Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Owners of Oklahoma City Rental Properties Hit with Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Oct 3 2018 // Federal officials have sued the owners of a number of residential rental properties in or around Oklahoma City, alleging that subjected female tenants in and applicants for those properties were subject to sexual...
Oklahoma Students Injured When Bus Rolls Over in Central Texas
Oct 2 2018 // Multiple injuries were reported Saturday when a school bus carrying students from Oklahoma rolled over along a central Texas highway. Lampasas Police Department Assistant Chief Jody Cummings said the crash occurred about...
BusinessFirst Insurance OK’d to Offer Workers’ Comp in Indiana
Oct 2 2018 // BusinessFirst Insurance Co. has received all regulatory approvals from the Indiana Department of Insurance to begin offering workers’ compensation insurance coverage in the state, the company announced. Appointed...
Glen Mulready, Republican Candidate for Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner
Oct 1 2018 // Glen Mulready has 35 years of experience in the insurance industry and is a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. He previously served as the House insurance committee chair and is now the floor leader...
Kimberly Fobbs, Democratic Candidate for Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner
Oct 1 2018 // While this is the first time Kimberly Fobbs has run for statewide office, she is no stranger to either politics or the insurance industry. She has long been active in Tulsa county politics and currently serves as chair of...
1 Dead as Record Rain Swamps Texas and Oklahoma
Sep 24 2018 // A storm system dumped record amounts of rain in parts of Oklahoma and caused flooding in Texas, including in the Dallas area, where floodwaters swept a man from a bridge to his death near the University of Texas’...
State Farm Gets OK to Deploy Drones to Inspect Florence Damage
Sep 21 2018 // The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently granted a waiver to State Farm to allow the insurer the ability to inspect damage caused by Hurricane Florence. The approval, received just last week, allows State Farm to...
Former Insurance Company Exec Named Chief Actuary at Oklahoma Insurance Dept.
Sep 20 2018 // Andrew Schallhorn has been appointed as chief actuary at the Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID), effective Sept. 24. Schallhorn formerly was president of Reserve National Insurance Co. In a departmental press...
Ayala Joins Alliant Employee Benefits Group in Oklahoma City
Sep 20 2018 // Alliant Insurance Services has added Brady Ayala as senior vice president in its Employee Benefits Group in Oklahoma City. Ayala will service a growing portfolio of regional clients, deploying a full range of benefits...
Oklahoma Agencies Seeking to Curb Teens’ Distracted Driving
Sep 17 2018 // Several state agencies in Oklahoma, including the insurance department, are working together on an initiative to curtail distracted driving among teenagers. Oklahoma law bans texting and driving but despite that,...
People
Sep 17 2018 // Sam Siddons and Craig Morelos have joined the property/casualty practice at EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants as principals. Siddons will be responsible for new business development, the design, placement and...
Cherokee Nation Official: Medical Marijuana Illegal on Tribe Property
Sep 13 2018 // A Cherokee Nation official says medical marijuana won’t be legal on the Oklahoma-based tribe’s property even though the state’s voters approved use of the plant. The Cherokee Phoenix reports Cherokee...
$6.95M Settlement Proposed in Lawsuit Against Oklahoma’s Chesapeake Energy
Sep 12 2018 // A proposed $6.95 million settlement has been filed to end a class-action lawsuit alleging Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy co-founders Aubrey McClendon and Tom Ward conspired to rig bids on leases for land to explore...
Curbing Teens’ Distracted Driving Focus of Oklahoma Initiative
Sep 10 2018 // Several state agencies in Oklahoma, including the insurance department, are working together on an initiative to curtail distracted driving among teenagers. Oklahoma law bans texting and driving but despite that,...
Wagoner Joins Oklahoma’s First United Bank’s Insurance Agency
Sep 6 2018 // First United Bank in Durant, Oklahoma, has added Shanan Wagoner to its Universal Insurance agency team. Wagoner has been selected as an insurance advisor, partnering with current bank locations and customers in Seguin,...
McClure Named President of First United Bank’s Universal Insurance
Sep 5 2018 // First United Bank in Durant, Oklahoma, has hired Howard McClure as the new president of Universal Insurance, a First United Company. McClure will be responsible for leading the First United Bank insurance teams throughout...
California Lawmakers OK Bill to Help PG&E Pay for Wildfire Costs
Sep 4 2018 // California lawmakers passed legislation to help utility giant PG&E Corp. pay for billions of dollars in potential liabilities from wildfires that ravaged Northern California wine country last year. The state Assembly...
3 New Insurers OK’d to Do Business in Arkansas
Aug 30 2018 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has approved three new insurance companies to conduct insurance business in that state. Authority was granted to West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. (WBM) of West Bend, Wisconsin, to...
Ex-CEO of Oklahoma Ambulance Service Settles Kickback Case for $80K
Aug 30 2018 // The former CEO of an Oklahoma ambulance service has agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle a civil kickback case. The U.S. Justice Department revealed Monday that Stephen Williamson will pay an $80,000...
Tulsa, Oklahoma, CBD Shops Multiply Amid Medical Pot Legalization
Aug 29 2018 // Tulsa’s market growth for cannabis-derived products without the high of THC was inevitable regardless of Oklahoma’s medical marijuana legalization, according to advocates. Proponents of medical marijuana have...
