All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 24 2018 // A storm system dumped record amounts of rain in parts of Oklahoma and caused flooding in Texas, including in the Dallas area, where floodwaters swept a man from a bridge to his death near the University of Texas’...
Sep 21 2018 // The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently granted a waiver to State Farm to allow the insurer the ability to inspect damage caused by Hurricane Florence.The approval, received just last week, allows State Farm to...
Sep 20 2018 // Andrew Schallhorn has been appointed as chief actuary at the Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID), effective Sept. 24.Schallhorn formerly was president of Reserve National Insurance Co. In a departmental press announcement,...
Sep 20 2018 // Alliant Insurance Services has added Brady Ayala as senior vice president in its Employee Benefits Group in Oklahoma City.Ayala will service a growing portfolio of regional clients, deploying a full range of benefits...
Sep 17 2018 // Several state agencies in Oklahoma, including the insurance department, are working together on an initiative to curtail distracted driving among teenagers.Oklahoma law bans texting and driving but despite that,...
Sep 17 2018 // Sam Siddons and Craig Morelos have joined the property/casualty practice at EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants as principals.Siddons will be responsible for new business development, the design, placement and...
Sep 13 2018 // A Cherokee Nation official says medical marijuana won’t be legal on the Oklahoma-based tribe’s property even though the state’s voters approved use of the plant. The Cherokee Phoenix reports Cherokee...
Sep 12 2018 // A proposed $6.95 million settlement has been filed to end a class-action lawsuit alleging Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy co-founders Aubrey McClendon and Tom Ward conspired to rig bids on leases for land to explore...
Sep 10 2018 // Several state agencies in Oklahoma, including the insurance department, are working together on an initiative to curtail distracted driving among teenagers.Oklahoma law bans texting and driving but despite that,...
Sep 6 2018 // First United Bank in Durant, Oklahoma, has added Shanan Wagoner to its Universal Insurance agency team.Wagoner has been selected as an insurance advisor, partnering with current bank locations and customers in Seguin,...
Sep 5 2018 // First United Bank in Durant, Oklahoma, has hired Howard McClure as the new president of Universal Insurance, a First United Company.McClure will be responsible for leading the First United Bank insurance teams throughout...
Sep 4 2018 // California lawmakers passed legislation to help utility giant PG&E Corp. pay for billions of dollars in potential liabilities from wildfires that ravaged Northern California wine country last year.The state Assembly...
Aug 30 2018 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has approved three new insurance companies to conduct insurance business in that state.Authority was granted to West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. (WBM) of West Bend, Wisconsin, to...
Aug 30 2018 // The former CEO of an Oklahoma ambulance service has agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle a civil kickback case.The U.S. Justice Department revealed Monday that Stephen Williamson will pay an $80,000...
Aug 29 2018 // Tulsa’s market growth for cannabis-derived products without the high of THC was inevitable regardless of Oklahoma’s medical marijuana legalization, according to advocates.Proponents of medical marijuana have...
Aug 28 2018 // More than 1,600 people and businesses applied for Oklahoma medical marijuana licenses on the first day that applications were made available.The online application system went live at 10 a.m. Saturday at www.OMMA.ok.gov...
Aug 24 2018 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak has named Buddy Combs the new deputy commissioner of insurance business transfers at the Oklahoma Insurance Department.The move is in preparation for the new Insurance Business...
Aug 21 2018 // An Oklahoma casino says 14 people suffered cuts and bruises when a powerful rainstorm toppled entrance trusses and disrupted the start of an outdoor concert by the Backstreet Boys. Kym Koch-Thompson, spokeswoman for the...
Aug 17 2018 // There were signs that a natural gas well was not fully sealed before it exploded in January, killing five workers, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board said in an updated report on the accident on Thursday.The incident, which...
Aug 16 2018 // A growing number of Texas ranchers and farmers are trimming their livestock, or selling them altogether, as the persistent drought has eliminated water supplies and forage for the animals.Some landowners describe a...