Latest Arkansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves
Jul 19 2010 // AJ Gallagher, Bowen, Miclette Insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired the operations of Bowen, Miclette, Britt & Merry of Arkansas Inc. in Fort Smith, Ark.,...
Arkansas: Consumers Scammed by Insurer Face Claim Deadline
Jul 8 2010 // Arkansas Consumers who were scammed by an unlicensed health benefits company called American Trade Association Inc. (ATA) or its affiliates have until Aug. 31, 2010, to pursue a refund of money they paid for this phony...
Business Moves
Jul 5 2010 // Arthur J. Gallagher, Joseph James & Associates Illinois-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired Joseph James & Associates of Dublin, Ohio. Terms of...
FEMA: States Need Time to Review Flood Map
Jul 5 2010 // After facing strong opposition during a public meeting in Arkansas, a top federal official wants to give cities and towns in the Mississippi Delta more time to review maps that outline where flood insurance would be...
Arkansas: Rate Filings Must Include Installment Plan Fees
Jul 2 2010 // Insurance companies, agencies, brokers and producers may offer installment payment plans to Arkansas policyholders for the payment of premium, according to the Arkansas Insurance Department. However, except for those fees...
FEMA: Arkansas, Other Delta States Need Time to Review Flood Map
Jun 24 2010 // After facing strong opposition during a public meeting in Arkansas, a top federal official wants to give cities and towns in the Mississippi Delta more time to review maps that outline where flood insurance would be...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Arkansas Insurance Agency
Jun 18 2010 // Insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired the operations of Bowen, Miclette, Britt & Merry of Arkansas Inc. in Fort Smith, Ark., from Bowen, Miclette & Britt...
Arkansas Agents Name The Republic Group Company of the Year
Jun 11 2010 // The Republic Group, headquartered in Dallas, has been named 2010 Company of the Year by the Independent Insurance Agents of Arkansas (IIAA). According to the IIAA, this award recognizes the company that most demonstrates a...
Arkansas Class Action Suit Against Farmers Union Can Proceed
Jun 7 2010 // The Arkansas Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court order certifying class action status in a case involving an insurer’s depreciation practices in property claims against “actual cash value” homeowners...
Mid-America Business Conditions Index at Highest Level in Four Years
Jun 1 2010 // The May Business Conditions Index for the Mid-America region advanced for a sixth straight month, pointing to a growing economy in the months ahead, according to the May Business Conditions survey of supply managers in the...
Arkansas Supreme Court: Class Action Suit Against Insurer Can Proceed
May 26 2010 // The Arkansas Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court order certifying class action status in a case involving an insurer’s depreciation practices in property claims against “actual cash value” homeowners...
Arkansas Suspends License of Agent Accused of Embezzlement
May 21 2010 // The Arkansas Department of Insurance has suspended the producer and agency licenses of Timothy Walley and the Tim Walley Insurance Agency Inc. of Little Rock for multiple alleged violations, including embezzlement and...
Arkansas Insurance Agent Wins GOP Nomination for Lt. Gov.
May 20 2010 // A Springdale, Ark., insurance agent has won the Republican nomination in Arkansas for lieutenant governor. Mark Darr will face state Sen. Shane Broadway in the fall to take over the No. 2 spot vacated by Bill Halter,...
Arkansas Church Awarded $43.6M in Unlicensed Insurance Case
May 17 2010 // A federal jury has awarded a Jonesboro, Ark., church $43.6 million in its lawsuit against an insurance group that wasn’t licensed or authorized to sell insurance. Old St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in West...
Arkansas Official: Flood Insurance Push a ‘Scam’ to Raise Money
May 4 2010 // Recommendations by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for landowners in Trumann, Ark., to purchase flood insurance are nothing more than a scam, a levee district official told a crowd of concerned residents on May...
Arkansas Insurance Department Adds Nicholas, Morris
Apr 26 2010 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford has named Lowell Nicholas, D.D.S., as special projects director for the Arkansas Insurance Department and John F. Morris as deputy commissioner/general counsel. Dr. Nicholas...
Arkansas, Oklahoma Record Minor Earthquakes
Apr 12 2010 // The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded another earthquake in central Oklahoma, and an additional one in central Arkansas as well. A 3.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 7:42 a.m. April 8 about two miles southwest of...
Oklahoma Raises $65M Selling Data; Customers Include Insurance Cos.
Apr 6 2010 // The state of Oklahoma has collected at least $65 million in the past five years by selling personal information from motor vehicle records, according to newspaper reports. Wellon Poe, the chief legal counsel for the...
Business Moves
Apr 5 2010 // IMA Financial Insurance and risk management services company, IMA Financial Group Inc., has established a contract management practice at its retail insurance brokerage subsidiary, IMA of Texas. The contractual risk...
Arkansas Suspends Lincoln General Insurance Company
Apr 1 2010 // Arkansas regulators have suspended the Certificate of Authority of Lincoln General Insurance Company, domiciled in Pennsylvania, due to the company’s “financially hazardous condition.” In a March 24...
