All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 9 2025 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) announced the completion of the 100th home through its OKReady, Strengthen Oklahoma Homes (SOH) Program, a significant achievement in the state’s ongoing efforts to build...
Dec 4 2025 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer approved nine health insurers to sell group health plans to small employers in 2026. The insurers are: Asuris Northwest Health, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the...
Nov 21 2025 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) recently announced the reopening of previously designated zip codes for the pilot launch of the Strengthen Oklahoma Homes (SOH) Program, an initiative aimed at helping Oklahoma...
Nov 13 2025 // Multiple Oklahoma pharmacies have agreed to pay $157,000 to settle allegations that they billed the Oklahoma Medicaid Program, SoonerCare, for hundreds of unauthorized over-the-counter COVID-19 tests.Apothecary Pharmacy,...
Oct 28 2025 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) announce that its Fire Protection Classification Division saved homeowners approximately $22 million in insurance premiums in 2024.Classification ratings are based upon...
Sep 26 2025 // Storms carrying heavy rain and damaging winds ripped part of the roof off a hospital in eastern Oklahoma on Tuesday afternoon, forcing some patients to be evacuated, according to county officials.The Northeastern Health...
Sep 15 2025 // A school bus carrying softball team members in Oklahoma crashed into a deer and overturned, ejecting some passengers and injuring seven people, the state highway patrol said.The crash happened Monday night on State Highway...
Sep 11 2025 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department announced it will host the third annual Oklahoma Insurance Day on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at the Sheraton Oklahoma City Downtown Hotel. This event aims to bring together key players in...
Aug 4 2025 // USI Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Miami, Oklahoma-based Rogers Insurance Center. Founded in 1997, Rogers Insurance Center is an independent brokerage firm specializing in commercial and personal risk...
Aug 1 2025 // An Oklahoma man is facing charges for damaging the weather radar equipment of a local TV station, the office of Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced.Anthony Tyler Mitchell, 39, allegedly vandalized the power supply...
Jul 31 2025 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) has announced 63 zip codes across the state for the third and final pilot launch of OKReady, the Strengthen Oklahoma Homes program.A list of the third pilot zip codes can be found on...
Jul 21 2025 // Jordan Russell was sworn in recently for his third appointment as Commissioner of the Oklahoma Workers‘ Compensation Commission (OWCC) and as Chair of the Commission.Russell is the longest-serving Commissioner, being...
Jul 21 2025 // Lawmakers in Texas, Oklahoma and Nevada have recently approved changes aimed at helping their states dip into the lucrative side of corporate litigation that Delaware, with a specialized court and business-friendly laws,...
Jul 17 2025 // A farmer in a rural suburb outside of Oklahoma City was fatally attacked by a pair of water buffaloes he purchased at a livestock auction a day earlier, police said.Bradley McMichael, a farmer in the small town of Jones...
Jul 7 2025 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department said that it has expanded its second pilot launch of OKReady, a program that allocates up to $10,000 in grant funds to residents to strengthen homes to the IBHS Fortified standard.OID...
Jul 1 2025 // Relation Insurance Services acquired the assets of Advantage Insurance Group. The transaction went into effect on May 31, 2025; terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Advantage Insurance Group, a family-owned...
Jun 25 2025 // Lawmakers in Texas, Oklahoma and Nevada have recently approved changes aimed at helping their states dip into the lucrative side of corporate litigation that Delaware, with a specialized court and business-friendly laws,...
Jun 20 2025 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that it voted this spring to reduce the Multiple Injury Trust Fund assessment on workers’ compensation coverage providers from 7% to 6.29%.This is the...
Jun 19 2025 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department said that it has expanded its second pilot launch of OKReady, a program that allocates up to $10,000 in grant funds to residents to strengthen homes to the IBHS Fortified standard.OID...
Jun 18 2025 // An Oklahoma man faces felony charges for illegally growing marijuana, Attorney General Genter Drummond’s office announced. Hui Tang, 51, of Kingfisher, was arrested in the wake of a May 29 raid by The Attorney...