AR State Insurance Department Organization Directory

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Arkansas

Last reviewed: January 22, 2009*

*Recent changes in red.

Department of Insurance
1200 W. Third Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-1904
Web site: http://www.insurance.arkansas.gov
Phone: (501) 371‑2600
Fax: (501) 371‑2618

Consumer Services: (800) 852-5494; (501) 371‑2640
Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP): (800) 224-6330
Insurance Fraud: (501) 371‑2790
Insurance Fraud Hotline: (866) 660-0888
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

E-mail addresses for all staff are FirstName.Last Name followed by @arkansas.gov. Example: jay.bradford@arkansas.gov.

STAFF CONTACTS
Insurance Commissioner		Jay Bradford (501) 371‑262, Fax (501) 371‑2629
Began Present Term:		January 2009
Term of Office:		4 years
Elected/Appointed:		Appointed
Prior Vocation:		Director of Division of Behavioral Health Services, Arkansas Department of Human Services
Chief Deputy Commissioner		Lenita Blasingame (501) 371‑2622, Fax (501) 371‑2629
Deputy Commissioner/ General Counsel		Jay Morgan (501) 371‑2820,, Fax (501) 371‑2639
Director/Accounting		Pam Davis Looney (501) 371‑2605, Fax (501) 371‑2629
Director/Consumer Services		Jackie Smith (501) 371‑2640
Director/Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP)		Melissa Simpson (501) 371‑2782, Fax (501) 371‑2781
Deputy Receiver		Steve Uhrynowycz (501) 371‑2776, Fax (501) 371‑2774

SPECIFIC SUBJECTS
Annual Statements		Property & Casualty – Deputy Commissioner Financial Reg./Audit, Mel Anderson (501) 371‑2665, Fax (501) 371‑2629 Life & Health - Mel Anderson (501) 371‑2665
Complaints		Consumer Services - Jackie Smith (501) 371‑2640
Deposits		Malisa Landers (501) 371‑2665, Fax (501) 371‑2629
Examinations		Agents - Fred Stiffler (501) 371‑2750
Fees		Agents - Fred Stiffler (501) 371‑2750 Companies - Pam Davis Looney (501) 371‑2605
Group Insurance		Life, A&H, Annuities - Deputy Commissioner, Life & Health – Dan Honey (501) 371‑2800, Fax (501) 371‑2748
Individual Insurance		Life, A&H, Annuities - Deputy Commissioner, Life & Health – Dan Honey (501) 371‑2800,, Fax (501) 371‑2748
Licensing		Agents - Fred Stiffler (501) 371‑2750 Companies - Mel Anderson (501) 371‑2665
Communications Director		Alice Jones (501) 371‑2835
Deputy Commissioner Information Services		James Winningham (501) 371‑2657
Policy & Other Form Filings		Life, A&H, Annuities - Dan Honey (501) 371‑2800, Fax (501) 371‑2748
Property & Casualty Division		Rate and Form Filings, Director - Bill Lacy (501) 371‑2800, Fax (501) 371‑2748
Premium Tax		Pam Davis Looney (501) 371‑2605, Fax (501) 371‑2629
Rate Filings		Where applicable to life companies - (501) 371‑2800
Variable Contracts		Individual Life, Group Life, Individual and Group Annuities - (501) 371‑2800