Arkansas

• Rising Longer-Term Opioid Use In Workers’ Comp Claims

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 26, 2012

  A study of opioid use among workers’ compensation claimants reveals that longer-term use increased in nearly half of the 21 states analyzed compared to a similar study conducted a year ago.

• Storm Front Hits South Central U.S. Amid Reports of Mild Tornado Year

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 19, 2012

  A convective storm front on Wednesday caused six tornado touchdowns in Alabama and Arkansas and hail and wind damage in several other states, reports EQECAT, but 2012 has seen fewer of these storm systems than last year, forecasters say.

• WCRI: Longer-Term Opioid Use for Workers' Comp Claimants Rises in 10 of 21 States Studied

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 3, 2012

  A study of opioid use among workers’ compensation claimants reveals that longer-term use increased in nearly half of the 21 states analyzed compared to a similar study conducted a year ago.

• RMS Pegs Isaac Losses At $2 Billion

  By Anya Khalamayzer  |  October 1, 2012

  An updated estimate of U.S. insured losses from Hurricane Isaac falls between $1 billion and $2 billion.

• RMS Estimates Isaac Losses of Up to $2 Billion

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 13, 2012

  The latest estimate of U.S. insured losses from Hurricane Isaac falls between $1 billion and $2 billion, says Risk Management Solutions.

• Young Agents of Georgia Garner IIABA Award

  By Staff Writer  |  September 12, 2012

  The Young Agents Committee of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia, Inc. was named the 2012 Outstanding Young Agents Committee of the Year

• AIR: Isaac Insured Losses Could Reach $2 Billion; Threats Remain

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 31, 2012

  AIR says the estimate of between $700 million and $2 billion includes insured losses from damage residential, auto, commercial and industrial properties and contents as well as additional living expenses and business interruption-related losses.

• Slow-Moving Isaac Drenches Region; May Aid Soybean Harvest

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 30, 2012

  Tropical Storm Isaac continued to dump rain over Louisiana and parts of Mississippi today, flooding the areas around New Orleans, but the city itself experienced only minor flood-related issues.

• Drought-Induced Crop Losses Could Climb To $5B, S&P Says

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 29, 2012

  Insured crop losses caused by the worst drought since 1988 could cost insurers and reinsurers more than $5 billion.

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  Large Isaac Headed Toward New Orleans, but Storm Is No Katrina

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 28, 2012

  The ninth named storm of this year’s hurricane season has reached hurricane status, with reports now indicating a high risk of flood surge as it approaches the Gulf Coast.

• Insurers Sending Reinforcements for Anticipated Isaac Claims

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 27, 2012

  Tropical Storm Isaac has insurers scrambling to deploy mobile claims vehicles and additional personnel to areas with the greatest chance of suffering damage from the soon-to-be hurricane.

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  Tropical Cyclone Ret'I'rement: A Look Back at the Significant 'I' Storms

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 27, 2012

  As Hurricane Isaac heads toward the Gulf Coast, PC360 revisits some of the recent "I" storms whose names have been retired by the World Meteorological Organization due to insured and economic losses caused by the tropical cyclones.

• S&P Says Crop Losses Could Cost Insurers $5 Billion-Plus

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 21, 2012

  A report from Standard & Poor’s says insured crop losses caused by the worst drought since 1988 could cost insurers and reinsurers more than $5 billion.

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  10 Costliest States for Car Insurance

  By Caterina Pontoriero, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 13, 2012

  Think car insurance rates are high where you live? See if your state is one of the 10 costliest states for car insurance.

• Weird Science and Evidence Procurement

  By Ken Brownlee, CPCU  |  July 27, 2012

  Faulty forensic science can lead to wrongful incarceration, lawsuits and a host of other disasters. Sussing out the credible evidence from the creative.

• Nebraska Wildfires Rage as Dry Heat Scorches Central U.S.

  By Suzi Parker, Reuters  |  July 26, 2012

  Firefighters in three Nebraska counties battled expanding wildfires on Wednesday and an Arkansas town of 1,300 people was evacuated because of an approaching fire, as the central part of the United States suffered through another day of stifling heat.