Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Workers’ Comp Disability Guidelines Withdrawn from Guidelines.gov
Jul 7 2016 // The Work Loss Data Institute (WLDI) has withdrawn its Official Disability Guidelines from the National Guideline Clearinghouse, a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, operated by the U.S....
Quake Rattles Portions of North Central Oklahoma
Jul 5 2016 // An earthquake has rattled part of north central Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 12:32 p.m. Sunday about five miles northwest of Yale in Payne County. The earthquake was...
Governor of Oklahoma Seeks Disaster Declaration for June Flooding
Jul 5 2016 // Gov. Mary Fallin has asked for a federal disaster declaration in three Oklahoma counties as a result of severe storms and flooding in June. Fallin announced last week that she’s requesting individual assistance for...
Oklahoma High Court Validates Workers’ Comp Icy Sidewalk ‘Slip and Fall’ Claim
Jun 30 2016 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court has reversed the decision of an Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission administrative law judge (ALJ) and ruled that a workers’ comp claim for a slip and fall on an icy sidewalk...
Aetna’s Purchase of Humana OK’d by Illinois Insurance Regulator, with Condition
Jun 28 2016 // The Illinois Department of Insurance has approved Aetna Inc.’s proposed $34 billion acquisition of Humana Inc. provided it is approved by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to an order dated June 23 posted on...
States Faced with Massive Well Cleanup from Oil Bust
Jun 20 2016 // The worst oil bust since the 1980s is putting Texas and other oil producing states on the hook for thousands of newly abandoned drilling sites at a time when they have little money to plug wells and seal off environmental...
Have Injured Workers Benefited from Oklahoma’s Opt-Out Plans? It Depends, Study Says
Jun 20 2016 // A recent analysis of the workers’ compensation “opt-out” system in Oklahoma concludes that employer-run plans for injured workers may offer benefits that are equal to or better than those provided by...
Oklahoma Man Gets 18-Year Sentence for Insurance Fraud
Jun 20 2016 // An Oklahoma man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for insurance fraud, the state attorney general’s office reported. LaTroy Staglin was sentenced after being convicted on nine felony counts of submitting a...
Oklahoma Commissioner Deems Earthquake Coverage ‘Non-Competitive’
Jun 20 2016 // Oklahoma’s top insurance regulator says there’s a definite lack of competition in the state’s earthquake insurance market and has ordered insurers to change the way they file rates for the coverage in the...
People – South Central
Jun 20 2016 // Louisiana-based insurance carrier, LCTA Workers’ Comp (LCTA), hired Christine Martin as chief financial officer (CFO). A certified public accountant, Martin has more than 20 years of financial management experience....
Storms Bring Emergency Declaration in Oklahoma
Jun 16 2016 // Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb has declared a state of emergency in nine counties after weekend storms brought flooding, tornadoes and strong winds to the state. The declaration issued Tuesday includes Caddo, Carter,...
Court: Wisconsin Prosecutors Can’t Alter Drunk Driving Charges Without OK
Jun 15 2016 // Prosecutors can’t change drunken driving charges once they’re filed without a judge’s permission, a state appeals court ruled in upholding a judge’s decision to order a felony charge against a...
Oklahoma Man Gets 18-Year Sentence for Insurance Fraud
Jun 13 2016 // An Oklahoma man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for insurance fraud. Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt announced that LaTroy Staglin was sentenced after being convicted on nine felony counts of submitting a...
Magnitude 3.7 Quake Recorded near Pawnee, Oklahoma
Jun 10 2016 // The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.7 magnitude earthquake has been recorded near Pawnee. The USGS says the quake was recorded at 11:50 a.m. on June 8 about 8 miles northwest of Pawnee. The area is about 75 miles...
Doak Deems Oklahoma Earthquake Insurance Market ‘Noncompetive’
Jun 8 2016 // Oklahoma’s top insurance regulator has determined that there’s a definite lack of competition in the earthquake insurance market in Oklahoma and ordered insurers to change the way they file rates for the...
Oklahoma Energy Companies Ask Judge to Dismiss Earthquake Lawsuit
Jun 6 2016 // Three Oklahoma energy companies want a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit demanding they reduce injection volumes at wastewater disposal wells that could be triggering earthquakes. The lawsuit was filed in February by...
Regulators: 4 Insurers Hold 55% of the Oklahoma Earthquake Market
Jun 6 2016 // At a May 24 hearing on the competitiveness of earthquake insurance coverage in Oklahoma state insurance regulators released data showing four insurance companies hold 55 percent of the market. That’s a concern for...
Oklahoma Bill Aimed at Uninsured Drivers Awaits Governor Signature
Jun 3 2016 // A bill awaiting Gov. Mary Fallin’s signature would authorize Oklahoma district attorneys and law enforcement agencies to contract for the use of cameras and automated license plate readers to enforce the...
How Well Do Oklahoma Opt-Out Plans Serve Injured Workers? It Depends, Study Says
Jun 1 2016 // A recent analysis of the workers’ compensation “opt-out” system in Oklahoma concludes that employer-run plans for injured workers may offer benefits that are equal to or better than those provided by...
Oklahoma Insurance Exec to Picked to Lead Louisiana Citizens Insurance
May 30 2016 // A former Oklahoma insurance executive has been chosen to head the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state’s property insurer of last resort. Richard Newberry has been named the new chief executive...
