AMS Staff Leasing Ordered to Stop Work Comp

State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced on 8/26 that a Cease and Desist Order has been issued to AMS Staff Leasing, NA, Inc., which had been operating illegally in the State of Arkansas. AMS Staff Leasing, based in Dallas, Texas, and its president Charles D. Wood, Jr. had operated as an employee leasing firm in the State of Arkansas but had not obtained the proper license to operate in that capacity. The company also falsely held it had secured workers' compensation insurance and proceeded to offer workers' comp coverage to Arkansas employers. The Order requires AMS and its pres...