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4 Twisters Recorded in Oklahoma, Including EF2 That Caused Heavy Damage

Aug 8 2017 // The National Weather Service confirmed that four tornadoes struck northeast Oklahoma, including an EF2 twister that caused heavy damage and injured at least 30 people near midtown Tulsa.On Monday, meteorologist Bart Haake...

Verisk: Texas 2nd, Oklahoma 7th in Number of Households at Risk for Wildfire

Aug 7 2017 // The 2017 Verisk Wildfire Risk Analysis shows that Texas ranks second behind California for the number of households at high or extreme risk from wildfire.Using information from the 2010 U.S. Census, the study determined...

California’s Jones Tells Oklahoma’s AG, Insurance Commissioner and Others He Stands by Climate Initiative

Aug 7 2017 // Responding to top government officials in oil, gas and coal producing states that threatened to sue over his state’s climate initiatives, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has pretty much said: bring it...

‘Office Of Cannabis’ OK’d by San Francisco Supervisors

Aug 7 2017 // San Francisco officials have approved a new Office of Cannabis in advance of recreational marijuana sales starting in California next year.The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the Board of Supervisors also directed...

Recent Central Oklahoma Quakes Being Investigated

Aug 4 2017 // The Oklahoma Corporation Commission says its Induced Seismicity Department and the Oklahoma Geological Survey are investigating several earthquakes in the central part of the state.At least six quakes of magnitude 3.0 or...

Oklahoma Property Among Most Contaminated in Nation, EPA Says

Aug 2 2017 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add a property in central Oklahoma to the Superfund program’s list of most contaminated sites. The EPA announced Monday its intent to add Eagle Industries in...

EPA Wants 7 Oklahoma Oil Well Injection Sites Shuttered

Aug 1 2017 // The Environmental Protection Agency has requested oil producers stop injecting wastewater in seven well sites in northeast Oklahoma to halt saltwater contamination in the area.The EPA’s request comes nearly a year...

Disaster Declaration OK’d for 16 Oklahoma Counties

Jul 28 2017 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says a federal disaster declaration has been approved for 16 counties affected by storms and tornadoes in mid-May. Fallin said Wednesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved...

‘Office Of Cannabis’ OK’d by San Francisco Supervisors

Jul 27 2017 // San Francisco officials have approved a new Office of Cannabis in advance of recreational marijuana sales starting in California next year.The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the Board of Supervisors also directed...

NAPSLO, AAMGA Members OK Merger; New Wholesale & Specialty Association Is Born

Jul 25 2017 // Members of the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) and the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) have approved a merger of the two associations, creating the new Wholesale...

FBI Tracked Nearly 300K Cyberattacks in U.S. in 2016

Jul 24 2017 // The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) last year tracked nearly 300,000 cyberattacks in the United States and those attacks resulted in more than $1.6 billion in total losses. But apparently those numbers...

Farmers Insurance on the Hook for $100K in 2015 Oklahoma State Homecoming Crash

Jul 24 2017 // An insurance provider whose imprisoned client drove into a crowd at Oklahoma State University’s 2015 homecoming parade will pay out $100,000 to the victims.A judge is expected to decide how the money will be divided...

Verisk: Texas 2nd in Number of Households at Risk for Wildfire

Jul 20 2017 // The 2017 Verisk Wildfire Risk Analysis shows that Texas is ranked second behind California for the number of households at high or extreme risk from wildfire.The analysis determined the number and percentage of households...

Earthquakes Rumble Central Oklahoma

Jul 17 2017 // The U.S. Geological Survey says several earthquakes struck central Oklahoma in the morning on July 14, including one with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2.State and local emergency management officials said there have been...

Oklahoma Labor Chief: ‘F’ Grade for Safety Inaccurate

Jul 7 2017 // Oklahoma’s labor commissioner says the workplace safety grade of “F” that a national advocacy group gave the state inaccurately and unfairly depicts the state’s safety programs.The Oklahoman reports...

Republican Lawmaker Mulready to Run for Oklahoma Insurance Post

Jul 6 2017 // A Republican state legislator from Tulsa has filed candidacy paperwork indicating he plans to run for Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner in 2018.State Rep. Glen Mulready filed a Statement of Organization form over the weekend...

Oklahoma AG Sues Prescription Opioid Drug Manufacturers

Jul 6 2017 // Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has joined the ranks of state attorneys general who have sued manufacturers of opioid pain medication, alleging that deceptive marketing campaigns by the drug makers have fueled the...

Farmers Insurance to Pay $100K in 2015 Oklahoma State Homecoming Crash

Jul 5 2017 // An insurance provider whose imprisoned client drove into a crowd at Oklahoma State University’s 2015 homecoming parade will provide $100,000 to the victims.A judge is expected to decide how the money will be divided...

New Report: Oklahoma’s Rural Roads, Bridges Among Nation’s Worst

Jul 5 2017 // Oklahoma’s rural roads and bridges are among the worst in the nation, according to a new report from a national transportation group.TRIP researchers said 16 percent of Oklahoma’s rural bridges are structurally...

Oklahoma’s Tulsa County to Pay Ex-Deputy $138K in Wrongful Termination Suit

Jun 26 2017 // Tulsa County has agreed to pay nearly $138,000 to a former sheriff’s deputy to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit that claimed he and others were ousted in fallout from the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man...