All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 28 2005 // Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin and Senate Republican leaders, joined by several Oklahoma doctors and business leaders, are calling for meaningful lawsuit reform during the 2005 legislative session.Senate Republican Leader...
Jan 27 2005 // Maryland Democratic legislative leaders have castigated Insurance Commissioner Alfred Redmer for his blanket approval of a 2 percent increase in HMO premiums, saying he is playing politics with the issue to advance the...
Jan 27 2005 // Aon announced it is introducing a series of forums in Oklahoma aimed at helping make sense of the increasingly complex risk management environment.Aon designed the 2005 Oklahoma Business Risk Forums to offer participants...
Jan 25 2005 // Freshman Oklahoma lawmaker, State Rep. Ryan McMullen, D-Burns Flat, recently filed several proposals addressing workers’ compensation reform in that state.McMullen announced the introduction of three bills he...
Jan 24 2005 // Alan McClain of Little Rock was appointed chief executive officer of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission. McClain was named to the post after former CEO Julie Benafield Bowman accepted appointment as...
Jan 24 2005 // Oklahoma vehicle owners could combat a scheduled increase in auto insurance rates if a bill proposed by Rep. Jerry Shoemake (D-Morris) passes the Oklahoma Legislature. Shoemake wants to override a law going into effect...
Jan 23 2005 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry announced he has selected a long-time Tulsa insurance executive and public servant to serve as Oklahoma’s state insurance commissioner. Kim Holland succeeds Carroll Fisher who resigned under...
Jan 20 2005 // Dr. Jack Beller, immediate past president of the Oklahoma State Medical Association, said the medical group will not press for more lawsuit reform this year, according to an Associated Press report.Beller said the...
Jan 14 2005 // Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tempore Cal Hobson, D-Lexington, offered the following statement regarding reform of the state’s workers’ compensation system, which is expected in the legislative session that...
Jan 11 2005 // Oklahoma vehicle owners could combat an April 1 increase in auto insurance rates if a bill proposed by Rep. Jerry Shoemake (D-Morris) passes the Oklahoma Legislature.Shoemake has filed a petition to override a law,...
Jan 6 2005 // More than 300 insurance claims have been filed concerning a furnace explosion at a scrap metal plant in Muskogee, Okla., that killed two employees and damaged nearby homes, according to the Associated Press.Insurance...
Jan 3 2005 // For the second year in a row, Oklahoma workplaces set records for lower numbers of recordable injuries and illnesses, as well as lower injury and illness rates, according to the state’s Department of Labor....
Dec 28 2004 // Mercury Insurance Group has opened its Western Regional Headquarters in Oklahoma City, taking a five-year lease on more than 40,000 square feet of office space in what will now be known as the Mercury Insurance building at...
Dec 28 2004 // Oklahoma state prosecutors plan to appeal a judge’s recent decision to dismiss an embezzlement count against former state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher, according to the Associated Press.“I’m not...
Dec 20 2004 // Houston’s Halliburton announced that settlement agreements involving asbestos claims were approved on Nov. 18, 2004, and Nov. 29, 2004. The Honorable Judith K. Fitzgerald approved settlements concerning asbestos...
Dec 20 2004 // The dominating insurance story in Oklahoma in 2004 was undoubtedly the crash and fall of former Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher. Faced with multiple indictments on felony charges, numerous ethics reprimands, an...
Dec 17 2004 // Health Care Service Corp. is considering adding Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma to its network of insurance providers in Illinois, Texas and New Mexico, according to the Associated Press and the Tulsa World.The...
Dec 15 2004 // For the second year in a row, Oklahoma workplaces set records for the fewest number of recordable injuries and illness as well as the lowest injury and illness rate, according to the state’s Department of Labor.The...
Dec 15 2004 // Rep. Ron Peterson is the new head of a legislative panel responsible for oversight of Oklahoma’s insurance industry, according to the Oklahoma House of Representatives Media Division. House Speaker-elect Todd Hiett,...
Dec 13 2004 // A Tulsa, Okla.-area legislator plans to take up the mission he began nearly a year ago to change the position of state insurance commissioner to one that is appointed rather than elected.State Rep. John Trebilcock,...