Latest Arkansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurers Can’t Mandate Use of Designated Auto Repair Shop, Arkansas Commissioner Says
Jun 21 2021 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain has reminded insured Arkansans seeking automobile repairs that insurance companies cannot require automobile repairs be done at a specific repair shop. “If an insurer...
2 Arkansas Docs Sentenced to Federal Prison for Prescription Fraud
Jun 8 2021 // Two Arkansas physicians were sentenced in late May to a combined 150 months in federal prison for distributing pain medicines without a prescription. Cecil. W. Gaby, 71, of Fort Smith, and Robin Ann Cox, 64, of Rogers,...
Arkansas Commissioner: Insurers Can’t Mandate Use of Designated Auto Repair Shop
Jun 4 2021 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain is reminding insured Arkansans seeking automobile repairs that insurance companies cannot require automobile repairs be done at a specific repair shop. “If an insurer...
Arkansas Insurer to Settle Retaliation Discrimination Suit for $90K
May 13 2021 // A life insurance company based in Little Rock, Arkansas, will pay $90,000 to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit, federal officials say. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), USAble...
Arkansas Takes Control of Pharmacy Benefits Insurer
Mar 31 2021 // An Arkansas-based pharmacy benefits insurer has been placed into rehabilitation, the Arkansas Insurance Department reported. Indy Health Insurance Company Inc. (IHIC) is an Arkansas domiciled company that provides Medicare...
Arkansas Governor Vetoes Bill to Refund Businesses’ Coronavirus Fines
Mar 24 2021 // Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has vetoed legislation requiring the state to refund fines imposed on businesses violating coronavirus safety rules, as the state’s virus cases and hospitalizations continued to drop. The...
Arkansas AG: Scammers Targeting Professional License Holders
Mar 19 2021 // State licensing boards and professional licenses holders need to be aware that scam callers are targeting Arkansans who hold a professional license, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said in a statewide alert. Scam callers...
Arkansas AG Sues Walgreens over Opioid Crisis
Mar 17 2021 // Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on March 15 sued Walgreens, accusing the pharmacy chain of fueling the opioid crisis in the state by filling a large number of suspicious orders for painkillers. Rutledge filed the...
Relation Insurance Services Enters Arkansas with Agency Asset Acquisition
Mar 12 2021 // Relation Insurance Services Inc. (Relation), based in Walnut Creek, Calif., has acquired the assets of The McKinney Group, dba McGhee Insurance Northwest Arkansas (McGhee), in Rogers, Arkansas. The acquisition represents...
World Insurance Associates Acquires Arkansas’ Corporate Risk Services
Mar 1 2021 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Corporate Risk Services LLC and Midwest Risk Management Services Inc. (collectively Corporate Risk Services) of Rogers, Arkansas. Terms of the transaction were not...
Arkansas Judge Dismisses Bars’ Virus Curfew Challenge
Jan 27 2021 // An Arkansas judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the early closing time for bars and some restaurants that was temporarily imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit argued Gov. Asa Hutchinson and state...
Arkansas’ Tyson Foods to Pay $221.5M to Settle Price-Fixing Claims
Jan 25 2021 // Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson Foods, the nation’s largest meat supplier, said it will pay more than $200 million to settle a class-action suit that alleged price-fixing among chicken producers, saying the...
FEMA: NW Arkansas Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps Ready to View
Jan 13 2021 // FEMA has made available for review Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for certain municipalities and unincorporated areas in northwest Arkansas. The maps cover Elm Springs, Elkins, Farmington, Fayetteville,...
8th Circuit: Late Notice Bars Coverage Under Arkansas District’s ‘Claims-Made’ Policy
Dec 30 2020 // Ace American Insurance Co. is not liable for the approximately $250,000 that an Arkansas school district paid to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit because the district did not notify the insurer about a complaint against...
Tornado in Arkansas on Sunday Injured 4 People, Destroyed Homes
Nov 17 2020 // A tornado in northeast Arkansas on Nov. 15 left four people injured and destroyed buildings and mobile homes, authorities said. The severe weather Sunday was near Romance, an unincorporated community about 23 miles (37...
3 Workers Injured in Riceland Rice Plant Blast in Arkansas
Oct 19 2020 // Three Riceland Rice employees were injured, none seriously, in an explosion at a Riceland plant in Stuttgart, Ark., according to company spokesperson Kevin McGilton. The employees suffered minor injuries that were not...
Arkansas Elementary School Teacher Dies From Coronavirus
Oct 5 2020 // An Arkansas teacher died from COVID-19, her husband said Friday, the second coronavirus death from the state’s public schools this week. Susanne Michael, 47, an elementary school teacher from Harrisburg, died...
G&G Independent Insurance Acquires Arkansas Insurance Advisors in Little Rock
Oct 1 2020 // G&G Independent Insurance (G&G) in Fayetteville, Ark., has acquired the Little Rock-based agency, Arkansas Insurance Advisors (AIA). The transaction became effective on Sept. 25, 2020. Founded in 2015, AIA is an...
USGS Reports 3.7 Mag Earthquake Struck Northeast Arkansas
Sep 1 2020 // An earthquake rated with a preliminary magnitude of 3.7 struck near Marked Tree in northeastern Arkansas, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck just after 9:30 p.m. Saturday near Marked Tree, about 120...
Update: Hurricane Laura Kills 6 in Louisiana, but Damage Is Less than Expected
Aug 28 2020 // Hurricane Laura tore through Louisiana on Thursday, killing six people and flattening buildings across a wide swatch of the state before moving into Arkansas with heavy rains. Laura’s powerful gusts uprooted trees...
