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People Moves: PIA Arkansas' Shearon to Retire as Executive Director
8+ hour, 23+ min ago (325+ words) The Professional Insurance Agents of Arkansas (PIA Arkansas) announced that Executive Director Staci Shearon will retire effective May 29, 2026, concluding nearly 20 years of leadership and service to the association and the independent insurance community. Shearon informed the PIA Arkansas Board of…...
Rokstone Launches Commercial Agriculture and Farm Property Program
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (258+ words) Rokstone Agriculture, part of the International Speciality (Re)Insurance MGA Rokstone, has announced the launch of its new U. S. non-admitted Commercial Agriculture and Farm & Ranch Property Program. Available in all U. S. states, except Alaska and Hawaii, and excluding wind is " Rokstone Agriculture,…...
Some States Require Public Schools to Teach Kids About Gun Safety
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (935+ words) This school year, students in elementary, middle and high schools in some states will get a new lesson on safety: what to do if they find a firearm. Arkansas, Tennessee and Utah are the first states to enact laws that…...
Harris Appointed as Arkansas Insurance Commissioner
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (166+ words) The Arkansas Department of Commerce announced last that Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has appointed Jimmy Harris as the new Arkansas Insurance Commissioner. Harris will be sworn in on Wednesday, November 5. As commissioner, Harris will lead the Arkansas Insurance Department (AID),…...
Inszone Acquires Arkansas Best Insurance Agency
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (200+ words) Inszone Insurance Services announced its expansion into Arkansas through the acquisition of Arkansas Best Insurance Agency, Inc. , a long-standing independent agency based in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Founded in 1905, Arkansas Best Insurance Agency has proudly served clients across Arkansas and " Inszone…...
Part of Hospital's Roof Ripped Off as Damaging Storms Hit Oklahoma
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (239+ words) Storms carrying heavy rain and damaging winds ripped part of the roof off a hospital in eastern Oklahoma on Tuesday afternoon, forcing some patients to be evacuated, according to county officials. The Northeastern Health System hospital in Sallisaw had to…...
Arkansas Pain Management Clinic and Hospital Settle Retaliation Lawsuit
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (446+ words) Interventional Pain Management Associates (IPMA), a Mountain Home, Arkansas pain management clinic, and Baxter Regional Medical Center, a nonprofit hospital, will pay $350, 000 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit filed by the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission " Interventional Pain…...
Federal Officials to Take Over Inspections When Boar's Head Plant Reopens
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (468+ words) Federal inspectors will assume direct oversight of a troubled Boar's Head deli meat plant when it reopens after last year's deadly listeria outbreak, U. S. Agriculture Department officials said. The Jarratt, Virginia, factory is set to resume operations in the coming months....
Court Blocks Arkansas Ban on Pharmacy Benefit Managers Owning Pharmacies
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (278+ words) A federal judge temporarily blocked on Monday Arkansas" first-in-the-nation law that would have prohibited pharmacy benefit managers from owning pharmacies in the state. U. S. District Judge Brian Miller issued a preliminary injunction against the law restricting pharmacy benefit managers, who run…...
Arkansas to Receiving $1 M in Funding for April Storm Cleanup and Recovery
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (200+ words) The U. S. Department of Labor announced last week the award of $1 million in grant funding to Arkansas for cleanup and recovery activities after severe storms caused extensive damage and flooding in April. Between April 2-22, 2025, a strong weather system struck Arkansas, bringing…...