Latest Arkansas Headlines
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Arkansas Orders Florida Health Plan to Stop Selling in State
Apr 4 2016 // Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr issued a cease and desist order against Tampa, Fla.-based Health Plan Intermediaries Holdings LLC, dba Health Insurance Innovations (HII), alleging the company is using fraudulent and...
Homes Damaged, Destroyed by Severe Storms in Arkansas
Apr 4 2016 // Three homes were damaged and another was destroyed in northwest Arkansas when severe weather swept through the area late on March 23. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says damage was reported in Evansville,...
$2.6M Fine Against Exxon over Arkansas Oil Spill Upheld
Apr 3 2016 // The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has upheld its $2.6 million fine against Exxon Mobile Pipeline Co. over an oil spill in central Arkansas. The agency has notified Exxon Mobil of its decision....
Workers’ Comp Costs Decline in Arkansas
Mar 31 2016 //
Arkansas Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Insurance Fraud
Mar 30 2016 // An Arkansas man has been sentenced for 15 years in prison for two counts of insurance fraud, the state insurance department announced. Cody Martin, 29, pleaded guilty in Pulaski County Circuit Court in January to two...
Arkansas Orders Florida Health Plan to Stop Selling in State
Mar 28 2016 // Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has issued a cease and desist order against Health Plan Intermediaries Holdings LLC., dba Health Insurance Innovations (HII), a Tampa, Florida-based company, alleging the company has used...
Homes Damaged by Severe Storms in Northwest Arkansas
Mar 25 2016 // Three homes were damaged and another was destroyed in northwest Arkansas when severe weather swept through the area. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says the damage was reported late on March 23 in Evansville,...
Arkansas Jury Sides with City in Employee Discrimination Suit
Mar 24 2016 // A jury has cleared Little Rock, Ark., of claims that city officials discriminated in their salary considerations for a black diversity manager. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the all-white jury determined that...
35% of Arkansas Banks Closed in Past Decade
Mar 22 2016 // A lack of succession planning, the costs of fighting cyberattacks and competition with online mortgage companies that have no brick and mortar branches are some of the reasons the number of banks in Arkansas has fallen by...
Survey: NW Arkansas Companies Seek to Hire Thousands, Expand Rapidly
Mar 21 2016 // A regional employer survey suggests that northwest Arkansas companies want to create more than 3,100 jobs and invest more than $336 million in expansion during the next three years. Arkansas Business reports that a quarter...
Despite Energy Job Losses, South Central States Report Some Employment Gains
Mar 21 2016 // While oil and gas industry job losses had an impact in the South Central states over the last year, Arkansas, Louisiana Oklahoma and Texas still saw decreases in unemployment rates in 2015. Year-over-year from 2014 to...
Water Starting to Recede from Homes in North Louisiana
Mar 15 2016 // Emergency officials in Louisiana and Mississippi were watching the rise of the Pearl River that divides the two states on March 14 amid widespread flooding that has damaged thousands of homes. In north Louisiana, the water...
Weather Service Assessing Possible Tornado Damage in Arkansas
Mar 15 2016 // The National Weather Service is sending investigators to assess damage and determine if tornadoes touched down in Arkansas as a fast-moving storm system brought rain and hail across the state. Meteorologist Michael Brown...
Storm System Dumps Heavy Rain on South Central States, More Expected
Mar 10 2016 // A large storm system has drenched areas in Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas that were already inundated with heavy rainfall this week. Two people have drowned in Oklahoma and Texas. Nearly a foot of rain fell over parts of...
Arkansas Insurance Agent Charged with Fraud Ordered to Repay Nearly $128K
Feb 23 2016 // An Arkansas insurance agent has been charged with fraud and ordered to pay $127,748.06 in restitution. The Arkansas Insurance Department revoked the resident producer’s license of Samuel Bowron Phillips of Fort Smith...
Disaster Recovery Center Opens in Arkansas County
Feb 22 2016 // A joint federal/state disaster recovery center opened in Jefferson County Feb. 20 to help those whose homes or businesses were affected by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding in December and...
Arkansas Commissioner: Cuts Mean Military Members Should Buy Renter’s Insurance
Feb 16 2016 // The state’s insurance commissioner says members of the military stationed in Arkansas should consider buying renter’s insurance because the Basic Allowance for Housing no longer covers it. Insurance...
Arkansas Insurance Department Helped Consumers Recover $3.8M in 2015
Feb 9 2016 // The Arkansas Insurance Department reported that its Consumer Services Division (CSD) recovered $3,843,969 for Arkansas insurance consumers in 2015. Recoveries are dollar amounts in excess of the amounts initially offered...
Arkansas Aims to Cut Wrong-Way Crashes with $2.8M in Improvements
Feb 9 2016 // Arkansas highway officials have initiated $2.8 million in improvements with a focus on reducing wrong-way crashes on the state freeway system. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the effort is designed to address...
38 Arkansas Counties Declared Disaster Areas Due to Severe Weather
Feb 8 2016 // Dozens of Arkansas counties have been declared disaster areas by President Barack Obama after severe weather and flooding inundated the state between December and January. After the president’s disaster declaration...
