by Lance Turner 3/21/2013 03:14 pm
J. Thomas May, chairman and CEO of Simmons First National Bank Corp. of Pine Bluff, made more than $1.1 million in compensation in 2012, according to the financial holding company's annual proxy, filed on Monday.
by Gwen Moritz 3/19/2013 09:39 am
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of an insurance company in a class-action case brought in Miller County. The decision throws a wrench into a business plan used with great success by the Texarkana law firm of Keil & Goodson.
by Jeannie Nuss, The Associated Press 3/19/2013 07:05 am
The Arkansas Department of Human Services has released new cost estimates for a plan that would use Medicaid funds to purchase private insurance for newly eligible recipients.
by Mark Friedman 3/18/2013 12:00 am
With Arkansas overdue for a major earthquake, experts are warning Arkansans who live near earthquake activity and flood zones to be prepared by having flood and earthquake insurance.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/18/2013 12:00 am
Troubled times can take on many forms — natural disasters, infidelity, mismanagement — but no matter the form, communication is key. Arkansas Business visited with professional communicators locally and nationally to find out what they think is critical in crisis:
by Luke Jones 3/18/2013 12:00 am
December's ice storms caused millions of dollars of property damage across multiple counties. The situation was dire enough that Arkansas called on the federal government to help clean up the mess. So what exactly happens when a disaster is declared?
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/18/2013 12:00 am
The number of Arkansas State University employees who were apparently victims of a tax-return scam had grown to more than 140 by last week, according to a notice from the Arkansas Attorney General's Office.
by Luke Jones 3/18/2013 12:00 am
The list of disaster cleanup companies is new to Arkansas Business. The companies listed have a variety of specializations, but all work to clean up damage from disasters both natural and unnatural.
by Jaclyn Mispagel 3/18/2013 12:00 am
Disaster can hit a business at any time. Internally, an employee can open a corrupt file and send the network into dysfunction, compromising important company data. Externally, Arkansas' spring season might bring a tornado that causes major damage to a business or a severe rainstorm that floods a company, washing away years of records and classified information. Scenarios like these can be catastrophic to any business and provide even more reason to be prepared with a proper disaster recovery plan.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/18/2013 12:00 am
According to a suit filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court, Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford, the company's receiver, is seeking to recoup money advanced to Steve Seeman, who was an agent for Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Co. in Texas.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/18/2013 12:00 am
A recent study says that the growth in health insurance premiums have outpaced any increases in workers' wages.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/18/2013 12:00 am
James Lee Witt, a native of Dardanelle, was a Yell County judge chosen in 1988 by then-Gov. Bill Clinton to lead Arkansas' Office of Emergency Services. After Clinton was elected president in 1992, he named Witt to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which he headed from 1993 to 2001. Witt founded Witt Associates, an international disaster management firm, in 2001. In January, Witt Associates merged with O'Brien's Response Management to form Witt O'Brien's.
by Mark Carter 3/15/2013 09:44 am
Arkansas lawmakers this week received reports from two consultants hired by the state to study the economic impact of the proposed $1 billion Big River Steel project in Mississippi County.
by Arkansas Business Editors 3/11/2013 12:00 am
Expanding insurance coverage to the working poor through the new health care exchange rather than through the traditional Medicaid program is a good idea, as long Arkansas still receives the hundreds of millions of dollars offered by the federal government.
by Chuck Bartels, The Associated Press 3/7/2013 02:59 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe expressed optimism Thursday that a deal can be reached to expand Medicaid in Arkansas, telling a crowd of hundreds at the state Capitol that he and Republican lawmakers were on a "positive track" in talks to provide health care coverage to more low-income residents.
by Chris Bahn 3/7/2013 02:16 pm
Northwest Arkansas companies expect nearly 1,000 new jobs and $808 million in expansion over the next three years, according to results of a business retention and expansion survey.
by Jeannie Nuss, The Associated Press 3/5/2013 07:34 am
Understanding the federal health care overhaul can be a challenge of its own. Now, officials in Arkansas and across the country are trying to figure out how to explain the law to non-English speakers.
by Arkansas Business Editors 3/4/2013 12:00 am
The decision by Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius “is the first publicly announced expansion deal in the nation that would allow all of those earning up to 138 percent of poverty to buy private insurance with Medicaid dollars on the exchange.” Arkansas should go along.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 3/3/2013 02:05 pm
Republican legislators who had resisted expanding Medicaid in Arkansas say they're encouraged by a new plan that would allow funds from the federal-state program to purchase private insurance for the newly eligible, but say they need more details on how such a system would work.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/27/2013 12:17 am
Sam Alley, CEO of VCC in Little Rock, and Brian Itzkowitz, CEO of Goodwill Industries of Arkansas, won executive of the year awards at Tuesday's 25th annual Arkansas Business of the Year Awards at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock, presented by Centennial Bank.
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