Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oklahoma City-based Insurer Reenters Marketplace with New Capital Backing
Oct 8 2013 // Oklahoma City-based BancInsure, a former provider of insurance to community banks that lost surplus as a result of the recent financial crisis, announced it has reentered the insurance marketplace with a new business...
Oklahoma State Chamber to Intervene in Workers’ Comp Law Challenge
Oct 7 2013 // The State Chamber of Oklahoma has filed a motion to intervene in a constitutional challenge against Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law. Online court records indicate the State Chamber as well as chambers...
Health Insurance Contractor to Add 477 Jobs in Lawton, Oklahoma
Oct 7 2013 // A federal contractor said it will hire nearly 500 people in Lawton, Okla., to help support the new health insurance exchanges created under the federal health care law. Serco North America announced that it will lease a...
Oklahoma Expects Double Digit Decrease in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
Oct 7 2013 // Oklahoma businesses can expect an overall workers’ compensation loss cost decrease of 14.6 percent, effective Jan. 1. The National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI) has credited most of the decrease to...
People – South Central
Oct 7 2013 // Shreveport, La.-based Specialty Risk Associates Inc. hired three new commercial lines underwriters – Ryan Gore, Laura Schlidt and Patti Haigler. Prior to joining Specialty Risk Associates, Gore worked in underwriting...
Oklahoma Governor Opposes Bond Issue For School Shelters
Oct 1 2013 // A proposed bond issue to pay for storm shelters in every Oklahoma school won’t have the support of Gov. Mary Fallin if the measure makes it to the ballot. The proposal calls for using franchise tax revenue to retire...
Oklahoma Safety Checkpoint Nets 17 Citations for Driving Without Insurance
Sep 29 2013 // Members of the Oklahoma Insurance Department’s Anti-Fraud Unit and deputies with the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office recently wrote 17 citations for driving without auto insurance in Tulsa. Fourteen of the...
Report: Oklahomans Can Access 53 Health Care Plans
Sep 27 2013 // Oklahomans will pay less than the national average for health insurance under an exchange scheduled to open next week as part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, according to a report by the U.S....
Insurance Good Training Ground for Political Leadership
Sep 23 2013 // When it comes to current or former occupations of state and federal lawmakers, that of insurance producer is not one of the most commonly listed, but perhaps it should be. The variety of skills one necessarily develops...
The Hanover Says It Is Committed to Oklahoma
Sep 23 2013 // The Hanover Insurance Company does a lot of business in Oklahoma and plans to keep it that way. Responding to an article published on Insurance Journal‘s website, www.insurancejournal.com, that inaccurately reported...
Oklahoma Lawmakers Challenge New Workers’ Comp Law
Sep 20 2013 // Two Oklahoma lawmakers and a firefighters’ organization are challenging the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law. A lawsuit challenging the new statute was filed with the Oklahoma...
California Regulators OK On-Demand Ridesharing, With Conditions
Sep 20 2013 // On-demand ride services got the green light from California regulators on Thursday in a move the services hope will help clarify their legal status in other jurisdictions. The California Public Utilities Commission created...
Oklahoma Officials Say Hepatitis C Was Spread at Dental Clinic
Sep 19 2013 // A Tulsa-area dentist whose practice was shut down because his equipment was rusty and his employees reused needles was responsible for the nation’s first transmission of hepatitis C to between patients in a dental...
Oklahoma Governor Makes Workers’ Comp Team Appointment
Sep 12 2013 // Gov. Mary Fallin is announcing the appointment of Oklahoma Commerce Department executive director Jonna Kirschner to a transition team to establish a new workers’ compensation system. The new system was authorized by...
Insurance Pros in Politics: Insurance Good Training Ground for Political Leadership
Sep 10 2013 // When it comes to current or former occupations of state and federal lawmakers, that of insurance producer is not one of the most commonly listed, but perhaps it should be. The variety of skills one necessarily develops...
Sinkhole in Oklahoma City Swallows Car; No Injuries
Sep 10 2013 // A sinkhole that opened up alongside a downtown Oklahoma City street has swallowed a car, but the car’s two occupants escaped unharmed. The sinkhole opened up on Sept. 8 near NW 2nd St. and N. Villa Ave. in downtown....
Oklahoma Sees Double Digit Decrease in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
Sep 9 2013 // An annual filing most insurance carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ compensation insurance shows a dramatic decrease in loss costs, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak announced. The overall loss...
The Hanover Says It Is Committed to Oklahoma
Sep 5 2013 // The Hanover Insurance Group does a lot of business in Oklahoma and plans to keep it that way. Responding to an Insurance Journal article that inaccurately reported the company was pulling out of the state, The Hanover said...
Oklahoma Woman, Pet Kangaroo Find New Home at Zoo
Sep 4 2013 // An Oklahoma woman and her pet kangaroo have found a new home after battling a city council over her right to keep the animal. Two years after fighting a city council in northeastern Oklahoma over her right to keep a...
HUD Announces $37M in Disaster Aid in Oklahoma
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....
