All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 6 2016 // The 37 wastewater disposal wells to be shut down in north-central Oklahoma, where a 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck this weekend, are just a fraction of the state’s total number.There are about 4,200 total wells...
Sep 6 2016 // Oklahoma registered one of its biggest earthquakes on Sept. 3 even after state regulators have beefed up limits on disposing oilfield waste and the rate of tremors had started to slow somewhat from unprecedented levels...
Sep 6 2016 // Volkswagen AG’s agreement with California to resolve unfair competition claims tied to the company’s emissions-cheating scandal won final approval from the federal judge overseeing hundreds of lawsuits in the...
Sep 6 2016 // The constitutionality of Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation alternative, the Oklahoma Option, which was established in the 2013 overhaul of the state’s workers’ comp system, is currently being...
Sep 1 2016 // An earthquake has rattled parts of northern Oklahoma.The U.S. Geological Survey says the 3.3 magnitude earthquake was recorded shortly before 1 p.m. Monday about 17 miles west-southwest of Perry in Garfield County. The...
Aug 30 2016 // The constitutionality of Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation alternative, the Oklahoma Option, which was established in the 2013 overhaul of the state’s workers’ comp system, is currently being...
Aug 30 2016 // Atlanta, GA, August 30, 2016 — Breckenridge Insurance Services welcomed two experienced wholesale insurance brokers to the organization recently. Augie Christian, CPCU, CIC and Jessica Lovinggood, CIC are new vice...
Aug 25 2016 // Oklahoma officials have charged two former insurance agents with exploitation of an elderly person for fraudulently taking over an 89-year-old man’s financial affairs.The Oklahoma Insurance Department says the two...
Aug 24 2016 // Three individuals in Oklahoma have been charged by the state’s attorney general with insurance fraud related to workers’ compensation, auto insurance and certificates of insurance.The office of Oklahoma...
Aug 22 2016 // A state representative from North Dakota, who serves on the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Committee at the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL), says he’s concerned about reserves for paying...
Aug 22 2016 // An Illinois think tank has published a report expressing support for a workers’ compensation opt-out system in that state, saying that it would give employers the ability to lower costs and allow for a more flexible...
Aug 22 2016 // Records indicate that the railroad crossing where a woman and her three sons died on Aug. 7 in eastern Oklahoma had been flagged for safety improvements since at least 2011.Thirty-seven-year-old April Goines and her sons...
Aug 18 2016 // A former Oklahoma insurance agent has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for fraud, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced.Gary Edward Hibbing, 53, was sentenced after pleading guilty to two counts of wire...
Aug 17 2016 // The Oklahoma Geological Survey is studying the relationship between seismic activity and wastewater injection wells with a survey in the Arbuckle formation.Sensors will be placed into several injection wells in the...
Aug 15 2016 // The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 4.0 magnitude earthquake in northwestern Oklahoma.The USGS says the quake was recorded at 12:27 a.m. 12 miles northeast of Helena, about 85 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. There have...
Aug 12 2016 // Records indicate that the railroad crossing where a woman and her three sons died Sunday in eastern Oklahoma had been flagged for safety improvements since at least 2011.Thirty-seven-year-old April Goines and her sons were...
Aug 11 2016 // A state representative from North Dakota, who serves on the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Committee at the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL), says he’s concerned about reserves for paying...
Aug 11 2016 // The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake that rattled central Oklahoma on Aug. 10 had a preliminary magnitude of 4.0. It struck shortly after 6 a.m. with an epicenter in Luther, about 23 miles northeast of Oklahoma...
Aug 8 2016 // An Illinois think tank has issued a report expressing support for a workers’ compensation opt-out system, stating that it would give employers the ability to lower costs and allow for a more flexible workforce.In its...
Jul 25 2016 // Officials say the cost of damage from a fire at the Grand River Dam Authority’s main generating facility in Chouteau, Okla., could reach $200 million. GRDA spokesman Justin Alberty says the July 1 fire’s total...