Latest Oklahoma Headlines

All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Business Moves

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...

Former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Gerald Grimes Passes Away at 82

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...

Poultry Producers Seek to Dismiss Ruling That They Polluted an Oklahoma Watershed

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...

Colorado Funeral Home Stored Bodies for 4 Years, Deceived Families, Prosecutors Say

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...

Alliant Acquires Oklahoma’s 3IG & The Arrow Group

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...

Poultry Producers Ask Judge to Dismiss Ruling That They Polluted an Oklahoma Watershed

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...

Oklahoma Captive Program Reports 25% Net Gain of Captive Insurers in 2023

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...

Oklahoma McDonald’s Sued for Sexual Harassment

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...

Oklahoma Construction Contractor to Pay $370K Over Worker’s Fatal Fall

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...

People

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...

Keystone Adds Oklahoma’s Ascent to Growing Agency Network

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...

Oklahoma Judge Arrested After Allegedly Firing Shots at Parked Cars and Crashing into Woman’s Vehicle

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...

Pemberton to Chair Oklahoma Senate Insurance Committee

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...

Court Clicks ‘OK’ on Uber’s Arbitration Agreement for Users’ Accident Claims

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...

EEOC Sues Oklahoma Powersports Vehicle Retailer for Sex Discrimination

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...

California Regulators OK More Gas Storage Capacity at The Site of Massive Methane Leak

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...

Two Rival Robotaxi Services OK’d to Operate Throughout San Francisco

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...

U.S. Department of Justice and Oklahoma Bank Reach Settlement Over Discriminatory Lending Practices in Tulsa

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...

Amwins Specialty Auto Launches in Oklahoma

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...

Amwins Specialty Auto Launches Oklahoma Program

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...