All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 5 2009 // The inattention of a tractor-trailer driver led to a wreck on the Will Rogers Turnpike that killed 10 people in June, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said in a report released Aug. 3.Investigators looking into the June 26...
Aug 4 2009 // The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions.The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same...
Aug 3 2009 // Met LifeMetLife Inc. is combining its institutional and individual businesses, as well as its auto and home insurance unit, into a single U.S. business organization. William J. Mullaney, who has served as president of...
Jul 24 2009 // Oklahoma can’t pursue monetary damages in its environmental lawsuit against a dozen Arkansas poultry companies because it didn’t name the Cherokee Nation as a plaintiff, a federal judge ruled in a major blow to...
Jul 22 2009 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry is seeking federal disaster designation for Oklahoma farmers and ranchers hit hard by extreme weather conditions the past 10 months.Henry said he made the request in a letter to Agriculture...
Jul 21 2009 // Although legislation filed by Oklahoma House of Representatives Democratic Leader Danny Morgan to address the dangers of cell phone use and texting while driving has stalled the past two legislative sessions, Rep. Morgan...
Jul 20 2009 // Oklahoma’s new electronic verification system for vehicle insurance is now fully operational. Drivers still will need to present an insurance verification card when renewing their vehicle registrations. Information...
Jul 20 2009 // American Safety, Victore InsuranceBermuda-based American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd.’s American Safety Casualty Insurance Co. (ASCIC) subsidiary has acquired Victore Insurance Co. (VIC), an Oklahoma domiciled...
Jul 20 2009 // Workers’ compensation reform proposals will be subjected to legislative scrutiny through an Oklahoma House of Representatives study requested by state Rep. Mark McCullough, among others.McCullough, who has authored...
Jul 15 2009 // Dallas-based Apex Global Partners Inc. (AGP) has expanded its employee benefits operations by opening a new office in Oklahoma City.In conjunction with the expansion, AGP appointed Brad Williams as director of Oklahoma...
Jul 13 2009 // An Oklahoma County judge has denied a request for former state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher for early release from a private prison.State Attorney General Drew Edmondson had opposed the 69-year-old Fisher’s...
Jul 10 2009 // Oklahoma’s new electronic verification system for vehicle insurance is now online and fully operational.Oklahoma Tax Commission spokeswoman Paula Ross says validating insurance electronically gives immediate...
Jul 9 2009 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has fined National Home Protection Inc., which the state insurance department said has failed to respond to a previously issued emergency cease and desist order directing the...
Jul 6 2009 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has warned the state’s insurance producers and adjusters they may be contacted by imposters posing as Oklahoma Insurance Department employees seeking confidential personal...
Jul 6 2009 // The Louisiana Legislature adjourned June 25, approving two bills of importance to the insurance industry late in the session, but bypassing several tort reform measures that some insurance and business trade groups had...
Jul 6 2009 // Houston-based insurance agency Bowen, Miclette & Britt named Dan Persha director of environmental risk management. With 30 years of commercial insurance brokerage experience, Persha specializes in heavy casualty,...
Jul 2 2009 // Bermuda-based American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd. reported that its American Safety Casualty Insurance Company (ASCIC) subsidiary has acquired, for cash, Victore Insurance Company (VIC), an Oklahoma domiciled admitted...
Jun 29 2009 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has warned insurance producers and adjusters across the state to be on the lookout for imposters posing as Oklahoma Insurance Department employees seeking confidential personal...
Jun 15 2009 // In separate court actions, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson have charged BP Products North America Inc. with pollution violations (Texas) and manipulating the price of propane...
Jun 11 2009 // The Northeastern Oklahoma chapter of the CPCU Society has installed new officers for 2009-2010. The new officers are President Ron Comeau, President-Elect Amy Bradley-Waters, Vice President J.D. Hatter and...