Oklahoma News

State National to Offer Commercial Liability Program in Southeast

A subsidiary of 21st Century Holding Co. (Nasdaq:TCHC) has received approval from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation to market and underwrite commercial general liability insurance. American Vehicle Insurance Co. will offer an artisan commercial general liability program in the …

Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Angry With Claims Backlog

Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland said she is “grossly disappointed and frankly mad” about a continuing backlog of more than 200,000 unpaid health insurance claims in a state workers’ insurance plan. “That is just absolutely unacceptable,” Holland said of the …

Stimulus Money to Help Ease Oklahoma Dam Woes

Conservation officials announced that thanks to the federal stimulus bill, Oklahoma is in line for $25 million to rehabilitate high-hazard earthen dams that provide flood protection across the state. They said Oklahoma is expected to get $12.1 million of that …

Central Insurance Names Rauch Regional VP in Dallas Office

Ohio-based Central Insurance Companies has named Tim Rauch as regional vice president for its Southwest Regional Office in Dallas. He is responsible for all underwriting, marketing and claims functions serving independent agents in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Colorado. …

Oklahoma House Calls for More Stringent Youth ATV Regulations

A resolution urging the federal government to amend regulations banning the sale of youth all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles has been passed by the Oklahoma House of Representatives. House Resolution 1024, by state Reps. Ken Luttrell and Rex Duncan, urges the …

Spring Weather Warnings: Midwest Floods; Droughts in South, West

Flooding in the upper Midwest, which could rival the high water levels experienced in 2006 and possibly 1997, and continued drought in the South and West are among the warnings contained in the national outlook for this Spring from federal …

Okla.’s Stoops, Other Homeowners Win Lawsuit

University of Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops and other homeowners have prevailed in a lawsuit against the developers of the exclusive northwest Norman subdivision in which they live. Cleveland County District Judge Tom Lucas ruled on March 13 that the …

It Figures

0.08 Legislation that would lower the legal blood alcohol concentration limit for the offense of boating under the influence from 0.10 percent to 0.08 percent has been approved by the Oklahoma Senate. The measure also would prohibit children under the …

Declarations

Impact of Natural Disasters “I have witnessed first hand the impact natural disasters can have on a community and this state.” —Texas Rep. Craig Eiland, whose Galveston district was severely damaged Sept. 13, 2008, by Hurricane Ike. Eiland, along with …

People

Luke Proctor has been named president of Signature Select LLC, a new retail insurance subsidiary of Wichita, Kan.-based IMA. Proctor joined The IMA Financial Group in 2003 in the management development program, eventually focusing on strategic planning and special projects. …