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Service Contract Providers Page

Finance Division

Kimberly Johnson, kimberly.johnson@arkansas.gov 
Market Analyst/Admissions
Arkansas Insurance Department

1200 West Third Street

Little Rock, AR 72201-1904

501-371-2680, fax 501-371-2747

 

 

 

 

Act 656. An Act To Establish A Legal Framework For The Regulation Of Service Contracts; And For Other Purposes.  This ACT will become effective and apply to all service contracts issued on or after October 1, 2007.

A Service Contract provider can be an individual, a partnership, a corporation, an incorporated or unincorporated association, a joint stock company, a reciprocal, a syndicate, or any similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert.

This ACT does not apply to the following: 

(1)     Manufacturer Warranties: Unlike a Service Contract for which a consumer pays a separate charge, a manufacturer's warranty is included in the purchase price of a product. You don't have to decide whether to "buy" it or not - it simply comes with your product. Manufacturers' warranties generally have limited product protection and are effective for a limited period of time, some as short as 90 days, depending on the type of product covered.

(2)     Scheduled Maintenance Only  agreements

(3)     Commercial Transactions

(4)     A person or entity licensed by the Arkansas Public Service Commission or FCC with respect to warranties, service contracts or maintenance agreements.

(5)     Service Contracts sold to persons other than Consumers.

(6)     Motor Vehicle Service Contracts as defined in ACA §4-90-501 et seq.

(7)     Mechanical Breakdown Insurance Policy: a contract between a consumer and an insurance company.

 

 

Frequently Asked Questions

 

Note:   Manufacturer’s service contracts on the manufacturer’s products are subject only to ACA 4-112-106(a), 4-112-106(d)-(g), 4-112-107, and 4-112-111, and therefore are not required to be registered, but must comply with the referenced sections of the law.

Unless exempt, a provider of a service contract in Arkansas issued on or after October 1, 2007 is required to register with the Arkansas Insurance Department.  For information on service contracts, see Arkansas Code Annotated §§ 4-112-101, et seq. and Arkansas Insurance Department Rule 91.

 

Registration Requirements

(1)   Provider Registration Form

(2)   Provider Bond Form

(3)   Rule 91

(4)   List of Registered Providers

 

 

 

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