Governor Names New Insurance Commissioner
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Governor Huckabee has named Julie Benafield
Bowman as state insurance commissioner, replacing Mike Pickens
whose term expired.
The 41-year-old Bowman, a Little Rock resident, had served as
chief of the state Workers` Compensation Commission, starting in
May 1998. Before that appointment, she was general counsel for the
Arkansas Development Finance Authority, starting in 1996. She was
attorney supervisor for the workers` compensation fraud
investigation unit of the state Insurance Department from
1993-1996.
