All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 30 2006 // The Supreme Court has made it more difficult for investors to join forces to file high-stakes fraud lawsuits against companies.The 8-0 decision handed down on March 21 blocks state class-action lawsuits by stockholders who...
Mar 30 2006 // Without debate, the Oklahoma House passed an $8.9 million firefighter funding bill March 28 but may not have put to rest the political feud over how to replenish rural volunteer fire department budgets and equipment...
Mar 29 2006 // Property Casualty Insurers Association of America announced it took aim at a bill promoted by salvage dealers in Oklahoma that the association says would create an environment of collusion.House Bill 3085 by Bill Case (R-...
Mar 27 2006 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson and AARP Oklahoma are warning Oklahomans of an identity theft scam that uses the threat of arrest to steal personal information from its victims.“The scam is initiated by a...
Mar 24 2006 // Leaders in the Oklahoma House of Representatives on March 22 introduced a plan to increase support for rural firefighters and restore the resources and capabilities of departments. The state Senate on the same day proposed...
Mar 23 2006 // Oklahoma State Senator Jeff Rabon, chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Regulatory Services, announced that recent wildfires across the state have prompted the Senate to step forward with a...
Mar 21 2006 // The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed House Bill 2055, by State Representatives John Trebilcock and Lucky Lamons, which would prohibit lobbyist contributions to state lawmakers during the legislative session.The...
Mar 21 2006 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson reminded consumers to be vigilant in protecting their personal and financial information.Edmondson issued the warning after receiving several complaints about e-mails that attempt...
Mar 20 2006 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson disagrees that politics has been behind an investigation of a Texas businessman suspected of bribing former Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher.“The investigation is a year...
Mar 20 2006 // Insurance Journal South Central–Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas–vary widely in the amount of premium written in any given year. Texas has the biggest surplus lines market, followed by Louisiana,...
Mar 20 2006 // Surplus lines laws, uninsured drivers and the broadening of banking powers top the Indepen-dent Insurance Agents of Okla-homa’s list of key issues for its 2006 legislative agenda according to Dan Ramsey, the...
Mar 17 2006 // The strong winds that pushed wildfires across nearly a million acres of the bone-dry Texas Panhandle were easing early on Thursday, March 16, but in Oklahoma, the fire danger was picking up.A series of wind-whipped grass...
Mar 17 2006 // Roughly 70,000 homeowners in areas hard hit by Hurricane Rita will face insurance hikes of 49 percent that were approved by Louisiana state regulators.The increase affects Louisiana Farm Bureau policyholders. The increase...
Mar 16 2006 // Oklahoma House lawmakers advanced a lawsuit reform package, sending a series of bills to the state Senate for consideration. The package is led by the comprehensive Common Sense in the Courtroom Act.House Bill 3120, the...
Mar 13 2006 // Lawmakers in Oklahoma’s House of Representatives will soon vote on House Bill 3115, by state Rep. Ron Peterson, which would create an online automobile insurance verification pilot program in Oklahoma.“Online...
Mar 13 2006 // Teenagers in Oklahoma with learner’s permits could soon face restrictions on cell phone use while driving. That’s the focus of legislation recently approved by the State Senate.Sen. Clark Jolley, who authored...
Mar 9 2006 // The Oklahoma House of Representatives Judiciary Committee approved House Bill 3120, the Common Sense in the Courtroom Act, which was proposed by the House Republican leadership. The bill now goes to the full House for a...
Mar 8 2006 // The Oklahoma Senate defeated by a vote of 21-25 Senate Bill 1874, which was authored and introduced by the Senate’s Democrat leadership as a lawsuit reform bill. All 21 Republican senators present, joined by four...
Mar 8 2006 // Legislation that would protect charities from frivolous lawsuits and eliminate the need for those groups to purchase costly liability insurance passed the Oklahoma House Judiciary committee.House Bill 2477, by State Rep....
Mar 6 2006 // A bill to expand a program that provides subsidies to cover much of the health insurance costs of employees of small businesses won approval Mar. 2 in the Oklahoma Senate.In other action, senators passed a bill to cut...