Latest Oklahoma Headlines
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Oklahoma Legislators Push Statewide Vote on School Storm Shelters
Aug 30 2013 // A group of Democratic legislators is launching a signature drive for a public vote on a $500 million bond issue to pay for storm shelters in Oklahoma schools. Rush Springs Democratic Rep. Joe Dorman said a group of...
Court Reverses OK for BP to Access Transocean Insurance to Pay Oil Spill Costs
Aug 29 2013 // A U.S. appeals court withdrew its decision finding BP Plc had access to $750 million in Transocean Ltd.’s insurance to pay costs of the 2010 oil spill, to ask the Texas Supreme Court a question on coverage. The U.S....
INSURICA Announces Flurry of Acquisition Activity
Aug 29 2013 // Oklahoma City-based INSURICA Insurance Management Network announced the acquisition of five insurance agencies since December 2012. The multi-state broker had been quiet on the acquisition front since their last major deal...
Oklahoma Governor Appoints First Workers’ Comp Commissioner
Aug 28 2013 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has selected a longtime Oklahoma businessman as her first appointee to the new Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission. Fallin announced she has chosen Troy Wilson Sr. for the post. The...
Oklahoma Speaker Lays out Guidelines for Tort Reform Session
Aug 27 2013 // Oklahoma lawmakers will likely take up more than two dozen bills when they convene at the state Capitol next month for a special session dealing with tort legislation, according to House Speaker T.W. Shannon. Shannon,...
Shareholders OK Sale of American Safety to Fairfax
Aug 27 2013 // American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd. said its shareholders approved the merger plan between the company with Fairfax Bermuda Holdings Ltd. Under the terms, the company’s shareholders will receive $30.25 for each...
Oklahoma Pilot Program to Seek Medical Cost Reduction
Aug 20 2013 // A $3.8 million pilot program is to start on Jan. 1 to see if it can lower healthcare costs for 15,000 Oklahoma state employees and their families. The program by MedEncentive was authorized in the 2011 legislative session...
Florida Blue Gets OK to Restructure Under Mutual Holding Company
Aug 19 2013 // Florida insurance regulators ruled Friday to allow health insurance giant Florida Blue, one of the state’s largest employers and political donors, to restructure itself under a not-for-profit mutual insurance holding...
Agency Predicts Oklahoma Unemployment Tax Break
Aug 16 2013 // State employment officials say businesses across Oklahoma can expect a break when it comes to paying unemployment insurance in 2014. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission announced that many businesses can expect to...
U.S. Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Oklahoma Healthcare Reform Lawsuit
Aug 14 2013 // A federal judge has denied most of the federal government’s motion to dismiss Oklahoma’s legal challenge to implementation of the new federal healthcare law. In a 27-page decision, U.S. District Judge Ronald...
Oklahoma Governor Calls Special Session on Lawsuit Reform
Aug 13 2013 // Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has called for a special session of the Oklahoma Legislature, to begin Sept. 3 for work on lawsuit reform. Gov. Mary Fallin’s executive order calls on lawmakers to re-institute...
Oklahoma Lawmakers Want Special Session on Business Legal Liability
Aug 12 2013 // Spokesmen for the leaders of Oklahoma’s House and Senate said the lawmakers want the governor to call a special session “sooner rather than later” so that the Legislature can consider restoring laws...
Oklahoma Commissioner: Program in Place for Hard-to-Insure Homes
Aug 9 2013 // The Oklahoma Market Assistance Program (OK-MAP) is designed to find protection for hard-to-insure homes, Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak says, and the recent tornado outbreak in that state has left many Oklahomans in...
Oklahoma Insurance Claims from May Tornadoes Top $1 Billion
Aug 8 2013 // Insurance payments from the May tornado outbreak across central Oklahoma have now topped $1 billion, state insurance regulators report. “These numbers are staggering,” said Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John...
Oklahoma Officials Place May 20 Tornado Toll at 25
Aug 7 2013 // The Oklahoma Medical Examiner has increased the toll from the May 20 tornado at Moore after the death of a 90-year-old woman critically injured in the storm. Spokeswoman Amy Elliott said that the death of Kathryn Begay...
Donation Planned To Put Shelters in Oklahoma Schools
Aug 5 2013 // An organization dedicated to building storm shelters in Oklahoma schools is getting another donation. Moore Supercuts will present a check to ShelterOklahomaSchools.org on Saturday to further the organization’s...
Insurer Loss Ratios High in Oklahoma after Years of Extreme Storms
Aug 5 2013 // The May storms in Oklahoma that produced two EF-5 tornadoes, destroyed thousands of houses, resulted in 46 deaths and sent damage estimates above the $5 billion mark, were extreme examples of a years-long pattern of storms...
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Hosts Recovery Roundup in Moore
Aug 2 2013 // Central Oklahoma storm survivors still dealing with insurance issues are invited to a recovery assistance event hosted by the Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID). The Recovery Roundup will be held Aug. 17 at Southmoore...
University Of Central Oklahoma to Co-Host 2014 Tornado Summit
Aug 1 2013 // The University of Central Oklahoma has been selected as a co-host of the 2014 National Tornado Summit. The summit serves as a forum for national and state experts to meet and recommend new policies to improve emergency...
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner to Host Recovery Roundup in Moore
Aug 1 2013 // State insurance officials are planning an event to help central Oklahoma residents who are still dealing with insurance issues involving May’s severe storms and tornadoes. The Oklahoma Insurance Department will host...
