All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 15 2003 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department announced that the State Board for Property and Casualty Rates has voted to hold the line on a key component of workers’ compensation rates, at least for the next year.Insurance...
Sep 8 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher suspended the license of Gary Kroll, a Tulsa insurance agent accused of misleading new homeowners into purchasing coverage they are not required to carry. Kroll allegedly sent...
Aug 26 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher suspended the license of a Tulsa insurance agent accused of misleading new homeowners into purchasing coverage they are not required to carry.Gary Kroll’s license was...
Aug 18 2003 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department announced that Aviation Insurance Group Agency Inc. of Bethany, was placed in conservatorship by Oklahoma County District Court Judge Leamon Freeman. The agency is accused of deceiving its...
Aug 18 2003 // The Oklahoma Board for Property and Casualty Rates approved a Sept. 11 hearing for a proposed 6.4 percent increase in a key component of workers’ compensation rates. Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher promised a...
Aug 13 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced the approval of emergency rules to grant special licenses to agents allowing them to sell a new form of insurance for cattle producers. The Agriculture Revenue...
Aug 12 2003 // Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced that the Oklahoma Market Assistance Program, which helps Oklahomans purchase homeowners insurance, is under new management. The move came after the program’s long-time...
Aug 7 2003 // Assurant Group announced the completion of an 18,000 square-foot, multimillion-dollar addition to its Lawton, Okla., customer contact center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and facility tours for local government and...
Aug 5 2003 // The Oklahoma Board for Property and Casualty Rates approved a September 11 hearing for a proposed 6.4 percent increase in a key component of workers’ compensation rates.Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher, who...
Jul 30 2003 // Dewinda A. Ford of the Bramlett Agency Inc., in Ardmore, Okla., was named the 2003 National Outstanding CSR of the Year by the Society of Certified Insurance Service Representatives (CISR) and the Society of Certified...
Jul 29 2003 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department announced that former Oklahoma County District Court Judge Leamon Freeman ordered increased supervision by the insurance department over Aviation Insurance Group Agency Inc. of Bethany....
Jul 25 2003 // One in three U.S. adults say that it is all right to exaggerate insurance claims under certain circumstances, according to a recent Insurance Research Council (IRC) survey.These respondents agreed that it is acceptable to...
Jun 20 2003 // Louisiana and Texas legislators opted to overhaul their insurance regulatory systems this year with competition-based solutions that should help to address the insurance availability and affordability crises that have...
Jun 16 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher placed a Bethany insurance agency into supervision after learning that its owner may have stolen more than $100,000 from her customers in the form of refunds she hid from...
Jun 9 2003 // Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher warned Oklahomans that Eastern Shores Casualty and Indemnity Co. and Continental Surety Company Ltd. are unlicensed to sell bonds in Oklahoma and are possibly shams. Allegedly, an...
Jun 2 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers is urging Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry to sign into law a bill that would limit insurer exposure under the Standard Fire Policy Act, thereby helping to stabilize the state’s commercial...
May 30 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher warned citizens of his state who may have done business with Eastern Shores Casualty and Indemnity Co. and Continental Surety Company Ltd. that the companies are unlicensed to...
May 30 2003 // A highly anticipated tort reform measure has passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives by a wide margin, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). The bill, which arose from a task force empanelled by...
May 29 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced he revoked the license of a Bartlesville agent accused of lying clients to cover up the fact that he was unable to find coverage for them, as well as taking cash...
May 16 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher told tornado survivors he will help the insurance industry in any way possible to resolve claims resulting from the storms that hit his state in early May.Fisher made his...