Latest Arkansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Little Rock, Ark. Gets IIAI Greenfield Facility
Feb 11 2003 // Insurance Auto Auctions Inc. , a leading provider of automotive salvage and claims processing services in the U. S., opened a greenfield facility in Scott, Arkansas. This new 20-acre facility located in the Little Rock...
Arkansas Business Community Promotes Tort Reform Bill
Jan 17 2003 // The Arkansas business community initiated a tort reform effort which has resulted in the introduction of a bill that would be a major step in restoring rationality to the state’s tort system, according to the...
Ark. DOI Credit Directive Captures Insurer Attention
Dec 2 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) announced that insurers are weighing the ramifications of a directive filed by the Arkansas Department of Insurance that amends the requirements for insurers using...
NAII Reacts to Ark. Directive on Personal Lines Credit Scoring
Nov 28 2002 // Insurers are weighing the ramifications of a directive filed by the Arkansas Department of Insurance that amends the requirements for insurers using credit-based insurance scores for personal lines ratings and...
IIA Arkansas to Conduct CIC & CISR Programs
Oct 22 2002 // The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research and the Independent Insurance Agents (IIA) of Arkansas have announced that the IIA of Arkansas will assume administrative leadership of the Certified Insurance...
C&D ORDER ISSUED IN ARKANSAS
Sep 16 2002 // Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens issued a Cease and Desist Order to AMS Staff Leasing NA Inc., a company that the insurance department alleges had been illegally offering workers’ compensation...
Company Ordered to Cease Operations in Arkansas
Aug 30 2002 // Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens issued a Cease and Desist Order to AMS Staff Leasing, NA Inc., a company that the insurance department alleges had been illegally offering workers’ compensation...
Amerisure Mutual Receives AWCC’s Outstanding Carrier Award
Aug 13 2002 // Michigan-based Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company received the 2001 Outstanding Carrier Award, presented by the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC). Amerisure has received this award four times in the...
Safeguarding Customer Privacy Creates New Issues for States
Aug 5 2002 // Insurance associations have been abuzz the past couple of weeks with regard to impending changes and new proposals to privacy regulations under Congress’ Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act (GLB). States...
Progressive Reps Receive Awards in Arkansas, Kentucky
Jun 28 2002 // Two Progressive Insurance Company representatives from Kentucky and Arkansas who happen to share the same first and last name, have been named by their respective state association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) as...
Watch the Skies, Weather Still Causing Trouble for Homeowners Markets
May 27 2002 // For the past year, while the Texas homeowners insurance market reeled from the effects of mold claims on premium (and still does), homeowners markets in other states have begun bracing themselves for similar nightmare...
AIA Salutes Arkansas Task Force
Feb 25 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AIA) commended the Arkansas Insurance Department for creating a task force to gain input from interested parties on what steps the state should take to modernize insurance regulation in...
Building Profitability into the Commercial Auto Market
Feb 11 2002 // Like most property and casualty insurance lines, the commercial auto insurance market has witnessed rate increases over the past year and expects to see more. And, as in other lines, underwriters are scrutinizing accounts...
Med-Mal Cover Available in Ark.
Jan 28 2002 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens recently assured Arkansas doctors that medical malpractice insurance is still available in the state. Pickens made the announcement in response to the decision by St. Paul...
ARK. EXECS. CHARGED IN FRANKEL CASE
Jan 14 2002 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens and Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney Larry Jegley announced three insurance agents have been charged in connection with Martin Frankel’s alleged theft of $200 million...
IIAA Recognizes Presidential Citation Recipients, Young Agents, State Associations and Individual In
Oct 30 2001 // Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) President William F. Hofmann III, bestowed special IIAA Presidential Citations awards to several deserving individuals for their outstanding contributions on behalf of the...
Sebelius Elected NAIC President for 2001; Vaughan, Pickens Selected as Officers
Dec 5 2000 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have elected regulators from Kansas, Iowa and Arkansas as the organization’s officers for 2001 during its Winter National Meeting in Boston. “We...
