Policies

The Arkansas Securities Department and the Arkansas Insurance Department joined together to issue this joint bulletin and provide public notice to all insurance producers/agents of certain recommendations that constitute the offering of investment advice under the Arkansas Securities Act.  It is unlawful to offer investment advice unless one is registered (licensed) with the Arkansas Securities Department as an investment adviser or investment adviser representative.

Arkansas Securities Commissioner A. Heath Abshure has issued this Policy Statement to adopt the Statement on Subprime Mortgage Lending. The objective is to achieve uniformity in the regulation of the mortgage industry, whether the industry participants are federally insured or non-federally insured entities.

Arkansas Securities Commissioner A. Heath Abshure has issued this Policy Statement to provide procedures on how to request informal advice from the Department.