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Business Services / Insurance

Sunstar Adds First Arkansas Insurance to Growing Group

First Arkansas will keep its leadership and employees and operate as a division of Sunstar. read more >
Former state Rep. Allen W. Kerr sold his independent insurance agency in June 2013 and succeeded Jay Bradford (left inset) as commissioner of the Arkansas Insurance Department in January of this year.  Another former commissioner, Mike Pickens (right inset), criticized the treatment Kerr recieved from Bradford.
Business Services / Government & Politics / Insurance

State Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr Scrutinized Over 2011 Case

The favorable treatment that Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr received from his predecessor, Jay Bradford, in a 2011 dispute with Farmers Insurance Group has been criticized in court documents by another former insurance commissioner, Mike Pickens. read more >
Allen Kerr was an agent with Farmers Insurance for 31 years.
Business Services / Government & Politics / Insurance

Fatal Crash Led to Split Between Farmers Insurance, Allen Kerr

For more than 30 years, Allen Kerr was one of Farmers Insurance Group’s most productive agents in Arkansas. That changed on Halloween 2011, when Farmers, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, terminated its relationship with Kerr and his Allen W. Kerr Insurance Agency Inc. of Little Rock. read more >
Government & Politics / Insurance / Legal

Lloyd’s Gets Go-Ahead To Sell Insurance in Arkansas

A Saline County Circuit Court judge agreed last week with former Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford that Lloyd’s of London underwriters are approved to sell insurance in the state. read more >
Will a lawsuit brought by a Little Rock attorney against Lloyd's of London create an insurance crisis in Arkansas?
Government & Politics / Health Care / Insurance

Jay Bradford Worries Lloyd’s Challenge Could Create Crisis

Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford says Lloyd’s of London underwriters are approved to sell insurance in Arkansas. But a lawsuit filed last year keeps moving forward, and Bradford says he’s worried that it could create a crisis in the Arkansas insurance market. read more >
The projected 2015 average Silver level non-tobacco monthly rates for the median age in Arkansas (38).
Government & Politics / Health Care / Insurance

Insurance Department Releases Health Insurance Premiums

Arkansans who buy health insurance through the Health Insurance Marketplace for 2015 should on pay about 2 percent less for premium than they did in 2014. read more >
Jay Bradford
Government & Politics / Insurance

Arkansas Insurance Commission Announces Licensing Delays

Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford says the commission's conversion to a new system will mean a delay in issuing appointments, license renewals and the issuing of new licenses. read more >
Insurance

Insurance Moratorium in Arkansas Storm Areas

The Arkansas Insurance Department has issued a 60-day moratorium on the cancellation or non-renewal of insurance policies for residents in areas hit by recent storms. read more >
Mike Stock, CEO of QualChoice, said the company has had a "very good partnership with UAMS" since the firm's inception.
Health Care / Insurance

Catholic Health Initiatives Announces Deal to Buy QualChoice Holdings

Catholic Health Initiatives says its subsidiary, Collab Health, has entered a stock-purchase agreement to buy QualChoice Holdings Inc. of Little Rock. read more >
State Rep. Jay Bradford, D-Pine Bluff, has switched houses but not sides in the “any willing provider” debate. (Photo by Michael Pirnique)
Business Services / Government & Politics / Health Care

‘Any Willing Provider’ Bill Returns, This Time Without Wilson Off to Races

A bill that has occupied lawyers for a full decade might have been a mere blip in the state’s long legislative history had Nick Wilson, the powerful and ultimately disgraced state senator from Pocahontas, not been so eager to get to the horse races on one particular day in February 1995. read more >
Jay Bradford
Government & Politics / Health Care / Insurance

Arkansas Health Care Exchange Enrollment Falling Below Target

Signups for insurance under the federal health care law are far below the state's targets, with more than 33,500 people enrolled in the marketplace as the deadline nears. read more >
Michael Stock, president and CEO of QualChoice.
Government & Politics / Health Care / Insurance

Catholic Health Initiatives in Talks to Buy QualChoice

Catholic Health Initiatives of Denver, the parent company of St. Vincent Health System of Little Rock, is in talks to buy some or all of QualChoice of Little Rock. read more >
Steve Standridge enters the federal courthouse in Little Rock in 2012. (Photo by Mark Friedman)
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Insurance

New Federal Charges Filed Against Steve Standridge

Steve Standridge, who already faces 12 federal felony charges related to alleged bank fraud in the Eastern District of Arkansas, has pleaded not guilty to 23 additional federal felony counts. read more >
Government & Politics / Health Care / Insurance

Arkansas Lawmakers Approve Insurance Exchange Funds

Arkansas lawmakers on Friday narrowly approved a $10.6 million grant to continue operating the insurance marketplace under the federal health overhaul, despite objections from some legislators over the law's rocky start. read more >
Jay Bradford
Government & Politics / Health Care / Insurance

Jay Bradford: Arkansas Made Plans to Allow Carriers to Extend Health Plans

Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford says steps were taken earlier this year to ensure that insurance carriers in the state have the option to extend current health insurance plans through the end of next year. read more >
Government & Politics / Health Care / Insurance

Arkansas Signs 62K People for State Health Insurance

More than 66,000 Arkansans have applied for health insurance under the state's expansion of the Medicaid program as part of the federal health care overhaul. read more >
Republican Sen. Bryan King of Green Forest.
Government & Politics / Health Care / Insurance

Arkansas Tries to Find Balance on Health Law (AP Analysis)

If anyone was unsure just how difficult of a balance Arkansas faces in trying to implement the federal health care overhaul, the rollout over the past week made it clear. After two elections and two legislative sessions that have been overshadowed by the 2010 law, the state is facing an identity crisis on how to move forward with it. read more >
Government & Politics / Health Care / Insurance

Video: An Interview with Jay Bradford & Looking Ahead to the Debt Ceiling on ‘Arkansas Week’

On this week's "Arkansas Week," state Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford talks to Steve Barnes about Obamacare, Week One. Plus, the Arkansas Times' David Ramsey, independent journalist Rick Fahr and Lance Turner talk about the week that was. Includes video. read more >
Government & Politics / Health Care / Insurance

Dozens Attend Sign-Up Event on 1st Day of Arkansas Health Insurance Exchange

Arkansas officials on Tuesday called the launch of the state's online marketplace for insurance under the federal health care law historic for the thousands of uninsured residents expected to sign up, though problems with the federal website delayed online enrollment for some. read more >
Government & Politics / Health Care / Insurance

Lawmakers Reject Advertising to Promote Health Care Exchange

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe says he doesn't plan on moving forward with a $4.5 million advertising contract for the state's insurance exchange that's been rejected by a legislative panel. read more >