Oklahoma News

Okla. Woman Accused of Committing Fraud with Cattle Loss Claims

Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland recently announced that department anti-fraud investigators presented an Affidavit of Probable Cause in Pontotoc County alleging Holly Timmons Campbell committed insurance fraud through fraudulent cattle loss claims. “All of us pay for insurance fraud in …

FEMA Officials Plan to Survey Flood Damage in Okla.

Federal officials plan to survey damage and talk to residents this week in flood-ravaged neighborhoods in Bartlesville and Dewey, Okla., where more than 3,000 people were displaced when the Caney River flooded its banks last week. Representatives of the Federal …

Farmers Acquires Right to Use Subordinated Notes for Severe Cat Losses

Farmers Insurance Group has entered into a committed capital facility providing the company the right to issue $500 million of regulatory capital to cover catastrophic losses over the next five years in the United States. The committed capital is a …

Miami, Okla., Residents Fear They May not be Able to Return Home

Sharon Glass fought back tears after hearing she may not be able to return to her flood-damaged home. “I just wonder how a judgment call could be made before FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) officials have even set up shop,” …

Preliminary Damage Assessments Continue After Oklahoma Floods

As river levels continued to drop and dry weather prevailed in most parts of Oklahoma on July 8, preliminary damage assessments from recent flooding began coming in. In Miami, one of the hardest-hit areas, City Manager Mike Spurgeon said officials …

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AMA JOURNAL COVERS DISASTER PLANNING/RESPONSE

The American Medical Association introduced a new medical journal billed as the first of its kind devoted to the science of disaster planning and response. The peer-reviewed quarterly journal is titled Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. Its first edition …

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Getting to ‘yes’ with underwriters on design liability accounts

The most important thing a broker can do to advance an underwriting deal for an architects and engineers professional liability account is to understand how insurers vary in their rating. Insurers do not all approach design or construction liability the …

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