All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 14 2005 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland announced two new members to the Oklahoma Insurance Department staff. Jennifer Burchett was hired as legislative liaison. Burchett graduated with a bachelor’s degree in...
Jul 14 2005 // New legislation in Oklahoma that defines discount medical plans and protects consumers against high-pressure sales tactics and misleading information is welcome, according to Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland.Companies...
Jul 6 2005 // The owner of a Tulsa construction company will pay $20,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to workers’ compensation fraud, according to Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson.William R. King, 41, was sentenced...
Jul 4 2005 // Former Okla-homa Insurance Co-mmissioner Carroll Fisher, his former assistant, Opal Ellis, and the Fisher Foundation have been ordered to stand trial on all counts against them in Oklahoma County District Court, according...
Jul 4 2005 // The cries for meaningful workers’ compensation reforms have reverberated in the halls of the capitol buildings in Austin and Oklahoma City for many years. Session after session the respective legislatures tinkered...
Jul 4 2005 // LouisianaThree Arrested for Accident Staging The Louisiana State Police Insu-rance Fraud Unit arrested three Ville Platte residents on felony insurance fraud related warrants. The state police said the arrests were the...
Jul 1 2005 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland announced she is ordering First Choice Healthcare to stop conducting unauthorized business involving insurance in Oklahoma. The order states that the company has violated state...
Jun 30 2005 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department reported that Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has suspended the license of Covenant Home Warranty Corporation.The action will stop the Tulsa company from soliciting, acquiring or...
Jun 20 2005 // Three insurance companies have been granted rate decreases by the West Virginia Insurance Comm-ission, including: Erie Insurance Co., 3.1 percent decrease in private passenger auto insurance, goes into effect Aug. 1; State...
Jun 20 2005 // Medical professional liability insurer Medical Protective has introduced a new product to protect Oklahoma doctors from liability when their carrier is unable to meet its obligations. Medical Protective will now offer...
Jun 20 2005 // ArkansasCrash Records Available Online The Arkansas State Police reported that Arkansas Uni-form Highway Crash Records are now available online through the Arkansas State Police Web site, www.asp.arkansas.gov, and the...
Jun 20 2005 // Oklahoma lawmakers passed workers’ compensation reform legislation, Senate Bill 1X, in a special legislative session that began May 31, the end date for the regular session. The bill was sent to Gov. Brad Henry who...
Jun 20 2005 // Trials and Tribulations in Neverland (Oklahoma)Almost everyone did something wrong in Neverland-Neverland, Oklahoma, that is. This story begins and ends in the District Court of Neverland-where a mock trial put on by the...
Jun 17 2005 // Former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher, his former assistant, Opal Ellis, and the Fisher Foundation have been ordered to stand trial on all counts against them in Oklahoma County District Court.Oklahoma...
Jun 14 2005 // Citing the protection of Oklahoma lakes and streams, drinking water and public health, Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson announced his office has filed a lawsuit against several out-of-state poultry companies for...
Jun 13 2005 // Oklahoma State Sen. Tom Adelson, D-Tulsa, announced a five-part plan to reduce health care costs in Oklahoma following the release of a national study that found that the privately insured in Oklahoma pay nearly double the...
Jun 9 2005 // The Oklahoma Department of Labor reported it is trying to determine the extent of the impact of the Legislature’s decision to repeal two sections of Oklahoma law and abolish the Certificate of Non-Coverage (CNC)...
Jun 8 2005 // In a significant victory for AIA and the business community, the Oklahoma legislature last Friday passed a comprehensive workers’ compensation reform bill (SB 1X). Passage came during a special legislative session...
Jun 7 2005 // Medical professional liability insurer Medical Protective announced the introduction of a new product to protect Oklahoma doctors from liability when their carrier is unable to meet its obligations.Medical Protective will...
Jun 6 2005 // All spring, the Texas and Oklahoma Legislatures grappled with workers’ compensation reform legislation in their respective states. The two have many similar issues, including high insurance costs, low return-to-work...