All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 11 2007 // Oklahoma’s first earthquake of 2007 rattles two small southeastern towns, authorities said.No damage or injuries were reported when the 2.5 temblor hit the western Coal County communities of Tupelo and Clarita about...
Jan 8 2007 // Lawsuit reform revisited “While I am still reviewing [the] ruling, my initial reaction is that of disappointment, because I believe it will lead to an increase in frivolous lawsuits, higher insurance costs, and less...
Jan 7 2007 // Lawsuit reform revisited“While I am still reviewing [the] ruling, my initial reaction is that of disappointment, because I believe it will lead to an increase in frivolous lawsuits, higher insurance costs, and less...
Jan 5 2007 // Oklahoma State Representative Jason W. Murphey (R-Guthrie) has introduced legislation intended to lower medical costs by providing incentive for insurers to write “Negative Outcomes” insurance policies. The...
Jan 4 2007 // Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) funding issues will be the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America’s (PCI) top legislative priority in its Southwestern region, the insurer group announced. The...
Jan 4 2007 // Insurers that write workers’ compensation insurance in Oklahoma may submit to the National Council on Compensation Insurance statutorily required proof of workers’ compensation insurance coverage for their...
Dec 26 2006 // Two minor earthquakes shook central Oklahoma, rattling nerves but causing no serious damage or injuries, authorities said.The quakes were centered in the Del City-Midwest City area east of Oklahoma City. The first struck...
Dec 25 2006 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson issued a consumer alert to customers of First State Bank in Ketchum warning them about a scam being perpetrated in their area. According to the AG’s office, the bank had...
Dec 25 2006 // It was difficult to get away from natural catastrophes in 2006, even though the year was relatively unscathed by those types of events. Back-to-back 2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita continued to wreak havoc on insurance...
Dec 24 2006 // It was difficult to get away from natural catastrophes in 2006, even though the year was relatively unscathed by those types of events. Back-to-back 2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita continued to wreak havoc on insurance...
Dec 21 2006 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson’s office will propose legislation to expand his Consumer Protection Unit’s prosecutorial authority. In a release, Edmondson said a case he recently filed, which concerns...
Dec 20 2006 // An Oklahoma man is facing 10 years in prison, and his wife will serve a three-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to five counts of violating the Oklahoma Solicitation of Charitable Contributions Act, Attorney...
Dec 19 2006 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson recently issued a consumer alert warning customers of First State Bank in Ketchum about a scam currently being perpetrated in the area.Edmondson issued the warning after the bank...
Dec 15 2006 // Oklahoma’s first ethanol plant has received the state permit and insurance it needs to operate.Spaceport Fuel in Burns Flat is to reach full production by Feb. 1. Oklahoma Agricultural Secretary Terry Peach has...
Dec 11 2006 // A Norman, Okla., chiropractor won’t be able to practice for three years after the Oklahoma Board of Chiropractic Examiners concluded that he violated state rules concerning advertising, billing and ethics, and...
Dec 7 2006 // Wal-Mart has settled a nearly $5.1 million class-action lawsuit brought by the estates of 73 former employees in Oklahoma.A federal judge in Tulsa gave final approval Dec. 4 to the settlement, which calls for about a third...
Nov 29 2006 // The cost of health insurance for Oklahoma families rose more than four times faster than their wages over the last six years, according to a new study.The report released by Families USA, a nonprofit health care consumer...
Nov 29 2006 // Policyholders of Virginia Mutual Insurance Co. have approved the previously announced plan of conversion with Alfa Corp., the companies reported.Under the agreement, Virginia Mutual will convert from a mutual company to a...
Nov 27 2006 // An Oklahoma County judge has moved the latest trial of former state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher.District Judge Susan Caswell agreed to delay the tax-charge proceeding after meeting with prosecutors and defense...
Nov 20 2006 // The new Congress may be blue on Capitol Hill, but insiders say that’s not necessarily a bad color for the insurance industry.“The more things change, the more they may remain pretty much the same,” said...