oklahoma workers’ compensation News

Oklahoma Work Comp Rates to Decrease 8.2% in 2023

Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready announced that businesses should see another rate decrease in workers’ compensation insurance beginning on January 1, 2023. The Oklahoma Insurance Department has approved an annual filing with an 8.2 percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance …

Oklahoma Waiting for Guidance on Workers’ Comp Opt Out Transition

There seems to be more questions than answers as to what happens next in the wake of the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s finding that the opt out portion of the state’s 2013 comprehensive workers’ compensation legislative overhaul is unconstitutional. That’s because …

Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Overhaul Takes Another Hit

The Oklahoma Supreme Court dealt another blow to the state’s 2013 workers’ comp overhaul by finding unconstitutional a provision of the Oklahoma Administrative Workers’ Compensation Act pertaining to the deferral of permanent partial disability benefits. Several recent rulings have represented …

Great American Insurance Group Rolls Out Workers’ Comp Option in Oklahoma

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has launched an Oklahoma Option Employers Indemnity policy. The new coverage, offered through its Employer’s Comp Associates (ECA) Division, is available to any employer in Oklahoma who qualifies to opt out of the state’s …

2 Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud in Oklahoma; 3rd Pleads Guilty

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has charged two men with workers’ compensation fraud and announced a guilty plea from woman who was previously charged. Charlie Jones, 45, of Norman faces one count of workers’ compensation fraud. According to charges filed …