Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oklahoma Legislator to Continue Push for Workers’ Comp Reform
Dec 22 2010 // An Oklahoma state representative says he’s prepared to introduce legislation to further improve the state’s workers’ compensation system. Rep. Mark McCullough says the recent recommendations of the Task...
NYMAGIC Shareholders OK Merger
Nov 23 2010 // Shareholders of NYMAGIC approved its acquisition by ProSight Specialty Insurance Holdings Inc. at a special meeting yesterday, clearing the way for the insurance holding firm to become part of ProSight. The merger valued...
Outgoing Oklahoma AG: No Quick Resolution to Poultry Pollution Case
Nov 15 2010 // If Oklahoma’s new attorney general or governor decide to drop a lawsuit accusing poultry companies of pollution, the outgoing attorney general predicts the case will be picked up by other interested parties. Outgoing...
Business Moves
Nov 14 2010 // HCC Specialty Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. is combining its Professional Indemnity Agency (PIA), HCC Public Risk and HCC Specialty Underwriters units under a newly created underwriting division, HCC...
Doak to Replace Holland as Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner
Nov 14 2010 // Oklahoma will have a new insurance commissioner next year, as insurance agent John Doak joined the Republican sweep in the Nov. 2 midterm elections to defeat current Commissioner Kim Holland. Unofficial results on Nov. 3...
Farmers Completes Move Into New Oklahoma City Facility
Nov 4 2010 // Employees of Farmers Insurance have relocated to their new 175,000 foot facility near Memorial and Rockwell roads in Oklahoma City. The new, technically advanced facility is environmentally-friendly and designed to LEED...
Doak Wins Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Race
Nov 3 2010 // Oklahoma will have a new insurance commissioner next year, as insurance agent John Doak joined the Republican sweep in the Nov. 2 midterm elections to defeat current Commissioner Kim Holland. Unofficial results from the...
Oklahoma’s Statewide Unemployment Rate Drops in September
Oct 25 2010 // The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission reports that in September, Oklahoma’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped by one-tenth of a percentage point to 6.9 percent for the month. The national...
Most 9/11 Responders OK Settlement Resolving Suit
Oct 18 2010 // A lawyer representing 10,000 ground zero workers suing New York City over their exposure to World Trade Center dust said earlier this month that 75 percent have signed a settlement resolving their claims and most of the...
Recent Oklahoma Earthquake Among Strongest in State
Oct 15 2010 // One of the strongest earthquakes recorded in Oklahoma rattled parts of five states on October 13 and left two people with minor injuries. The earthquake struck at 9:06 a.m. about six miles east of Norman in Cleveland...
Earthquake Rattles Parts of Oklahoma
Oct 14 2010 // An earthquake has rattled parts of central Oklahoma and was felt as far away as southern Kansas. There are no reports of damage or injury. Geophysicist Don Blakeman with the National Earthquake Information Center said the...
Burglaries Follow Oklahoma Door-to-Door Insurance Salesman
Oct 12 2010 // Oklahoma authorities say a trend has developed of home burglaries following a visit by a door-to-door salesman. Nearly a dozen communities have been hit. Garfield County sheriff’s deputies told Oklahoma City...
Oklahoma Turnpike Deaths Case Settled for $62.7M
Oct 8 2010 // Attorneys for both sides say a civil lawsuit over a collision on Oklahoma’s Will Rogers Turnpike that killed 10 people has been settled for $62.7 million. Attorneys for family members of eight of the victims say the...
Most 9/11 Responders OK Settlement Resolving Suit
Oct 7 2010 // A lawyer representing 10,000 ground zero workers suing New York City over their exposure to World Trade Center dust said Tuesday that 75 percent have signed a settlement resolving their claims and most of the rest have...
Oklahoma Updates License, CE Requirements for Work Comp Adjusters
Oct 7 2010 // The Oklahoma Department of Insurance issued a bulletin reminding workers’ compensation insurance adjusters they must be licensed to operate in the state. Licensed workers’ comp claims adjusters also must...
Challenger Presses Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner on MVR Fees
Oct 6 2010 // The Republican running to replace the current insurance commissioner in Oklahoma in the November election is seeking to make increased fees for access to motor vehicle records a campaign issue. During the last legislative...
People
Oct 4 2010 // Watkins Insurance Group, one of the largest full-service, locally owned independent insurance agencies in central Texas, added agent Andy Webb to its sales team. Webb began his career in the insurance industry in March...
It Figures
Sep 20 2010 // $100 Million The cost of property damage claims from Tropical Storm Hermine crept toward $100 million as of Sept. 10, 2010, three days after the storm made landfall in northeastern Mexico, and swept through Texas and into...
Reid, Evans Appointed to Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court
Sep 13 2010 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has appointed two new judges to the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court. Judge David Reid of Tulsa will fill the Office 6 position previously held by Mary Black and Judge Owen Evans of Tulsa...
Insurance Claims Pour in from Tropical Storm Hermine
Sep 10 2010 // Like the rainfall that inundated Texas as a result of Tropical Storm Hermine, claims from property damage caused by the storm have been pouring in to insurers, the Insurance Council of Texas has reported. ICT spokesman...
