All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 22 2010 // An Oklahoma state representative says he’s prepared to introduce legislation to further improve the state’s workers’ compensation system. Rep. Mark McCullough says the recent recommendations of the Task...
Nov 23 2010 // Shareholders of NYMAGIC approved its acquisition by ProSight Specialty Insurance Holdings Inc. at a special meeting yesterday, clearing the way for the insurance holding firm to become part of ProSight. The merger valued...
Nov 15 2010 // If Oklahoma’s new attorney general or governor decide to drop a lawsuit accusing poultry companies of pollution, the outgoing attorney general predicts the case will be picked up by other interested parties.Outgoing...
Nov 14 2010 // HCC SpecialtyHouston-based HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. is combining its Professional Indemnity Agency (PIA), HCC Public Risk and HCC Specialty Underwriters units under a newly created underwriting division, HCC Specialty....
Nov 14 2010 // Oklahoma will have a new insurance commissioner next year, as insurance agent John Doak joined the Republican sweep in the Nov. 2 midterm elections to defeat current Commissioner Kim Holland. Unofficial results on Nov. 3...
Nov 4 2010 // Employees of Farmers Insurance have relocated to their new 175,000 foot facility near Memorial and Rockwell roads in Oklahoma City. The new, technically advanced facility is environmentally-friendly and designed to LEED...
Nov 3 2010 // Oklahoma will have a new insurance commissioner next year, as insurance agent John Doak joined the Republican sweep in the Nov. 2 midterm elections to defeat current Commissioner Kim Holland. Unofficial results from the...
Oct 25 2010 // The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission reports that in September, Oklahoma’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped by one-tenth of a percentage point to 6.9 percent for the month. The national...
Oct 18 2010 // A lawyer representing 10,000 ground zero workers suing New York City over their exposure to World Trade Center dust said earlier this month that 75 percent have signed a settlement resolving their claims and most of the...
Oct 15 2010 // One of the strongest earthquakes recorded in Oklahoma rattled parts of five states on October 13 and left two people with minor injuries.The earthquake struck at 9:06 a.m. about six miles east of Norman in Cleveland...
Oct 14 2010 // An earthquake has rattled parts of central Oklahoma and was felt as far away as southern Kansas.There are no reports of damage or injury. Geophysicist Don Blakeman with the National Earthquake Information Center said the...
Oct 12 2010 // Oklahoma authorities say a trend has developed of home burglaries following a visit by a door-to-door salesman. Nearly a dozen communities have been hit.Garfield County sheriff’s deputies told Oklahoma City...
Oct 8 2010 // Attorneys for both sides say a civil lawsuit over a collision on Oklahoma’s Will Rogers Turnpike that killed 10 people has been settled for $62.7 million.Attorneys for family members of eight of the victims say the...
Oct 7 2010 // A lawyer representing 10,000 ground zero workers suing New York City over their exposure to World Trade Center dust said Tuesday that 75 percent have signed a settlement resolving their claims and most of the rest have...
Oct 7 2010 // The Oklahoma Department of Insurance issued a bulletin reminding workers’ compensation insurance adjusters they must be licensed to operate in the state. Licensed workers’ comp claims adjusters also must...
Oct 6 2010 // The Republican running to replace the current insurance commissioner in Oklahoma in the November election is seeking to make increased fees for access to motor vehicle records a campaign issue.During the last legislative...
Oct 4 2010 // Watkins Insurance Group, one of the largest full-service, locally owned independent insurance agencies in central Texas, added agent Andy Webb to its sales team. Webb began his career in the insurance industry in March...
Sep 20 2010 // $100 MillionThe cost of property damage claims from Tropical Storm Hermine crept toward $100 million as of Sept. 10, 2010, three days after the storm made landfall in northeastern Mexico, and swept through Texas and into...
Sep 13 2010 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has appointed two new judges to the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court.Judge David Reid of Tulsa will fill the Office 6 position previously held by Mary Black and Judge Owen Evans of Tulsa...
Sep 10 2010 // Like the rainfall that inundated Texas as a result of Tropical Storm Hermine, claims from property damage caused by the storm have been pouring in to insurers, the Insurance Council of Texas has reported.ICT spokesman Mark...