Julie Bowman New AR Ins. Comm

Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has named Julie Benafield Bowman of Little Rock as the state insurance commissioner. The governor made the announcement during a Tuesday morning news conference at the state Capitol. Bowman will replace Mike Pickens of Little Rock, who's returning to the private sector. Bowman, 41, was appointed chief executive officer of the state Workers' Compensation Commission in May 1998. Before joining the commission, she was the general counsel for the Arkansas Development Finance Authority from 1996-98, the attorney supervisor for the workers' compensation fraud investig...