Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
OSHA Fines 4 Construction Companies for Texas Worksite Death
Sep 24 2007 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined four construction companies $119,550 following an investigation into fatality at a Dallas, Texas, worksite. OSHA announced it...
Okla. Receives $120M in Disaster Aid so Far in 2007
Sep 18 2007 // Oklahomans affected by multiple rounds of severe weather this year have been approved to receive more than $120 million in federal aid, according to statistics from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. That money...
Former Okla. Commissioner Surrenders, Begins Jail Term
Sep 12 2007 // Former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher surrendered to authorities at the Oklahoma County jail to begin a three-year prison term in a campaign-corruption case. Fisher arrived at the jail with his attorney,...
Former Okla. Insurance Commissioner Loses Appeal
Sep 10 2007 // Former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher on Sept. 7 lost his appeal on a conviction for perjury and embezzlement. He now faces the possibility of three years in prison. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals...
Okla. Commissioner Revokes Phipps’ Insurance License
Aug 31 2007 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland revoked the insurance license of abstract company owner Steve Phipps, who is at the center of an ongoing federal investigation into illegal campaign financing. Holland took the...
Commissioner Position Not Included in Push for Term-limits in Okla.
Aug 31 2007 // Supporters of an initiative petition that proposes term limits for many statewide elected offices in Oklahoma will not seek to limit the terms of the state insurance commissioner and three corporation commissioners. James...
Okla. Physicians Liability Insurer Overcomes $143M Deficit
Aug 27 2007 // Oklahoma-based Physicians Liability Insurance Company (PLICO) announced that in just over two years it has overcome a $143 million surplus deficit. Carl Hook, M.D., president and CEO of PLICO, said the company met the goal...
Humana pays $500,000 Fine in Okla. for Unlicensed Sales
Aug 24 2007 // Humana Insurance Co. has paid a $500,000 fine for using unlicensed agents to sell Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans to Oklahoma seniors, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland said. She said Humana, which...
Okla. AG Warns of Home Repair Fraud in Aftermath of Storms
Aug 23 2007 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson issued a warning to consumers of the potential for home repair scams following the state’s recent severe weather. “The wind and rain carried with them enormous...
American Physicians Service Group Expanding into Okla.
Aug 22 2007 // Austin, Texas-based American Physicians Service Group Inc. (APS) announced that its American Physicians Insurance Company (API) subsidiary has received a Certificate of Authority from the Oklahoma Insurance Department to...
Erin Brings Flooding to Okla. as Flood Control Funds Dry Up
Aug 20 2007 // Heavy rain and high winds from the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin moved through Oklahoma early on Aug. 19 , flooding homes and roads and leading to power outages. More than five inches of rain fell in some areas of...
Okla. Lawmaker Proposes Ban on Cell Phone Use by School Bus Drivers
Aug 16 2007 // Legislation proposed by an Oklahoma state representative would prohibit school bus drivers from talking on their cell phone while driving the bus. The measure by Rep. Paul Wesselhoft, R-Moore, would also forbid teenagers...
Okla. AG: 1,000-plus Defective Tires May Have Been Sold in State
Aug 8 2007 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson recently issued a warning to consumers about potentially hazardous tires that are likely on thousands of consumer-driven trucks, sport utility vehicles and vans. More than 1,000 of...
Illegal immigrants an unknown factor in Okla. insurance verification program
Aug 6 2007 // An auto insurance verification program being developed in Oklahoma does not address a growing number of uninsured drivers — illegal immigrants. The new real-time system will allow law enforcement officers to...
Okla. Leads Nation in Disaster Declarations
Jul 30 2007 // A combination of ice storms, flooding rains and tornadoes have left Oklahoma atop a dubious list. So far this year, the state has most federal disaster declarations in the country. Oklahoma has received two declarations...
Okla. Regulator’s Concerns Impacts Federal Medicare Legislation
Jul 30 2007 // Two months ago, Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland was in Washington expressing dismay to a Senate panel that government policies prevented her from protecting elderly Oklahoma consumers from unscrupulous Medicare...
Okla. Employment Service Owners Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jul 25 2007 // A federal jury in Oklahoma convicted the owners of a Norman employment service of defrauding businesses by billing them for workers’ compensation insurance coverage that didn’t exist. The panel found Justin...
New Okla. Insurance Verification Program Has a Sizable Hole
Jul 24 2007 // An auto insurance-verification program set to take effect in Oklahoma next summer does not address a growing number of uninsured drivers – those who are illegal immigrants. The new real-time system will allow law...
News Currents
Jul 23 2007 // Okla. court says law can’t bar evidence in workers’ comp case State senator vows effort to address issue The Oklahoma Supreme Court invalidated a portion of a state law that prohibits medical evidence to be...
Fraud Roundup
Jul 23 2007 // Cattle claims result in fraud allegations Oklahoma Insurance Department anti-fraud investigators allege that Holly Timmons Campbell committed insurance fraud by filing fraudulent cattle loss claims in Pontotoc County,...
