All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 4 2019 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has approved five new insurance companies to operate in the state, bringing to 103 the number of new insurance companies approved since January 2015, according to the Arkansas...
Sep 2 2019 // Reinsurance broker BMS Group has named Pete Chandler as president of its U.S. reinsurance operations. Chandler joins from JLT Re, where he was deputy CEO of the U.S. reinsurance broking arm of the group. He joined JLT Re...
Aug 29 2019 // Oklahoma’s legal fight against the opioid industry has racked up settlements and judgments of nearly $1 billion, but as the numbers keep rising, so do concerns over how that money will be spent.Experts say the $572...
Aug 28 2019 // A storm that rolled through central Oklahoma on Monday left thousands without power, spawned a possible tornado and led to about a dozen high water rescues. National Weather Service meteorologist John Pike said...
Aug 28 2019 // The operators of a Lawton, Okla., Burger King restaurant have agreed to pay $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by federal officials.In a lawsuit filed in July 2018, the...
Aug 28 2019 // In 1977, after an electrical fire destroyed the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, killing 165 people, a plaintiffs’ lawyer named Stanley Chesley came up with a novel way to recover money for the...
Aug 27 2019 // While some Johnson & Johnson investors were relieved that the company’s $572 million penalty for fueling Oklahoma’s opioid epidemic wasn’t as high as feared, lawyers for other U.S. states, cities and...
Aug 26 2019 // An Oklahoma judge on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572.1 million to the state for its part in fueling an opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing addictive painkillers.J&J said it would to appeal the...
Aug 26 2019 // One General Agency (OGA) has acquired the renewal rights to the book of business previously owned by Oklahoma City-based Acton Inc. (Acton).Acton President Eric Acton will be joining the OGA staff. One General Agency...
Aug 22 2019 // A proposed settlement would give St. Louis Rams fans a 25% refund on years of tickets and merchandise they bought before the team announced it was moving to Los Angeles.If approved, the settlement would end a class-action...
Aug 22 2019 // An Oklahoma judge will rule on Monday on whether Johnson & Johnson should be held liable in a lawsuit by the state’s attorney general who argues the drugmaker should be forced to pay $17 billion for fueling the...
Aug 20 2019 // After protesters disrupted construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota by chaining themselves to construction equipment and pitching tents along the route, oil and chemical companies found a way to keep it from...
Aug 14 2019 // Prosecutors say an Oklahoma pharmacist has agreed to pay more than $1 million in restitution after pleading guilty to health care fraud. Federal court records show 37-year-old Jeffrey Scott Terry pleaded guilty to two...
Aug 13 2019 // No damage has been reported following a series of earthquakes that rattled parts of Oklahoma.The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded about 8:30 p.m. Sunday near Quinton, about 123 miles (198...
Aug 9 2019 // A Republican challenger to Louisiana’s long-serving insurance commissioner has qualified for the Oct. 12 statewide election.Tim Temple, a Republican from Baton Rouge, will be facing off against Jim Donelon, a...
Aug 9 2019 // The Oklahoma-based Muscogee (Creek) Nation has received a federal disaster designation to help it recover from damage caused by severe storms, tornadoes and flooding in May and June. The declaration was announced by the...
Aug 7 2019 // Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Newport Beach, California, has acquired Fred Daniel & Sons, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Fred Daniel & Sons brings nearly 100 years of experience and a legacy of excellence...
Aug 2 2019 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma (IIAO), the state’s largest insurance and property casualty agents’ association, has confirmed its 2019-2020 officers and board members.IIAO Officers for 2019-2020...
Aug 1 2019 // Oklahoma’s attorney general on Wednesday made his final bid to force Johnson & Johnson to pay $17 billion for its part in fueling the opioid epidemic, saying the drugmaker’s “egregious”...
Jul 30 2019 // Unpaid workers in Oklahoma collectively are receiving nearly $1 million in back wages and penalties from the state’s labor department.The Oklahoma Department of Labor’s (ODOL) Wage and Hour Division said it has...