Latest Oklahoma Headlines
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Doak Re-Elected as Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner
Jun 26 2014 // Republican John Doak has been elected to a second term as Oklahoma’s insurance commissioner. Doak won another four-year term in the June 24 winner-take-all primary contest. Doak defeated longtime insurance agent Bill...
Quakes Spur Oklahoma Road and Bridge Inspections
Jun 24 2014 // The recent spate of strong earthquakes in central Oklahoma hasn’t caused any significant damage to bridges and roads, according to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. The agency said ODOT crews inspect bridges...
Oklahoma Insurance, Commerce Commissioners to Be Decided in Primary
Jun 23 2014 // Voters in the Republican primary in Oklahoma will decide who will be the state’s next regulators of both the insurance industry and a wide range of other businesses overseen by the three-member Oklahoma Corporation...
Amini Rejoins Oklahoma Insurance Department
Jun 20 2014 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak welcomed Gordon Amini’s return to the Oklahoma Insurance Department as senior attorney. Amini was previously employed at OID from 1977-1981 and brings 37 years of legal...
Swartz Tapped to Head Marsh Office in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jun 19 2014 // Global insurance broker and risk management specialist, Marsh, appointed Tom Swartz as head of its Tulsa, Okla., office. Swartz is responsible for delivering Marsh’s advisory and transactional services to clients...
Oklahoma City Metro Area Hit with Back-to-Back Quakes
Jun 17 2014 // Residents in the Oklahoma City area were jolted awake by back-to-back earthquakes Monday morning. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries. According to preliminary reports from the U.S. Geological Survey, the...
Oklahoma Firm: Blanket Provides Protection from Tornado Debris, Bullets
Jun 10 2014 // An Oklahoma company has created a protective blanket that developers say could give children a better chance of surviving debris from a tornado – or bullets from a 9 mm handgun. The Bodyguard Blanket, made by...
Backers of Oklahoma School Storm Shelters not Giving Up
Jun 2 2014 // It’s been a little more than a year since seven children were killed when a massive tornado destroyed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, but their families are still no closer to the goal of placing storm...
Farmers Insurance, Nonprofit, Team Up on Disaster Recovery in Oklahoma
May 30 2014 // As storm season ramps up in Oklahoma, a nonprofit group formed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina is teaming with a national insurance company to help better prepare communities for the recovery after a natural disaster. The...
Oklahoma Insurance Department Returns $22.5M to State
May 29 2014 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) has been able to return $22.5 million in unspent funds to the state legislature to help fill holes in the state budget, the department announced. Insurance Commissioner John Doak...
Oklahoma Gov. Fallin-Backed School Storm Shelter Plan Dies in Senate
May 27 2014 // The Oklahoma Senate has killed a proposal backed by Gov. Mary Fallin that would have called for a statewide vote allowing some school districts to increase property taxes to pay for safety upgrades like storm shelters and...
Dramatic Increase in Oklahoma Wildfires Causing Concern
May 22 2014 // Data from the Oklahoma Forestry Services shows that wildfires in Oklahoma so far this month have burned more than sixty times the average recent acreage. The Oklahoman reports that since May 2005, the state has averaged...
Lawmakers Tour Refurbed Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Building
May 21 2014 // Several state House members toured the newly renovated headquarters of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission. About a half dozen Republican members on Tuesday visited the renovated third-floor of the Denver...
Red Cross in Oklahoma to Give Storm Shelter Grants
May 16 2014 // The Red Cross of Oklahoma is scheduled to announce millions of dollars in storm shelter grants to several communities affected by the 2013 tornadoes. The agency plans to announce the grants Thursday to help Oklahoma...
Oklahoma Lawsuit Filed in Arkansas Chemical Plant Blast
May 16 2014 // The operator of a south Arkansas chemical plant that exploded in 2012 has filed a federal lawsuit in Oklahoma against a French company that supplied industrial gas for the facility, arguing that the supplier is responsible...
Role Of Faith After Oklahoma Tornado Depicted in Film
May 15 2014 // The massive tornado that hit Moore nearly a year ago killed 24 people and affected the lives of virtually everyone in the Oklahoma City suburb, and a new film captures the role that faith played in the lives of some...
Oklahoma Flood Control Project Completed
May 14 2014 // Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett and Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management director Albert Ashwood have announced the completion of a new $2.2 million flood control project. Bartlett and Ashwood were joined by Tulsa City...
McAlester, Oklahoma Awarded $3.35M in Suit Against Former Manager
May 12 2014 // A Pittsburg County jury has awarded the city of McAlester more than $3 million in a judgment against a former city manager. The McAlester News-Capital reports that a 12-person jury awarded the city $3.35 million in...
Oklahoma Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty in $300K Fraud Case
May 12 2014 // A Tulsa insurance agent has pleaded guilty to exploitation of the elderly for defrauding a Muskogee couple out of nearly $300,000, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. Presley Keith Dennis was arrested in January...
Insured Disaster Losses Higher in Oklahoma Than in Any Other State in 2013
May 12 2014 // May 20, 2014, marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly tornado outbreak in Moore, Oklahoma, which contributed to the state’s designation as the site of the costliest U.S. natural disasters in 2013, according to...
