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Private Schools (K-12) Nuts & Bolts: Markel Insurance Co. is an admitted, “A” -rated carrier that insures private K-12, Montessori, charter, trade/vocational, business, and correspondence schools. Available coverage includes general liability, umbrella, sexual abuse/molestation, corporal punishment, educators’ liability, sports liability, …

White Named 2007 IEI Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Wayne F. White, president and chairman of Home Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Conway, Ark., and president of the Arkansas Association of Mutual Insurance Cos., was presented the Insurance Education Institute’s 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award during the 112th NAMIC Annual Convention. …

Ark. to Receive $224K from United Healthcare Settlement

Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced that Arkansas stands to receive more than $224,000 as a result of a regulatory settlement agreement between United Healthcare Insurance and 36 states and the District of Columbia over alleged violations of state …

America First Expands Commercial Coverage in South Central States

America First Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced it is expanding its commercial lines offerings in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas to include commercial general contractors, restaurants and mono-line workers’ compensation. All appointed agents in those states have …

As Motorcycle Deaths Rise, Feds Urge States Adopt Strict Helmet Laws

States should require motorcycle riders to wear proper helmets, government investigators urged as part of several recommendations that seek to stem a steady rise in motorcycle deaths. Members of the National Transportation Safety Board unanimously approved the motorcycle safety recommendations, …

Ark. Commissioner to Travel to Meet with Producers, Educate Consumers

Ark. Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman will head to various Arkansas communities the third week of September to field questions from insurance consumers, the Arkansas Insurance Department reported. Commissioner Bowman and members of her staff will hold informal, open meetings …

Residents in Rural Ark. Community to Enjoy Low Fire-Insurance Rates

The 33 residents of the Holley Mountain Airpark in rural Van Buren County, Ark., enjoy a break on their home-insurance rates that most residents of cities around the state would envy: A Class 1 rating. That rating, the highest possible …

Ark. Agencies to Merge

BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of Mississippi-based BancorpSouth Bank, announced it reached an agreement to acquire Insurance Network of Jonesboro, Ark., effective Sept. 1, 2007. Insurance Network will become part of BancorpSouth’s Little Rock, Ark., insurance division, Ramsey, Krug, …

Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family

With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets now largest regional independent agency. Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and casualty insurance distributed through independent agents in the country. The insurer …

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Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets becomes the largest regional independent agency force Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and …