Latest Arkansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pre-Licensing CE Requirements Changed in Ark.
May 31 2005 // The Arkansas Insurance Department announced that a portion of the Arkansas Insurance Code addressing education hours for applicants for Arkansas licenses to be an insurance agent, broker or producer has been amended....
Ark. Commissioner: Healthier People, Insurance Competition Can Reduce Rates
May 20 2005 // Arkansas has a healthy market for auto and homeowners policies, but not for health insurance, the state’s new insurance commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman said. According to the Associated Press, Bowman said she...
Ark. Secretary of State Issues Franchise Tax Reminder
Apr 21 2005 // Arkansas Secretary of State Charlie Daniels reminded businesses, including insurance organizations, that they should be aware that the filing deadline for franchise taxes is one month earlier this year with monies due to...
AIA Pleased as 2005 Ark. Legislative Session Ends
Apr 21 2005 // The Arkansas General Assembly has completed its business for 2005, but will return for a formal and mostly ceremonial sine die adjournment on May 13, the American Insurance Association (AIA) reported. “AIA had two...
People & Places
Apr 18 2005 // Debra Richardson The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies named Debra Richardson as regional vice president of The Hanover Insurance Company’s Texas region. In this capacity, Richardson will be responsible for...
Ark. DOI Issues Reminder on Producer Appointments
Apr 12 2005 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman recently issued the following notice to insurance companies regarding their agent/agency appointments in Arkansas. Every insurer (company) that appoints a producer in...
Soybean Rust Threatens Nine States, Farmers Rethinking Coverage Choices
Mar 7 2005 // A warning to prepare for the worst and hope for the best has been issued by researchers who discovered late last year that when Hurricane Ivan tore across the southeastern U.S. it brought with it wind-borne soybean rust...
‘Any Willing Provider’ Bill Passes Ark. House
Feb 24 2005 // Following emotional speeches about a lack of treatment options offered by managed health plans, the Arkansas House of Representatives voted to resurrect the state’s “any willing provider” law and open the...
NEW LIFE FOR ANY WILLING PROVIDER LAW
Feb 21 2005 // The Arkansas Senate approved legislation that would revive Arkansas’ Any Willing Provider law, adopted a decade ago to allow Arkansans covered by managed-care health insurance plans to see the doctor of their...
People & Places
Feb 21 2005 // Rodolfo Revuelta Rodolfo Revuelta was elected senior vice president and chief investment officer of New Orleans-based Pan-American Life Insurance Company. In addition, Luis Inglés Jr., senior vice president for...
Arkansas Senate Updates Any Willing Provider Law
Feb 9 2005 // Without debate, the Arkansas Senate approved legislation Monday that would breathe new life into Arkansas’ Any Willing Provider law, adopted a decade ago to allow Arkansans covered by managed-care health insurance...
Baker Named Director of Self-Insurance at AWCC
Feb 7 2005 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that Mike Baker is the new director of the commission’s Self-Insurance Division (SID). He replaces Alan McClain, who is now the AWCC chief executive...
People & Places
Jan 24 2005 // Alan McClain Alan McClain of Little Rock was appointed chief executive officer of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission. McClain was named to the post after former CEO Julie Benafield Bowman accepted...
ARK. WARNS OF POSSIBLE FRAUD:
Jan 3 2005 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens recently issued a warning about potentially fraudulent insurance activity from a company called Nations Hazard Insurance and an individual using the names Michael Napadow and...
Insurance Practices Under Scrutiny in Arkansas Investigation
Dec 20 2004 // The Arkansas Insurance Department has begun an investigation into the practices of Arkansas insurance brokers and companies in light of the recent bid-rigging allegations against one of the nation’s top brokers. The...
Arkansas: New Year to Bring a New Insurance Chief
Dec 20 2004 // The big news for the old year is that Arkansas will kick off the New Year with a new insurance commissioner. Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Dec. 7, 2004, named Julie Benafield Bowman of Little Rock as insurance department...
Report Says Ark. Has Fewer Children Without Health Insurance; Lower than National Average
Dec 13 2004 // A new report says the share of Arkansas children not covered by health insurance declined from 19.4 percent in 1996 to 11 percent in 2002—lower than the national average of 12 percent. Rhonda Sanders, director of health...
Ark. Commissioner Warns of Alleged Fraudulent Activity by Unlicensed Company
Dec 8 2004 // Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens recently issued a warning for consumers to be on alert for potentially fraudulent insurance activity from a company called Nations Hazard Insurance and an individual using...
Bowman Named Ark. Insurance Commissioner
Dec 8 2004 // Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has named Julie Benafield Bowman of Little Rock as the state insurance commissioner. The governor made the announcement during a Tuesday morning news conference at the state Capitol. Bowman will...
Ark. Issues ‘Reminder’ on Producer Compensation
Nov 29 2004 // The Arkansas Insurance Department announced it has begun a general investigation of the insurance practices of Arkansas insurance brokers and insurance companies. In light of the recent “bid-rigging”...
