February 11, 2007
122 The number of levees nationwide that are at risk for failing, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. Twenty-seven states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico had threatened levees, but only two had more than a handful. California …
February 11, 2007
Privately owned insurance and risk management firm, McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P., has named Mike Rutledge a partner. Rutledge is a vice president in MHBT’s Fort Worth, Texas, office. Rutledge’s career in the insurance field spans 30 years. Prior to …
February 11, 2007
William J. Mullaney was named president of MetLife’s Institutional Business segment. He succeeds Leland C. Launer Jr., who has decided to pursue other opportunities. Mullaney most recently served as president of MetLife Auto & Home, and has been with the …
February 8, 2007
Dallas-based America First Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced it has teamed with LoJack Corporation, which is making its LoJack for Construction Equipment police-operated vehicle recovery systems available to construction customers to combat what the National Insurance Crime …
February 7, 2007
State lawmakers representing southwest Oklahoma are urging Gov. Brad Henry to include Comanche and Tillman counties in his request for a major federal disaster declaration, the Oklahoma House of Representatives reported. “Given how much damage the ice storms did in …
February 7, 2007
A measure that will exempt volunteers who provide transportation services for charitable organizations or not-for-profit corporations from liability lawsuits passed out of the Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee. “This bill will provide protection for the volunteers who drive senior citizens to …
February 6, 2007
A sixth person has been charged in Oklahoma in an investigation of an alleged identity theft crime ring, according to the office of Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson’s office. Scott Richard Poor, 50, was charged in Oklahoma County District Court …
February 5, 2007
A state hearing officer recommended Friday that Delaware’s insurance commissioner approve the proposed management buyout and eventual dissolution of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group’s U.S. operations. The proposed buyout was the subject of a lengthy hearing last month, and …
February 5, 2007
The federal government approved public disaster assistance for 18 more Oklahoma counties on Feb. 2, a day after Gov. Brad Henry expressed frustration over its refusal to qualify all 23 counties he sought disaster declarations for following devastating ice storms …
February 2, 2007
For Dr. David Russell, an Enid radiologist and president of the Oklahoma State Medical Association, the debate over civil justice reform in Oklahoma isn’t about the politics that has kept many reform measures bottled up at the state Capitol. The …