All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 6 2006 // North American Group reported it has purchased Oklahoma City, Okla.-based Davis Duke & Co. Insurance Agency. The employees of Davis Duke have relocated to the North American Group’s Oklahoma City...
Mar 3 2006 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland announced she has successfully petitioned the Oklahoma County District Court for an early distribution of funds to Oklahomans defrauded or owed money by now defunct AmCare Health...
Mar 2 2006 // Legislation protecting emergency medical dispatchers from lawsuits has passed the Oklahoma House Appropriations and Budget Committee.The House of Representatives reported that House Bill 2879, by State Representatives Doug...
Feb 27 2006 // Kim Holland, appointed by Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry as state insurance commissioner a year ago, formally announced Feb. 23 that she will run for a full four-year term.Her announcement came two days after her predecessor,...
Feb 27 2006 // A former Bartlesville, Okla., firefighter received a five-year prison term for embezzling $166,653 from the firefighters union insurance fund to use to pay for gambling, the Associated Press reported.Washington County...
Feb 27 2006 // Officials aren’t sure whether Oklahoma taxpayers will have to pay for uninsured weapons that are missing from a famous state gun museum.The J.M. Davis Arms & Historical Museum is covered by insurance but the gun...
Feb 23 2006 // Stringent new ethics rules and the elimination of patronage should limit questions about staff integrity at the scandal-plagued Oklahoma Insurance Department, Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland said in an...
Feb 23 2006 // Oklahoma Senate Republicans are playing hardball, claiming in a news release that trial lawyers won an early victory in the legislative lawsuit reform battle with the help of Democrat “allies” in the state...
Feb 23 2006 // Owners of dangerous dogs in Oklahoma could soon face much harsher penalties if their animals attack another person if a measure passed in the House Health and Human Services Committee makes it through the full legislative...
Feb 21 2006 // Oklahoma County District Judge Susan Caswell formally sentenced former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher to three consecutive years imprisonment and ordered him to pay a $20,000 fine, Attorney General Drew...
Feb 20 2006 // An Oklahoma County jury on Feb. 8, 2006, found former Oklahoma Insurance Commis-sioner Carroll Fisher guilty on one count each of embezzlement and perjury.The 12-member panel, which deliberated about two hours after less...
Feb 19 2006 // An Oklahoma County jury on Feb. 8, 2006, found former Oklahoma Insurance Commis-sioner Carroll Fisher guilty on one count each of embezzlement and perjury.The 12-member panel, which deliberated about two hours after less...
Feb 17 2006 // Hoping to reduce the number of uninsured Oklahomans, a state House of Representatives committee voted to provide financial incentives to businesses that contribute to employee health insurance premiums.House Bill 2463, by...
Feb 15 2006 // As predicted, lawsuit reform is turning out to be the focus of the Oklahoma Legislature during the current session.In the Oklahoma Senate a comprehensive lawsuit reform bill, sponsored by a Democratic passed out of the...
Feb 14 2006 // Former Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher’s conviction on campaign-related charges of embezzlement and perjury demonstrate the necessity of stronger ethics laws in Oklahoma, according to State Rep. Ryan McMullen...
Feb 10 2006 // An Oklahoma County jury on Feb. 8 found former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher guilty on one count each of embezzlement and perjury.The 12-member panel, which deliberated about two hours after less than two...
Feb 10 2006 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson recently released the list of the top ten consumer complaints received by his office’s Consumer Protection Unit in 2005.Topping the list again this year were Internet-related...
Feb 10 2006 // If you overeat and gain weight, you’ll have to rely on diet and exercise – not a lawsuit – to solve the problem under legislation approved by an Oklahoma House of Representatives committee.House Bill...
Feb 9 2006 // As cancer and heart disease continue to be the two leading causes of death in Oklahoma, State Rep. Joe Dorman is urging legislators to set an example for living healthier lives.Dorman plans on teaming up with the Oklahoma...
Feb 9 2006 // A key plank of the Oklahoma Senate Democratic agenda to strengthen small business won the approval of a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, according to the office of the lawmaker who sponsored a bill that would increase...