Latest Arkansas Headlines
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Number of Licensed Insurance Producers, Adjusters Increases
Jan 27 2020 // in Arkansas The number of licensed insurance producers in Arkansas has risen by 66.1% since early 2015, according to the Arkansas Insurance Department. The department said there are now 145,185 insurance producers and...
Truck, School Bus Collide in Arkansas, Injuring 9
Jan 23 2020 // Nine people were injured, including a child who was airlifted to a hospital, when a school bus and a dump truck collided Tuesday afternoon on a state highway in northeast Arkansas, authorities said. Arkansas State Police...
Arkansas’ Kerr Named Chair of NAIC’s Market Regulation, Consumer Affairs Committee
Jan 22 2020 // 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 2020. This is the second time...
Insurer to Pay Settlement in Title IX Suit Against Southern Arkansas University
Jan 14 2020 // A former Southern Arkansas University student has settled a lawsuit with the university in Magnolia alleging SAU acted with “deliberate indifference” when she reported being sexually assaulted in 2015. The...
11 Dead After Storms Sweep Southern U.S., Midwest
Jan 13 2020 // Severe storms sweeping across southern portions of the U.S. and up into the Midwest were blamed Saturday in the deaths of at least 11 people, including two first responders, as high winds, tornadoes and unrelenting rain...
Arkansas Panel: State’s Levees Need More Oversight
Jan 9 2020 // An Arkansas panel formed after historic flooding last year has released a report recommending increased oversight of the state’s levees, consolidation of some levee districts and state grants to fund...
Arkansas Report: $28M Worth of Medical Cannabis Sold in First Legal Year
Jan 6 2020 // Arkansas dispensaries sold about $28 million worth of medical marijuana in the first calendar year of legal sales in the state, according to a state agency. More than 4,200 pounds (1905 kilograms) of marijuana was bought...
Arkansas Sees Increase in Number of Licensed Insurance Producers, Adjusters
Jan 6 2020 // The number of licensed insurance producers in Arkansas has risen by 66.1% since early 2015, according to the Arkansas Insurance Department. The department said there are now 145,185 insurance producers and adjusters...
Judge Puts Hold on Enforcement of Arkansas’ Meat-Labeling Law
Dec 16 2019 // A federal judge has restricted Arkansas from enforcing a law that bans using terms such as “burger” or “sausage” to sell vegetarian and vegan products. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker granted a...
Feds Sue Arkansas Insurer Over Fired Employee Who Had A Baby
Dec 2 2019 // The federal government is suing a Little Rock, Ark.-based insurance company over the firing of a worker who had just had a baby. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit last week in Little Rock...
Hub International Acquires Assets of Arkansas’ Stevens-Dell Insurance
Nov 7 2019 // Chicago-based global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired the assets of Stevens-Dell & Associates Insurance Inc. (Stevens-Dell Insurance) in Little Rock, Arkansas. Terms of the transaction...
Arkansas Restaurant Faces Charges of Sex Harassment of Teens, Young Adults
Oct 25 2019 // Pei Wei Asian Diner LLC, doing business as Pei Wei Fresh Kitchen in Little Rock Ark., has been charged with subjecting a class of female teens and young adults to sexual harassment and a sexually hostile work environment...
9 Tornadoes Confirmed in North Texas Outbreak; Insured Losses Pegged at $2B
Oct 24 2019 // The National Weather Service says nine tornadoes struck the Dallas area during Sunday’s stretch of severe storms in Texas. Forecasters confirmed the twisters Tuesday after surveying damage throughout North Texas. The...
3 Twisters Confirmed in North Texas; Governor Issues Disaster Declaration
Oct 21 2019 // The National Weather Service has confirmed that three tornadoes ripped through North Texas on Sunday night, two in Dallas County and one in Van Zandt County, arising out of a storm system that caused widespread damage...
Audit: Former Clerk Misappropriated $185K from Arkansas City’s Accounts
Oct 15 2019 // State auditors have determined a former city clerk and administrator in Arkansas wrote unauthorized checks to herself and used other tactics to misappropriate nearly $185,000 in municipal money. The Arkansas...
Arkansas Insurance Dept. Unit Honored for Work Comp Pharmacy Benefits Program
Oct 15 2019 // The State Risk Manager Association recently named the Arkansas Insurance Department’s Public Employee Claims Division (PECD) as the recipient of the 2019 AFIRM Award for its state employee workers’ compensation...
Arkansas Department: Fee Elimination Saves Money for 2020 Health Market Customers
Sep 26 2019 // The Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) says Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace (AHIM) customers will save a combined projected $13.14 million due to elimination of a fee charged to companies in previous plan years. Act...
Arkansas Plant Board Approves New Rules for Dicamba Use in 2020
Sep 19 2019 // An Arkansas panel has approved new rules for the use of an herbicide that has drawn complaints from farmers who say it has drifted onto their crops and caused damage. The Plant Board has approved an amended rule for the...
Arkansas Senate Leader Proposes New Regulations, Tax on Vaping
Sep 18 2019 // Arkansas’ Senate president has proposed a new tax and regulations on vaping products, and said he hopes the governor will call lawmakers back to the Capitol to take up the issue. Republican Sen. Jim Hendren proposed...
Arkansas-Missouri Border Area Rattled by Earthquake
Sep 13 2019 // No damage or injuries have been reported after an early Thursday morning earthquake struck near the border of Missouri and Arkansas. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 3.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded early on Sept....
