All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 4 2013 // Oklahoma and the city of Moore will receive nearly $37 million in federal aid to help recover from the tornadoes and storms that killed dozens of people and caused damage estimated at more than $1 billion this spring, U.S....
Aug 30 2013 // A group of Democratic legislators is launching a signature drive for a public vote on a $500 million bond issue to pay for storm shelters in Oklahoma schools. Rush Springs Democratic Rep. Joe Dorman said a group of...
Aug 29 2013 // A U.S. appeals court withdrew its decision finding BP Plc had access to $750 million in Transocean Ltd.’s insurance to pay costs of the 2010 oil spill, to ask the Texas Supreme Court a question on coverage.The U.S....
Aug 29 2013 // Oklahoma City-based INSURICA Insurance Management Network announced the acquisition of five insurance agencies since December 2012.The multi-state broker had been quiet on the acquisition front since their last major deal...
Aug 28 2013 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has selected a longtime Oklahoma businessman as her first appointee to the new Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission.Fallin announced she has chosen Troy Wilson Sr. for the post. The...
Aug 27 2013 // Oklahoma lawmakers will likely take up more than two dozen bills when they convene at the state Capitol next month for a special session dealing with tort legislation, according to House Speaker T.W. Shannon.Shannon,...
Aug 27 2013 // American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd. said its shareholders approved the merger plan between the company with Fairfax Bermuda Holdings Ltd. Under the terms, the company’s shareholders will receive $30.25 for each...
Aug 20 2013 // A $3.8 million pilot program is to start on Jan. 1 to see if it can lower healthcare costs for 15,000 Oklahoma state employees and their families.The program by MedEncentive was authorized in the 2011 legislative session...
Aug 19 2013 // Florida insurance regulators ruled Friday to allow health insurance giant Florida Blue, one of the state’s largest employers and political donors, to restructure itself under a not-for-profit mutual insurance holding...
Aug 16 2013 // State employment officials say businesses across Oklahoma can expect a break when it comes to paying unemployment insurance in 2014. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission announced that many businesses can expect to...
Aug 14 2013 // A federal judge has denied most of the federal government’s motion to dismiss Oklahoma’s legal challenge to implementation of the new federal healthcare law.In a 27-page decision, U.S. District Judge Ronald...
Aug 13 2013 // Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has called for a special session of the Oklahoma Legislature, to begin Sept. 3 for work on lawsuit reform.Gov. Mary Fallin’s executive order calls on lawmakers to re-institute components...
Aug 12 2013 // Spokesmen for the leaders of Oklahoma’s House and Senate said the lawmakers want the governor to call a special session “sooner rather than later” so that the Legislature can consider restoring laws...
Aug 9 2013 // The Oklahoma Market Assistance Program (OK-MAP) is designed to find protection for hard-to-insure homes, Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak says, and the recent tornado outbreak in that state has left many Oklahomans in...
Aug 8 2013 // Insurance payments from the May tornado outbreak across central Oklahoma have now topped $1 billion, state insurance regulators report.“These numbers are staggering,” said Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John...
Aug 7 2013 // The Oklahoma Medical Examiner has increased the toll from the May 20 tornado at Moore after the death of a 90-year-old woman critically injured in the storm. Spokeswoman Amy Elliott said that the death of Kathryn Begay...
Aug 5 2013 // An organization dedicated to building storm shelters in Oklahoma schools is getting another donation.Moore Supercuts will present a check to ShelterOklahomaSchools.org on Saturday to further the organization’s...
Aug 5 2013 // The May storms in Oklahoma that produced two EF-5 tornadoes, destroyed thousands of houses, resulted in 46 deaths and sent damage estimates above the $5 billion mark, were extreme examples of a years-long pattern of storms...
Aug 2 2013 // Central Oklahoma storm survivors still dealing with insurance issues are invited to a recovery assistance event hosted by the Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID). The Recovery Roundup will be held Aug. 17 at Southmoore...
Aug 1 2013 // The University of Central Oklahoma has been selected as a co-host of the 2014 National Tornado Summit.The summit serves as a forum for national and state experts to meet and recommend new policies to improve emergency...