Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Legislation to Ban Texting While Driving Advances in Oklahoma
Mar 1 2010 // A measure in Oklahoma that places limits on texting while driving has passed out of the House Public Safety Committee. The measure would also prohibit young drivers from using a cell phone to talk or text while the vehicle...
Oklahoma AG Opposes Sale of Workers’ Comp Agency
Feb 26 2010 // A proposal to sell Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation insurance agency could force businesses to pay higher rates and make the insurance unaffordable for new and high-risk employers, according to Attorney General...
Insurance Agent to Run for Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Post
Feb 25 2010 // A Tulsa, Okla.-area insurance agent says he plans to run for state insurance commissioner this fall. Republican John Doak said he plans to mount a statewide campaign for the job now held by Insurance Commissioner Kim...
CompSource Oklahoma Opposes Sale-to-Highest Bidder Bills
Feb 25 2010 // Responding to the recent filing of House Bill 2662 and Senate Bill 2232 in Oklahoma, CompSource Oklahoma, the state’s workers’ compensation fund, opposes both bills, which call for the sale of CompSource to the...
Oklahoma Insurance Department Seeking to Become Standalone Entity
Feb 19 2010 // A measure to make the Oklahoma Insurance Department a non-appropriated agency has passed the state Senate Appropriations Committee. Sen. David Myers, author of Senate Bill 1658, says his legislation, which was requested by...
Workers’ Comp Reform Measures Advance in Oklahoma House
Feb 18 2010 // Oklahoma State Representative Dan Sullivan wants employers “to know that we’re open for business in Oklahoma.” Sullivan, a driving force behind Oklahoma workers’ compensation reform in the...
Fault System Found Under Jones, Oklahoma
Feb 17 2010 // New detectors have found fault lines in the Jones, Okla., area, where dozens of small earthquakes have been recorded since last year. “There’s definitely some kind of fault system there,” said Austin...
Workers’ Comp Bills Move Out of Oklahoma Senate Committee
Feb 17 2010 // Two measures aimed at reforming Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system have passed out of the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee. Both bills were authored by Senate President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee. The...
Oklahoma Farm Bureau Group and Members Downgraded
Feb 10 2010 // A.M. Best Co. reports it downgraded the financial strength rating to B (Fair) from B+ (Good) and issuer credit ratings to “bb” from “bbb-” of Oklahoma Farm Bureau Group and its members, Oklahoma...
Insurance Company Says Oklahoma State Breached Contract
Feb 8 2010 // The insurance company sued by billionaire booster T. Boone Pickens and Oklahoma State University’s athletic fundraising foundation claims the university breached its contract and has no right to recover $33 million...
Declarations
Feb 7 2010 // More Straight-Line Winds Ahead “Based on what we know about the potential patterns of climate change, we expect severe storm activity to increase in Texas and the Midwest, including higher activity of straight-line...
Catastrophe Declaration Clears Way for Emergency Adjusters in Oklahoma
Feb 7 2010 // In the wake of massive ice storms that virtually shut down the state of Oklahoma in late January, Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland declared a state of emergency that allows the commissioner to “license as an...
Oklahoma State Sues Insurance Company Over Fundraising Program
Feb 5 2010 // Billionaire booster T. Boone Pickens and the fundraising arm of Oklahoma State’s athletic department are suing a life insurance company over a program aimed at bringing in millions of dollars, the university...
Blue Cross Competitor Sanford Gets OK to Sell Insurance in ND
Feb 5 2010 // North Dakota regulators have given approval to Sanford Health Plan to sell health insurance in the state, likely setting up competition with the company that has dominated the North Dakota market for decades but has drawn...
Oklahoma Governor Seeks Ice Storm Aid From Border States
Feb 4 2010 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry said state officials are working with their counterparts in surrounding states to speed the flow of power repair supplies and other provisions to communities hard hit by the ice storm in late...
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner to Run for Re-Election
Feb 3 2010 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland says she is seeking re-election this fall. Holland was appointed to the post by Gov. Brad Henry in January 2005 and in 2006 became the first woman elected to serve as insurance...
Catastrophe Declaration Clears Way for Emergency Adjusters in Oklahoma
Feb 2 2010 // In the wake of massive ice storms that virtually shut down the state of Oklahoma in late January, Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has declared a state of emergency that allows the commissioner to “license as an...
Oklahoma Under Emergency Declaration as Winter Storm Shuts Down State
Jan 29 2010 // Oklahoma, Gov. Brad Henry declared a state of emergency for all 77 Oklahoma counties and state officials implemented emergency response preparations as a winter storm blanketed the state overnight with freezing rain, sleet...
Oklahoma Governor Bans State Workers from Texting While Driving
Jan 26 2010 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry signed an executive order banning state employees from texting while driving on state business. State Sen. Debbe Leftwich applauds the move but wants to take it a little further by prohibiting...
Oklahoma Lawmaker Says Bill Will ‘Fast Forward’ Workers’ Comp Reform
Jan 25 2010 // Oklahoma state Rep. Lewis Moore, R-Edmond, says a bill he has filed combining health and workers’ compensation insurance coverage for employees will allow around-the-clock health coverage and “fast...
