10/16/2026
Tonight we celebrate true pioneers of the insurance industry as we induct 7 new members to the Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame.
• Regina Favors - retired president and chief executive officer, Pinnacle Business Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield.
• Lynn Harbert, CIOP - retired senior vice president and chief operating officer, Delta Dental of Arkansas.
• T. Ark Monroe III, J.D. - of Little Rock, retired partner, Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, PLLC, and former Arkansas Insurance Commissioner, 1972-1976.
• Richard L. Patterson, CLU, ChFC, ARPC, AEP - financial advisor, Patterson Financial Group.
• Victor A. Puleo Jr., Ph.D., CIC, CCI (1964-2025) - educator, UCA College of Business, 2003-2017.
• J.B. Smith - retired agency owner, Smith and Company Insurance Inc.
• Dennis Young - retired agency owner, Young and Youngblood Insurance.
If you’re not here, you’re missing amazing advice from these pioneers as well as other AIHF awards given to insurance students and educators.