Latest Oklahoma Headlines
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19 Oklahoma Counties Denied Federal Disaster Assistance
Jul 31 2015 // Gov. Mary Fallin says the federal government has rejected the state’s request for disaster assistance for 19 Oklahoma counties affected by severe weather, flooding and tornadoes in May and June. Fallin said Wednesday...
10 Children Injured in Crash of Church Van on Oklahoma Highway
Jul 29 2015 // The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a church van headed to Branson, Mo., crashed on the Will Rogers Turnpike in northeastern Oklahoma, injuring 10 children who were onboard. Trooper Dwight Durant says the van crashed just...
2 Oklahoma Injection Wells Being Shut Down Following Quakes
Jul 29 2015 // Two energy companies are shutting injection wells after three strong earthquakes struck near an Oklahoma town, in response to concerns about the practice of injecting wastewater from oil and gas operations deep...
Oklahoma Town OKs Rules Restricting Oil, Gas Drilling in City
Jul 23 2015 // Leaders in Stillwater, Okla., approved new rules for oil and gas drilling within the city to the disappointment of industry representatives. A.J. Ferate, vice president of regulatory affairs at the Oklahoma Independent...
4.4M Northern Oklahoma Earthquake Rattles State
Jul 22 2015 // A magnitude 4.4 earthquake centered in northern Oklahoma has shaken the state, with reports of it being felt hundreds of miles away. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the July 20 quake happened at about 3:20 p.m., with...
Quakes Spur more Study of Wells by Oklahoma Corp. Commission
Jul 20 2015 // The Oklahoma Corporation Commission said it is placing more than 200 oil and natural gas wastewater disposal wells under scrutiny as the regulatory agency investigates whether the wells are triggering earthquakes in the...
Drought Disappearing from Oklahoma, Texas After Record Rainfall
Jul 20 2015 // Record-shattering spring showers across Oklahoma have replenished lakes and reservoirs, helped farmers recover from a difficult year and eliminated any traces of a devastating drought that had gripped the state for five...
Business Moves
Jul 20 2015 // Alliant, Preferred Concepts Specialty insurance brokerage Alliant Insurance Services has expanded its managing general agent (MGA) practice through the acquisition of Preferred Concepts, an insurance program underwriter...
Ex-Oppenheimer Exec Gets Jail Time for Role in Oklahoma Insurer Fraud
Jul 16 2015 // A former Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. executive was sentenced to almost two years in prison for his role in a fraud that prosecutors say led to the collapse of an Oklahoma insurance company. Allen Reichman, 54, and three...
Berkshire Hathaway’s MedPro Buying Oklahoma Medical Liability Insurer PLICO
Jul 8 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway’s MedPro Group has agreed to acquire Oklahoma healthcare liability insurer PLICO Inc., which is owned by the Oklahoma State Medical Association (OSMA). The boards of each entity have approved...
Small Quake Shakes Central Oklahoma
Jul 7 2015 // An earthquake has rattled part of central Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 2.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded about 8:13 a.m. Sunday about four miles east-southeast of Jones in Oklahoma County. Geologists...
Heavy Rainfall Impacts Shipping at Oklahoma Port
Jul 7 2015 // Heavy rainfall in northeastern Oklahoma has impacted waterway shipping along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System and the Tulsa Port of Catoosa. Bob Portiss, director at the Port of Catoosa, says shipping...
Deadline to File Flood Insurance Claims in Oklahoma Extended
Jul 6 2015 // Oklahoma’s insurance commissioner says property owners who experienced flood damage during heavy rainfall in May and June have more time to file insurance claims. Commissioner John Doak said the Federal Emergency...
Disaster Aid Approved For More Oklahoma Counties
Jul 6 2015 // The federal government has approved disaster assistance for nine more Oklahoma counties following a series of severe storms. Gov. Mary Fallin on Thursday announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency had accepted...
Oklahoma’s Request for Flood Claims Extension Approved
Jul 1 2015 // Oklahomans with flood damage will have extra time to file their insurance claim. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has given National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders an extra 180 days to file a...
Oklahoma Supreme Court: Oil Firms Can Be Sued over Quakes
Jul 1 2015 // New Dominion LLC can be sued by an Oklahoma woman injured when her fireplace fell on her during an earthquake that she blames on disposal wells tied to fracking. The June 30 ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court reversed a...
Fosun’s Acquisition of Meadowbrook’s California Subsidiaries OK’d
Jun 29 2015 // The California Department of Insurance has approved Fosun International Ltd.’s acquisition of control of Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc.’s subsidiaries commercially domiciled in of California. The subsidiaries...
Spike in Oklahoma Quakes an Energy ‘Game Changer’
Jun 25 2015 // A spike in earthquakes across Oklahoma is forcing the state’s energy regulator to urgently consider tougher restrictions on drilling activity, a spokesman said, calling it a “game changer.” From June 17...
Oklahoma Mourns P/C Insurance Guaranty Assoc. Manager Fitch
Jun 24 2015 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department reported the loss of Larry W. Fitch, 71, who was the general manager of the Oklahoma Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association. Fitch died on June 19. “Larry has played a...
Michigan Regulators OK Meadowbrook/Fosun International Transaction
Jun 22 2015 // Michigan insurance regulators have approved the acquisition of Southfield-based Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. by China’s Fosun International Limited. Meadowbrook Insurance Group announced that it received the...
