Latest Arkansas Headlines
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Arkansas Hires 5 Law Firms to Help with Opioid Abuse Probe
Jan 26 2018 // Arkansas’ attorney general has retained five law firms to help investigate drug companies and prepare for potential legal action over their role in the state’s opioid abuse problem. Attorney General Leslie...
Buildings Damaged, Power Cut by Strong Winds in Arkansas
Jan 23 2018 // Thousands of people are without electricity in Arkansas after strong storms moved through the state. Entergy Arkansas says crews are working to restore electricity to the 7,000 homes and businesses that lost power in the...
Former Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Horne Passes
Jan 23 2018 // Former Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allan W. “Dick” Horne has passed away, according to the Arkansas Insurance Department. Horne led the department for three years, from 1968 through 1970. In a statement,...
Number of Licensed Agents, Agencies on the Rise in Arkansas
Jan 22 2018 // Arkansas had a 21 percent increase in the number of licensed insurance agents last year and a 4 percent rise in the number of licensed agencies, the state insurance department reported. According to Arkansas Insurance...
Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Named Consumer Committee Chair at NAIC
Jan 18 2018 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has been named chairman of the Market Regulation and Consumer Affairs (D) Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for 2018. The mission of the...
Legislative Panel Backs Proposal to Ban Dicamba Herbicide in Arkansas
Jan 18 2018 // Arkansas lawmakers recommended regulators move forward on Jan. 16 with efforts to ban an herbicide that farmers in several states say has drifted onto their crops and caused damage, advancing the prohibition despite a...
Arkansas Has Lower Auto Insurance Rates than Nearby States
Jan 11 2018 // Arkansas has the sixteenth lowest auto insurance rates and the lower rates than any of the states it borders, the state insurance department reports. The Arkansas Insurance Department cited a study by the National...
Jury Clears Tractor Manufacturer Kubota in Arkansas Man’s Death
Jan 8 2018 // A jury has rejected claims from the relatives of a man who died in a lawn mowing accident in North Little Rock in 2012. Cedric Quinn Hill was found crushed to death under a Kubota L275 tractor in May 2012. His family filed...
Arkansas Welcomes P/C Insurers Lemonade, Tower Hill
Jan 8 2018 // Two additional property/casualty insurance carriers have been approved to conduct business in Arkansas. The Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) announced in December that Lemonade Insurance Co., has received a Certificate...
Number of Licensed Insurance Agencies in Arkansas Grew 4% in 2017
Jan 5 2018 // Arkansas in 2017 had a 4 percent rise in the number of licensed insurance agencies compared with the previous year, the Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) reported. In an announcement released by the AID, Arkansas...
Arkansas Board Stands by Plan to Limit Controversial Dicamba Herbicide
Jan 4 2018 // Arkansas agricultural regulators stuck with a proposal on Wednesday to prohibit sprayings of a controversial weed killer after mid-April, despite a lawsuit over the plan by manufacturer Monsanto Co. The state’s plant...
I Heard There Might Be Opportunity “In-Land”
Jan 4 2018 // “According to CoreLogic, a leading source for flood and disaster risk data, approximately 70 percent of the flood damage from Hurricane Harvey was uninsured….” states Clearsurance in their recently...
Number of Insurance Agents Licensed in Arkansas Rose by 21% Last Year
Jan 3 2018 // There was a 21 percent increase in insurance agent licensure in Arkansas in 2017 compared with the previous year, state insurance regulators announced. According to Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr, the...
Root Approved to Sell Auto Insurance in Arkansas
Dec 28 2017 // Columbus, Ohio-based insurtech company, Root Insurance, has received authorization to sell property/casualty (excluding workers’ compensation) products in Arkansas. Root is a private passenger auto insurance company...
Florida Residential Property Insurer Approved to Do Business in Arkansas
Dec 22 2017 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has granted a Certificate of Authority to a Florida insurer to begin selling residential property insurance products in Arkansas. Gainesville, Fla.-based Tower Hill Signature...
Lemonade OK’d to Offer Insurance in Arkansas
Dec 20 2017 // Insurtech company, Lemonade, has received a Certificate of Authority to do business in Arkansas. Lemonade Insurance Co. has been approved to sell property, casualty and marine products in Arkansas with an initial limit to...
Jury Clears Tractor Manufacturer Kubota in Arkansas Man’s Death
Dec 19 2017 // A jury has rejected claims from the relatives of a man who died in a lawn-mowing accident in North Little Rock five years ago. Cedric Quinn Hill was found crushed to death under a Kubota L275 tractor in May 2012. His...
Arkansas Lawmakers Want Panel to Reconsider Dicamba Ban
Dec 15 2017 // Arkansas lawmakers have recommended a regulatory panel look at revising its proposed ban of an herbicide farmers in several states say has drifted onto their crops and caused damage, nearly a month after a maker of the...
Arkansas Medical Board OKs Draft Regulations Aimed at Curbing Opioid Abuse
Dec 12 2017 // The Arkansas State Medical Board has approved draft regulations aimed at reducing opioid abuse. The board unanimously voted in favor of the regulations on Dec. 7. The requirements are based on guidelines issued last year...
Arkansas Farmers Get $466M in Payments for Crop Losses in 2016
Dec 11 2017 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Arkansas farmers received $466 million in federal “safety net” payments this year for their crop losses in 2016, third highest in the nation. The Arkansas...
