Latest Arkansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arkansas Insurance Commissioner to Chair NAIC Workers’ Comp Task Force
Jan 28 2022 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain has been appointed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to serve as the Chair for the Workers’ Compensation (C) Task Force, a subgroup of the...
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas Among States With Highest Frozen Pipe Claims
Jan 25 2022 // State Farm paid more than $471 million in claims from frozen pipes in 2021, and more than two/thirds of claims can be rooted back to one state: Texas. The Lone Star State accounted for $343 million of frozen pipes claim...
Disaster Recovery Centers to Open in Northeast Arkansas
Jan 18 2022 // Three joint state and federal disaster centers are set to open in northeast Arkansas to assist those affected by tornadoes that killed two people in the area in December. Officials with the Federal Emergency Management...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Arkansas’ The Robbi Davis Agency
Jan 7 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has announced the acquisition of Little Rock, Arkansas-based The Robbi Davis Agency, Inc.. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1996, RDA is a full-service insurance agency...
Trean Insurance Group Launches Arkansas E&S Carrier, Benchmark
Dec 29 2021 // Benchmark Insurance Company, subsidiary of Trean Insurance Group Inc. and a writer of program business, has formed a new excess and surplus lines subsidiary, Benchmark Specialty Insurance Company, an Arkansas domestic...
Federal Relief Funding Available in Five Arkansas Counties Following Tornadoes
Dec 27 2021 // President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster in Arkansas, making federal relief funding available in five north eastern counties hit by tornadoes that ripped through the Midwest and South this month. The declaration...
Arkansas Flooring Manufacturer Faces $204K in Proposed Fines for Unsafe Workplace
Dec 20 2021 // A knot saw operator suffered a partial amputation of an index finger in June 2021 when his hand came in contact with a rotating blade that lacked adequate machine guarding. A few weeks earlier, a similar saw at the Maxwell...
Tornados Leave 2 Dead in Arkansas; Governor Says State Avoided Worst of Storm
Dec 13 2021 // Two people were killed in northeastern Arkansas as tornadoes struck several states in the region, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Saturday, Dec. 11 in Monette. One person at Monette Manor nursing home in Monette and one person...
Arkansas Sues Medical Supplier for $11M for Failed COVID Supplies Delivery
Oct 29 2021 // The state of Arkansas filed a consumer protection lawsuit Wednesday against a Virginia-based medical supplier for nearly $11 million for failing to deliver supplies during the coronavirus pandemic, Attorney General Leslie...
Arkansas Company Sued for Race Discrimination in Hiring
Sep 30 2021 // A federal agency has charged in a lawsuit that an Arkansas site preparation company steered Black applicants into lower-paying positions and paid Black applicants less money at hire. In its lawsuit the U.S. Equal...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Arkansas’ Alpha Surety & Insurance
Sep 30 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher& Co. has acquired Little Rock, Ark.-based Alpha Surety & Insurance Brokerage LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2002, Alpha Surety focuses primarily on selling direct...
Inmates at Arkansas Jail Unaware They Were Given Anti-Parasite Drug to Treat COVID-19
Sep 3 2021 // inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail said they weren’t told a medication they were given to treat COVID-19 was actually an anti-parasite drug that federal health officials have warned should not be used to treat the...
Appeals Court Revives Suit Challenging Arkansas ‘Ag-Gag’ Law
Aug 11 2021 // A federal appeals court revived a legal challenge to an Arkansas law that farm organizations have used to shield themselves from undercover investigations by animal rights groups. A three-judge panel of the St. Louis-based...
Arkansas Health System to Pay $52.5K to Settle Age Discrimination Lawsuit
Jul 15 2021 // An Arkansas healthcare provider charged with firing older workers with driving responsibilities because of their age will pay more than $52,000 to settle a federal age discrimination lawsuit. The U.S. Equal Employment...
Arkansas’ New Insurance Business Transfer Law in Effect July 28
Jul 12 2021 // The Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) was an active participant in encouraging state lawmakers to pass legislation this year to adopt the new insurance business transfer model called the Insurance Business Transfer (IBT)...
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...
