All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 20 2011 // Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt filed felony fraud charges against an Oklahoma construction contractor who homeowners said accepted payment for roof repair without performing the work. Six counts of violating the...
Jun 20 2011 // Prices for workers’ compensation insurance are inching up after decreasing and then flat-lining for the past few years, according to Towers Watson. The global professional services firm’s most recent Commercial...
Jun 20 2011 // Rep. Pat Ownbey of Ardmore says Oklahomans were reminded how vulnerable they can be when several tornadoes ripped through the state in May. Ownbey says lawmakers should take a look at incentives for having storm shelters...
Jun 16 2011 // A Washington Supreme Court has ruled that it is OK for an employer to terminate an employee for violating its no drug policy, even though the employee is in compliance with the state’s medical marijuana law.According...
Jun 14 2011 // The Central Oklahoma Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) Society recently installed new officers for 2011-2012.The officers for this term are President David Wilhite, project manager for Farmers...
Jun 13 2011 // New Hampshire-based Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) announced it signed 33 new members in May. Of these, 24 are liberated “captive agents” new to the independent agency system – bringing new...
Jun 10 2011 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak has requested that the state’s attorney general determine whether a 2010 bill increasing the costs of driving records was properly enacted by the Legislature.The bill...
Jun 9 2011 // An Oklahoma construction contractor has been charged with taking payments to repair roofs damaged by recent tornadoes and strong storms, then failing to perform the work.Six felony counts of violating the Oklahoma Consumer...
Jun 6 2011 // The amount the state of Oklahoma pays in liability and property insurance premiums is going down.Department of Central Services Director John Richard announced this week the state has received a $7.8 million credit in...
Jun 6 2011 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department is processing claims from a $51 million settlement of a lawsuit against an insurance company that went under.The Oklahoman reports that money from the settlement will be sent to doctors...
Jun 6 2011 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin in late May signed a bill overhauling the state’s workers’ compensation system.The 200-page measure – Senate Bill 878 – had bi-partisan support and emerged just three days...
Jun 3 2011 // The National Weather Service has upgraded a tornado that tore through central Oklahoma on May 24 to EF-5, the highest rating given to tornadoes.The weather service in Norman said the tornado that started in Binger and...
Jun 2 2011 // A meteorologist with the federal government’s Storm Prediction Center said on May 31 that Oklahoma has seen a greater than average number of tornadoes so far in 2011.Preliminary data from the agency show 63 reports...
Jun 2 2011 // The Supreme Court this week threw out damage claims against former Attorney General John Ashcroft over an American Muslim’s arrest, but four justices said the case raises serious questions about post-9/11 detentions...
May 31 2011 // Storm science has greatly improved tornado warnings in recent years. But if that’s led anyone into a sense of security, that feeling has taken a beating in recent weeks.Super Outbreak 2011, on April 25-28, killed...
May 27 2011 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak warned the state’s residents on Thursday about the fatal dangers of leaving unattended children inside vehicles.Doak said, “2010 was a record year for hyperthermia...
May 26 2011 // A violent storm system rumbled through the central U.S. on Wednesday, spawning tornadoes that turned homes into splintered wreckage, killing at least 14 people over two days and hampering rescue efforts in a city slammed...
May 26 2011 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak has issued an emergency order that will enable licensed out-of-state claims adjustors to immediately assist Oklahomans who suffered damage and losses from the May 24 tornado...
May 23 2011 // More than 400 Oklahoma schools have received notices of expected insurance rate increases averaging 19.5 percent.The notice from the Oklahoma Schools Insurance Group, which provides various types of coverage to 440 of...
May 20 2011 // Uninsured motorists involved in a traffic accident would be unable to receive compensation for pain and suffering damages under a bill approved in the Oklahoma Senate.The Senate voted 28-20 for SB 272 over the objection of...