Latest Arkansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Central Oversight of Levees Needed, Arkansas Lawmakers Told
Jun 16 2009 // Arkansas is putting its residents and economy at risk by failing to adopt a centralized system for flood-levee oversight, the state’s lawmakers have been told. Representatives from the Arkansas Natural Resources...
Foremost Insurance Expands Dwelling Fire Program in Arkansas
Jun 3 2009 // Michigan-based Foremost Insurance Group is expanding its dwelling fire program in Arkansas. The company announced that effective June 1, 2009, Foremost’s new dwelling fire contracts specifically designed for the...
It Figures
Jun 1 2009 // 10 Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has declared disasters in 10 more counties, bringing the total of declared disaster areas to 42 due to heavy rain and floods this spring. Beebe added Ashley, Cleburne, Greene, Howard, Jackson,...
Tank in Blast That Killed 3 Not Inspected for More Than 10 Years
May 15 2009 // Three men killed when an empty gasoline storage tank exploded in north Arkansas likely died from the impact of the blast, a coroner said. Federal safety officials have begun an investigation into the blast at the TEPPCO...
Arkansas High Court Denies Class-Action For Union Pacific Lawsuit
May 11 2009 // A lawsuit claiming Union Pacific pressured grieving families into settlements after train crashes shouldn’t be a class-action matter, as those suing failed to show any strong link between themselves, the Arkansas...
Ark.’s Risk Services Joins INSURICA
Apr 30 2009 // INSURICA Insurance Management Network announced the addition of Risk Services of Arkansas LLC, as its newest partner. Formerly known as First Arkansas Insurance/Little Rock, Risk Services joins INSURICA’s network of...
Insurance Dept.: Public Adjusters Are Not Permitted in Arkansas
Apr 15 2009 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford issued a reminder in the wake of recent violent weather that public adjusters are not permitted in the state. Only adjusters whose salary is paid by the insurance company he or...
Ark. School Condemned After Storm; More Disaster Areas Declared
Apr 15 2009 // Up to 465 students in Mena, Ark., will have to attend classes elsewhere after a tornado on April 9 damaged the Mena Middle School so severely that the building will have to be condemned. Officials say that as many as 300...
Akansas Governor Signs Bill to Ban ‘Accident Taxes’
Apr 9 2009 // Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe has signed legislation that bans local governments from billing motorists for accident response services performed by police departments, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association...
Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Costs Continue to Decline
Apr 7 2009 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford has announced a decrease in workers’ compensation costs effective July 1, 2009. The overall loss cost decrease in the voluntary market is 7 percent, while the overall...
Federal Judge in Arkansas Dismisses Stranded Passenger Lawsuit
Apr 7 2009 // A federal judge in Fayetteville, Ark., has dismissed a lawsuit by an Arkansas woman that claimed she was illegally imprisoned on an American Airlines airplane for 91/2 hours in 2006. In an 18-page ruling, U.S. District...
Arkansas Lawmakers Pass Measure Banning ‘Accident Tax’
Apr 1 2009 // Arkansas lawmakers have approved a new law that stops local governments from billing motorists for accident response services performed by police departments, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of...
Arkansas Supreme Court Sides With Newspaper in Lawsuit
Mar 17 2009 // A legal principle covering journalists who base their reports on police records protects a newspaper sued over stories it published about an alleged rape, the Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled. In an unanimous decision, the...
Now Offering Contractor GL Insurance in Arkansas, Kentucky, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, New Jersey & South Carolina
Mar 17 2009 // National Contractors Insurance Company, Inc., a Risk Retention Group (“NCIC”) specializes in general liability insurance for licensed residential and commercial general and artisan contractors. NCIC writes the...
It Figures
Mar 9 2009 // $500 Million The financial toll from the January 2009 ice storm in north Arkansas is estimated at $500 million, with most of the cost for restoring electric utilities, the Associated Press reported. Three major utilities...
Arkansas Panel OKs Restrictions for Teen Drivers
Mar 5 2009 // Tears rolled down Arkansas State Sen. Jimmy Jeffress’ face after a House of Representatives committee voted without dissent to put in place new restrictions for teen drivers. “I appreciate it, and I think when...
Seatbelt and Drunk Driving Laws Advance in Arkansas
Mar 2 2009 // Lawmakers in Arkansas’ General Assembly approved a bill that will stiffen the state’s seatbelt law and the House of Representatives has passed a measure extending the amount of time a judge can consider...
Arkansas Storm Damages Estimated at Half a Billion Dollars
Feb 26 2009 // The financial toll from the January ice storm in north Arkansas is estimated at $500 million, with most of the cost for restoring electric utilities. The three major utilities that sustained damage from the storm say they...
Appeals Court Supports Store Manager in Employee Safety Case
Feb 26 2009 // An Arkansas Appeals Court has upheld the ruling of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission that the night manager of a grocery story is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for injuries sustained...
Arkansas Motorcycle Helmet Bill Stalls
Feb 25 2009 // A proposal requiring motorcyclists to make a choice between wearing a helmet or carrying thousands of dollars in health insurance has been thwarted by a state Senate panel. The bill, which would have required motorcyclists...
