medicaid dollars to provide health insurance to employees, but if they do, they’ll have to cover all...
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...
Brown & Brown of Arkansas Acquires Bill Setser Insurance of Springdale
Feb 16 2006 // Joseph “Joe” Guercio, executive vice president of Brown & Brown of Arkansas Inc.’s Little Rock, Arkansas operation, and Bill Setser, president of Bill Setser Insurance Inc. of Springdale, Arkansas,...
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...
Business Moves
Feb 5 2006 // The Austin, Texas-based National Alliance Research Academy has developed a long-term advisory task force on insurance producer leadership. The Producer Leadership Council, a group of six insurance industry leaders, meets...
Cincinnati Financial Corp. Ends 40-Year Relationship with Alltel Corp.
Jan 31 2006 // Insurance giant Cincinnati Financial Corp. ended its 40-year relationship with Alltel Corp. last week, dumping more than 13.1 million shares in the Arkansas company due to its recent decision to split its wireless and...
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...
‘Any Willing Provider’ Law Expected to Shake up Little Rock Health Care
Jan 18 2006 // HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of managed care industry intelligence, finds that the recent enforcement of Arkansas’ “any willing provider” law will shake up Little Rock’s highly...
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,...
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...
WATER DAMAGED VEHICLES MUST BE ID’D
Dec 5 2005 // In the wake of the catastrophic pro-perty damage occurring during the 2005 and 2004 hurricane seasons, the Arkansas Insurance Depart-ment believes owners may be selling cars and other vehicles without disclosing the fact...
Ark. Amends Rule on Effect of Non-Licensed Agent/Brokers
Nov 29 2005 // The Arkansas Insurance Department announced it has amended its previously issued bulletin of 9-2004 regarding the effect of non-licensure of agent/brokers on insurance contracts in Arkansas to correct code citations under...
Ark. Says Water Damaged Vehicles Must be ID’d
Nov 18 2005 // In the wake of the catastrophic property damage occurring during the 2005 and 2004 hurricane seasons, the Arkansas Insurance Department has received information indicating that owners may be selling cars and other vehicles...
Ark. Reminds Insurers of Rural Risk Underwriting Assessment
Nov 16 2005 // The Arkansas Insurance Department issued a reminder that the annual Rural Risk Underwriting Assessment of $200 is due to the department by Dec. 31. Under state law, the insurance commissioner may assess insurers for the...
Arkansas Workers’ Comp Commission Announces ’06 Conference Plans
Nov 10 2005 // The AWCC announced plans for two important conferences for 2006, one in Little Rock and the other in Hot Springs. The AWCC reported with Arkansas Self-Insurers Association (ASIA) that, instead of the ASIA Spring Fling and...
News Briefs
Nov 6 2005 // Arkansas 2006 Comp Rates Released The Arkansas Workers’ Compens-ation Commission released its revised Advisory 2000-1, which describes the maximum and minimum rates to be paid to employees who suffer job-related...
Ark. AG Sues Company Selling Deceptive Prescription Drug Cards
Nov 4 2005 // Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe filed suit against Peoples Benefit Services Inc., a company that claims to offer discounts on prescription drugs, the AG’s office announced. Based in Pennsylvania, Peoples Benefit...
Natural Disasters Are Just Part of Commissioners’ Concerns
Oct 17 2005 // In addition to natural disasters, health care coverage, federal oversight, uniformity and fraud were among issues of concern to the insurance commissioners of three states who comprised the Commis-sioners’ Panel at...
News Briefs
Oct 17 2005 // Arkansas Employment up in Ark. A recent report from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. showed that employment in Ar-kansas is at a high point-1.1734million-but warned that hurricane refugees could strain state...
