... Liability insurance coverage is not reasonably available to nursing homes in Arkansas, state Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens said Monday. Pickens, who held a hearing on the question Sept. 19, said legislators should conduct a study to determine ...

... agreed Wednesday that nursing homes cannot find adequate liability coverage in Arkansas. State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens said he would decide within 10-15 days whether coverage in Arkansas is sufficiently lacking to allow nursing homes ...

... enforcement status. That gives them the authority to make arrests and execute search warrants. Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens said the new law will allow his agency's fraud division to be more effective. The division's chief, Marty Nevrla ...

... their licenses. The others were Brenda McNeal of Earle and Bruce Best of Hot Springs. State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens made the announcement Friday. Williamson could not be reached for comment Saturday. Home service agents collect premiums ...

... companies would provide earthquake insurance for homeowners for as little as a dollar. "Those days are long gone," said Mike Pickens, state insurance commissioner. "Companies were basically giving insurance coverage away. ... At some point, we ...

... ruling in a lawsuit filed by former department employee Derrick Dorrell Turner against state Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens. In October, U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright denied Pickens' request to rule in his favor, and Pickens ...

... sell a copy for $50, after the writer complained to the broker about a test-center worker. Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens said his office and the test service, Assessment Systems Inc., are investigating the allegations. Pickens said an ...

... Transfer Board. Margaret Meads of Searcy, who also lost an election to a court seat, to the state Board of Review. Mike Pickens of Little Rock, reappointed as state insurance commissioner. Jerry Jackson of Heber Springs to the state Racing Commission ...

... demand exceeding supply of insurers, rates will only continue to rise. "If a doctor experiences a significant increase in any cost of doing business, they pass that on to consumers," Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens said.

... oblige his gubernatorial eminence by putting him on the air every other hour. The governor's insurance commissioner, Mike Pickens, leaned on a couple of Brock's sponsors whom he happens only to regulate -- a frightful abuse of power. The governor ...