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Nev. Court Rules Workers’ Comp OK in Some Suicide Cases

Jul 28 2008 // In a precedent-setting case, the Nevada Supreme Court held last Thursday that worker comp benefits can go to families of people who kill themselves if an industrial accident broke down their “rational mental...

Midwest States High on List for Numbers of Tornadoes

Jul 21 2008 // While a rural area to the northeast of Denver, Colo., tops the nation when it comes to metropolitan areas most prone to tornadoes, Texas leads the states in the average total number of tornadoes per year in the continental...

Okla. City to Add Telephones as Tools for Tornado Warnings

Jul 18 2008 // In addition to blaring sirens and screeching weather-radio alerts, residents in Glenpool, Okla., will now have another way of learning about approaching tornadoes: they will get a telephone call. The City Council has...

Oklahoma Leads Nation in Weather-Safe Dome Shaped Buildings

Jul 16 2008 // If dome-shaped buildings that can withstand all kinds of destructive forces are the wave of the future, Oklahoma is leading the nation. Two dome-topped school buildings under construction in Dibble, Okla., are expected to...

Oklahoma Governor Appoints 4 to Workers’ Compensation Court

Jul 9 2008 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has appointed four people to the state’s Workers’ Compensation Court. The three new members of the court are Robert Lake Grove of Oklahoma City, William R. Foster of Norman and Eric W....

Tulsa Has More Traffic Accidents Than Oklahoma City, Insurer Says

Jul 9 2008 // A report by an automobile insurer concludes that Oklahoma City drivers are less likely than Tulsa drivers to be involved in traffic collisions. “Its kind of weird,” Lt. Roger Bratcher of the Oklahoma City...

Jul 7 2008 // People McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP (MHBT) added Jim Anderson as senior vice president in the Dallas-based firm’s property/casualty group. Anderson will oversee the production and account management of...

Find a Silver Lining in the Soft Market

Jul 7 2008 // Strategies From ‘Best Practices’ Agencies Searching for ways to survive and thrive in the soft market cycle? Cultivate untapped customer markets; proactively service renewals; use technology for efficiency and...

Okla. Agents Group Leader ‘Pleased’ With Legislative Session

Jul 7 2008 // Dan Ramsey, president and CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma, says the recently convened 2008 state legislative session was a good one as far as the association is concerned. Out of 4,000 bills considered...

Lawmakers OK Louisiana Workforce Bill

Jun 25 2008 // A bill backed by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal that aims to reform the state’s workforce development system won final legislative approval, the Louisiana Department of Labor announced. The bill, HB 1104, requires the...

Insurance to Cover Settlement Between Okla. Town, Mentally Ill Man’s Estate

Jun 20 2008 // Officials in a Tulsa, Okla., suburb and the estate of a mentally ill man have settled a federal lawsuit over his August 2002 fatal shooting by police, officials said. Insurance coverage for the city of Owasso will cover...

New Insurance Law Riling Residents of Storm Damaged Okla. Town

Jun 18 2008 // Five weeks after many of them lost their homes to a powerful tornado, Picher, Okla., residents are expressing frustration about a new state insurance law that is affecting the buyout process for residents of the polluted...

Cost of Claims From Hailstorms in Oklahoma Could Top $20M

Jun 16 2008 // Hail damage claims from storms that hit Oklahoma in early June could easily top $20 million, an insurance industry source says, matching the cost of a similar storm in April. Meanwhile, nearly 1,260 electric company...

Weather Is a Big Deal in South Central States

Jun 16 2008 // Well before the June 1 start of hurricane season claims costs from weather related damages were on a steady climb across the South Central states of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. Late May, early June hailstorms...

Reduced Okla. Supreme Court Caseload Attributed to Reforms, Mediation

Jun 10 2008 // Legislative reforms and mediated lawsuits are responsible for a decline in the number of appeals and court actions handled by the Oklahoma Supreme Court over the past few years. The Tulsa World examined eight years of...

Oklahoma Hail Damage Claims From Recent Storm Could Top $20M

Jun 5 2008 // Hail damage claims from this past weekend’s storm could easily top $20 million, an insurance industry source says, matching the cost of a similar area storm in April. Meanwhile, nearly 1,260 electric company...

Oklahoma Town Surveys Damage From Severe Storm

Jun 4 2008 // Local officials and insurance adjusters in Mannford, Okla., are assessing widespread damage from a June 1 hailstorm that pounded more than 1,000 homes and vehicles. City Manager Mike Nunneley said every home – about...

Tulsa County DA to Get Case of Former Insurance Commissioner

Jun 3 2008 // A district judge in Oklahoma has turned over handling of the tax-evasion case of former Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher to the Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office. Since the venue where Fisher has been...

Okla. Lawmaker With Insurance Industry Ties Won’t Run Again

Jun 2 2008 // Ron Peterson, the Oklahoma lawmaker who blocked health insurance mandates after getting thousands of dollars in contributions from insurance companies, is only one of a growing list of Republican House leaders opting to...

Guns in Locked Cars at Workplace OK under Louisiana Senate Bill

May 23 2008 // Employees in Louisiana would have the right to keep a legally owned firearm locked in their car in a parking lot at their place of work, if the House goes along with a bill approved 28-4 in the state Senate. Senator Joe...