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People Moves: Iroquois Names Howard Regional Manager of OK, AR; CoVerica Names Cox as President & CEO

Apr 12 2022 // Iroquois Names Lucas Howard as Regional Manager of Oklahoma and ArkansasIroquois has named Lucas Howard as regional manager of Oklahoma and Arkansas. He will partner with strong independent insurance agencies and select...

NTSB: Oklahoma Plane Crash That Killed 3 Was Nearly Vertical

Mar 31 2022 // A plane that crashed in northern Oklahoma, killing three Nebraskans, was nearly vertical when in struck the ground, according to a preliminary report released on March 29 by the National Transportation Safety...

AM Best Assigns Oklahoma’s Bricktown Specialty Excellent Rating

Mar 30 2022 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) to Bricktown Specialty Insurance Company (BSIC) of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The...

NTSB: Car Carrying Oklahoma Teens Made Rolling Stop Before Fatal Crash

Mar 29 2022 // A small, four-seat, car carrying six Oklahoma teenagers reportedly failed to come to a full stop before entering an intersection where it was hit by a large truck, killing all of the teens, the National Transportation...

6 Students Killed in Southern Oklahoma Crash With Semi

Mar 24 2022 // Six teenage students have been killed in a two-vehicle collision in southern Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said March 22.The students were in a passenger vehicle that collided with a semi about 12:30 p.m. in...

Powerful Storm System Leaves 1 Dead, More Than Dozen Injured in Texas, Oklahoma

Mar 23 2022 // One person was killed and more than a dozen were injured when tornadoes tore through parts of Texas and Oklahoma, damaging a school, homes and businesses, officials said. The same storm system was poised to move into...

Oklahoma Republican Lawmakers Unveil Medical Marijuana Regulations

Mar 11 2022 // Republicans in the Oklahoma House on March 7 unveiled a package of new restrictions on the state’s booming medical marijuana industry, designed to crack down on illegal growers who sell cannabis on the black...

Self-Driving Company Kodiak Robotics Hauls Freight For CEVA in Texas, Oklahoma

Mar 9 2022 // Kodiak Robotics on March 9 said it has partnered with France-based CEVA Logistics to transport freight in self-driving trucks across Texas and Oklahoma, marking the latest autonomous trucking partnership in the...

AM Best Upgrades Credit Ratings of Oklahoma Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.

Mar 8 2022 // AM Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “bbb+” (Good) from “bbb” (Good) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) for the members of the...

Oklahoma Insurance Dept.: Insurers Must Notify Policyholders of Triggering Events Upon Renewal

Mar 1 2022 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready informed all property and casualty insurers authorized to do business in the state that upon renewal of an existing policy, each Oklahoma policyholder must receive notice...

Applied Underwriters to Buy Catlin Specialty From AXA XL

Feb 24 2022 // Applied Underwriters said it will acquire Catlin Specialty Insurance Company from the AXA XL group of companies.Applied said it will consolidate Catlin into the North American Casualty group of companies in a move intended...

Popular Tulsa, Oklahoma Restaurant, Music Venue Burns

Feb 22 2022 // A popular Tulsa barbecue restaurant that also served as a music venue has burned, fire officials said.BurnCo Barbecue was reported on fire about 10:30 p.m. Feb. 16, according to the Tulsa Fire Department, and District...

Judge Told Release of Insurance Info OK in New Mexico Clergy Abuse Case

Feb 17 2022 // A federal judge has been told that Archdiocese of Santa Fe records that would indicate how much insurance money is available to help pay a settlement of clergy sex abuse claims can be made public if they are redacted to...

Probe Begins After Oklahoma City Apartment Fire Smoldered For Days

Feb 15 2022 // Investigators were set to begin digging through rubble to determine the cause of a massive fire that smoldered for four days and engulfed a $65 million luxury apartment complex in Oklahoma City that had been under...

Oklahoma Commission Approves 2021 Winter Storm Cost Recovery Orders

Feb 15 2022 // The Oklahoma Corporation Commission voted to approve two orders for state utilities to recover natural gas costs incurred during the February 2021 winter storm. The commission approved separate orders for CenterPoint...

Trustees OK $9M Settlement in Nevada Bus Driver Sex Crimes Case

Feb 15 2022 // School trustees in Las Vegas have approved a $9 million settlement in a case involving a former school bus driver who was sent to prison in 2018 for sexually assaulting special education preschoolers.The Clark County...

Massive Fire Burns Empty Five-Story Building Complex in Oklahoma City

Feb 10 2022 // A massive fire ripped through an empty five-story hotel and apartment complex in northwest Oklahoma City that was under construction, fire officials said.There were no injuries reported in the blaze late Feb. 8 at the...

4.5 Earthquake Hits Northern Oklahoma

Feb 1 2022 // A 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck northern Oklahoma at 11:10 a.m. CST Jan. 31 about seven kilometers northwest of Medford, the United States Geological Survey confirmed. A USGS Community Internet Intensity Map reported...

Oklahoma Oil Tank Battery Explosion and Fire Injures 2

Jan 26 2022 // Two workers were injured Jan. 24 in an explosion and fire at a central Oklahoma oil tank battery, officials said.The incident happened shortly before 2 p.m. at a Devon Energy oil well pad in Okarche, Oklahoma, about 35...

Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas Among States With Highest Frozen Pipe Claims

Jan 25 2022 // State Farm paid more than $471 million in claims from frozen pipes in 2021, and more than two/thirds of claims can be rooted back to one state: Texas.The Lone Star State accounted for $343 million of frozen pipes claim...