Oklahoma News

Disaster Recovery

Disaster recovery still is very much on the minds of property owners and insurers in the South Central region despite relatively mild back-to-back catastrophe years. Louisiana has a long way to go before the state can say it has recovered …

My New Markets

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Former Okla. Claims Manager Pleads Guilty

The former claims manager for an Oklahoma insurance company has pleaded guilty to five felony counts of grand larceny by fraud. The alleged violations took place between the beginning of January 2005 and the end of July 2005, according to …

My New Markets

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Declarations

Two Years and Still Waiting “This storm happened more than two years ago. … We believe it should have been resolved long before now.” —Gerald Gussoni, attorney for the Port of New Orleans, commenting on the port’s fight with an …

Rate Increase OK’d for Texas Windstorm Insurance Association

Texas Windstorm Insurance Association policyholders’ rates will go up begining Feb. 1, 2008, as a result of rate increases approved by the Texas Department of Insurance yesterday. Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin approved rate increases of 8.2 percent for residential …

Texas Construction Company Funds Safety Scholarship

The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Region III, which encompasses Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, announced that Austin, Texas-based McComb Construction Company donated $4,000 toward the establishment of a new Region III – McComb Construction Safety, Health and Environmental (SH&E) …

Former Okla. Claims Manager Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges

The former claims manager for an Oklahoma insurance company has pleaded guilty to five felony counts of grand larceny by fraud, according to state Attorney General Drew Edmondson. The charges against Rhonda K. Bonnewell were filed July 19 in Oklahoma …

Barbour Wins Second Term as Mississippi Governor

Mssissippi’s Republican governor, Haley Barbour, won a second term Tuesday in a state still recovering from Hurricane Katrina, a storm that washed away some political futures. The Democratic nominee for governor, attorney John Arthur Eaves Jr., spent millions of dollars …

SafeAuto Insurance Enters Mo. Market

Columbus, Ohio-based SafeAuto Insurance recently announced that it is expanding its operations into the “Show Me State,” Missouri with its brand of minimum coverage insurance beginning Nov. 8, 2007. Minimum coverage auto insurance is designed to meet state specific insurance …