All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 6 2009 // The Central Oklahoma Chapter of the CPCU Society presented its Insurance Industry Service Award to Larry W. Fitch at the recent Insurance All Industry Day in Oklahoma City. Fitch currently is the general manager for the...
Oct 20 2009 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), based in Austin, Texas, has expanded with the addition of two new members, First Texas Insurance Services LC of Arlington, Texas, and Lake Insurance Agency Inc. of Laverne, Okla.CAA...
Oct 19 2009 // Hiring Hit“The more qualified the individual was the less interest they expressed in the Hartford top job.” —Bob MacDonald, former CEO of Allianz Life of North America and self-described financial services...
Oct 19 2009 // The Oklahoma House Economic Development and Financial Services Committee is considering a major overhaul of that state’s workers’ compensation system.State Rep. Mark McCullough, R-Sapulpa, a committee member...
Oct 16 2009 // Residents of a southern Oklahoma town that was devastated by a deadly tornado are getting help to build storm shelters in their homes.Lone Grove City Manager Marianne Elfert says half of a $600,000 Federal Emergency...
Oct 9 2009 // A legislative panel in Oklahoma plans to investigate the potentially dangerous practice of texting while driving. Oklahoma currently has no state law against the use of cell phones while driving, according to the Insurance...
Oct 9 2009 // The state of Oklahoma could raise between $150 million and $200 million if it sold the agency that writes worker’s compensation insurance to the highest private bidder, officials of a Chandler-based insurance company...
Oct 2 2009 // Attorneys for 14 people sickened by an August 2008 outbreak of E. coli have filed a lawsuit seeking more than $3 million from the operators of a Locust Grove restaurant where the bacteria originated.The complaint was filed...
Oct 1 2009 // Oklahoma is one of only eight states that allow health insurance companies to classify domestic violence as a “pre-existing condition,” two state lawmakers say.Democratic state Rep. Eric Proctor and Republican...
Sep 24 2009 // A report from the White House says health insurance premiums in Oklahoma have risen twice as much as wages since 1999.The report says the cost of premiums is up by 96 percent while wages rose by 47 percent. The 96 percent...
Sep 23 2009 // David Overbey is no scientist, but he says a person doesn’t have to be to see how much the Illinois River has improved in recent years.Overbey, a 67-year-old retired laborer who spends his days fishing the river in...
Sep 21 2009 // 1 MillionFrom 1996 to 2008, Oklahoma averaged about 1 million cloud-to-ground lightning strikes each year, and according to the National Weather Service the lightning strike total in the state is on the increase for 2009....
Sep 21 2009 // A Muslim teenager claims in a federal lawsuit that she was denied a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch clothing store at a Tulsa mall because she wore a head scarf.In the lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in...
Sep 17 2009 // Prompted by a deadly February tornado in southern Oklahoma, a state House panel on Tuesday examined ways to increase the number of tornado shelters at mobile home parks.Reps. Pat Ownbey, R-Ardmore, and Samson Buck,...
Sep 9 2009 // A new state law in Oklahoma provides greater protection for children endangered by drunk drivers.Senate Bill 1139, by state Sen. Mary Easley and state Rep. Jeannie McDaniel, allows drunk drivers to face felony...
Sep 8 2009 // In a recent meeting of a task force considering privatizing Oklahoma’s state-backed workers’ compensation insurer, CompSource Oklahoma, Nevada insurance executives said workers’ comp rates have dropped in...
Aug 28 2009 // At least 10 minor earthquakes have shaken central Oklahoma in the past 24 to 36 hours, the most recent occurring early in the morning on Aug. 28, according to the Oklahoma Geological Survey. This morning’st tremor...
Aug 27 2009 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland announced former insurance agent Richard Wallen has been arrested by the Oklahoma Insurance Department’s Anti-Fraud Unit. Wallen has been charged with two felony...
Aug 25 2009 // A former Vinita, Okla., insurance agent will pay more than $4,400 in restitution after pleading guilty to selling insurance without a license, Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson reported.William Ronald Harlan, former...
Aug 7 2009 // A legislative task force has begun a study on how best to privatize CompSource Oklahoma, the agency that provides workers’ compensation insurance in the state.Members of a nine-member task force convened Aug 6. The...