The parents of two teenagers who were severely injured in a grain elevator accident in Oklahoma have filed negligence lawsuits against the business where the boys worked. Cherie Gannon, Lee Zander and Rhonda Zander filed the lawsuits against Zaloudek Grain …
A bill filed in Oklahoma aims to help homeowners with insurance claim payments issued through mortgage companies. Legislation filed by Oklahoma state Rep. Charles Ortega would give mortgage companies no more than 10 days to release an insurance claims check …
Oklahoma’s top insurance regulator says the department spent nearly $675,000 less in 2011 than it did in 2010. For the 12 months ending Dec. 31, 2011, the insurance department spent $11,160,855.28 compared to $11,833,228.01 in 2010, a total savings of …
A new national campaign warning against distracted driving features the story of an Oklahoma City teenager who was killed in a car crash while talking on her cell phone. The U.S. Department of Transportation video featuring Brittanie Montgomery’s story is …
Authorities say four men suffered burn injuries on Jan. 12 in an explosion at a business in south Edmond, Okla. Edmond Fire Department Maj. Kelly Lewis told reporters at the scene that one man suffered third-degree burns and the others …
On Jan. 30, 2012, the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) will begin adding medical certification status and medical examiner’s certificate information to commercial driver’s license system (CDLIS) records. The DPS noted that driver physical qualification requirements are not changing. …
An Oklahoma woman who keeps a partially paralyzed kangaroo as a therapy pet said on Jan. 11 that she is moving to another city over a spat with local officials, even though they insist they haven’t told her to go …
The Oklahoma insurance regulators announced that a Tulsa area man has been charged unlawfully selling health insurance to Oklahoma customers. The Oklahoma Insurance Department said Terry L. McCrackin, 64, was charged in Tulsa County by Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s …
Jerry Johns, president of Southwestern Insurance Information Service, announced his intention to retire March 1, 2012, after 37 years with the organization. Johns began his career as vice president of SIIS in Oklahoma City and was elevated to president upon …
Oklahoma’s top insurance regulator believes the medical insurance market is headed for “disruption” as a result of the medical loss ratio component of federal health insurance reform After Oklahoma’s request for a waiver of the MLR requirement was denied by …
