All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 4 2023 // Travelers, Corvus Insurance HoldingsThe Travelers Companies said it has agreed to buy cyber managing general underwriter Corvus Insurance Holdings Inc. for about $435 million for its middle-market excess and surplus lines...
Nov 29 2023 // Former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Gerald Grimes passed away this month at the age of 82.Grimes was appointed as Oklahoma’s Eighth Insurance Commissioner in 1975. He served in the role for 16 years. Grimes was...
Nov 20 2023 // A group of poultry producers, including the world’s largest, have asked a federal judge to dismiss his ruling that they polluted an Oklahoma watershed.Arkansas-based Tyson Foods, Minnesota-based Cargill Inc. and the...
Nov 14 2023 // The owners of a Colorado funeral home were arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma on charges linked to the discovery of 190 sets of decaying remains at one of their facilities, including some that apparently had been languishing...
Nov 1 2023 // Alliant Insurance Services has acquired 3000 Insurance Group (3IG), a retail property and casualty (P&C) insurance and employee benefits firm based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Joining the Alliant Americas division, 3IG...
Oct 31 2023 // A group of poultry producers, including the world’s largest, have asked a federal judge to dismiss his ruling that they polluted an Oklahoma watershed.Arkansas-based Tyson Foods, Minnesota-based Cargill Inc. and the...
Oct 20 2023 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department’s Captive Insurance Division reported a 25% net gain in captive insurers for 2023.As of September 30, the state has licensed 11 new captive insurers for the year. There are 55...
Oct 10 2023 // A McDonald’s restaurant in Checotah, Oklahoma, operated by franchisee Arch Fellow North LLC, violated federal law when a manager sexually harassed a 17 year-old worker, and she was forced to resign, the U.S. Equal...
Oct 10 2023 // An Oklahoma construction contractor entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and agreed to pay $370,680 in criminal and civil penalties to avoid federal prosecution on one count of ignoring federal safety regulations...
Oct 2 2023 // Charles Symington is the new president and chief executive of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big I), effective Sept. 1.In September 2022, Symington was promoted to executive vice president...
Sep 29 2023 // Keystone, the participant-owned insurance agency network, has added Ascent Insurance Group (formerly LBV Insurance) based in Edmond, Oklahoma to its growing network of agencies. Ascent is a boutique style commercial lines...
Sep 25 2023 // OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – An Oklahoma judge was arrested in Austin, Texas, last week after authorities say he opened fire on parked vehicles while out driving, striking at least one of them, and intentionally crashed into a...
Sep 15 2023 // Oklahoma Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat, a Republican, announced the appointment of Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, as the chairman of the Senate Retirement and Insurance Committee. The Senate Retirement and Insurance...
Sep 13 2023 // A notice in Uber’s digital registration process requiring ride-share customers to take any individual claims to arbitration is enforceable, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled in a case involving passengers injured...
Sep 13 2023 // Vicars Powersports, a McAlester, Oklahoma retailer of ATVs, UTVs, dirt bikes, motorcycles and personal watercraft, violated federal law when it fired a female manager because she is a woman, the U.S. Equal Employment...
Sep 5 2023 // California regulators last week approved a controversial proposal to greatly increase storage capacity at the site of the nation’s largest known methane leak, which sickened thousands of families and forced them from...
Sep 4 2023 // California regulators approved an expansion that will allow two rival robotaxi services to operate throughout San Francisco at all hours, despite safety worries spurred by recurring problems with unexpected stops and other...
Aug 30 2023 // The U.S. Department of Justice and a northeastern Oklahoma bank have announced a proposed agreement to settle claims that the bank discriminated in lending to Blacks and Hispanics in the Tulsa area.Collinsville-based...
Aug 21 2023 // Amwins announced Amwins Specialty Auto, in partnership with Agricultural Workers Mutual Auto Insurance Company, will launch a new private passenger automobile program in Oklahoma.Both Amwins Specialty Auto and Ag Workers...
Aug 21 2023 // CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 21, 2023 – Amwins today announced Amwins Specialty Auto, in partnership with Agricultural Workers Mutual Auto Insurance Company, will launch a new private passenger automobile program in...