September 17, 2009
Prompted by a deadly February tornado in southern Oklahoma, a state House panel on Tuesday examined ways to increase the number of tornado shelters at mobile home parks. Reps. Pat Ownbey, R-Ardmore, and Samson Buck, D-Ardmore, represent the area where …
September 16, 2009
Authorities say the pilot of a single-engine plane towing an advertising banner was OK after the aircraft crashed into Rehoboth Bay off Dewey Beach in Delaware Investigators believe the Piper Cub lost engine power Saturday during a flight for Ocean …
September 9, 2009
A new state law in Oklahoma provides greater protection for children endangered by drunk drivers. Senate Bill 1139, by state Sen. Mary Easley and state Rep. Jeannie McDaniel, allows drunk drivers to face felony child-endangerment charges if children are in …
September 8, 2009
In a recent meeting of a task force considering privatizing Oklahoma’s state-backed workers’ compensation insurer, CompSource Oklahoma, Nevada insurance executives said workers’ comp rates have dropped in that state since the agency providing such insurance was privatized 10 years ago. …
September 7, 2009
Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly even rapists. They got their producer licenses in states …
September 7, 2009
States Are Not Equal in Handling Worker Injuries Prices for workers’ compensation insurance in the United States declined in 2008 and, in general, that trend is likely to continue in throughout 2009, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance …
September 7, 2009
Grain Dealers/Main Street Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co., an Indiana-domiciled regional property/casualty insurance company, will become an affiliate of Florida-based Main Street America if approved by the Indiana Department of Insurance. Financial terms were not disclosed. Grain Dealers Mutual operates …
September 7, 2009
On Notice “This settlement … should put all federal contractors on notice that the Labor Department is serious about eliminating systemic discrimination,” —U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis, commenting on an agreement with Gerber Products Co. in Fort Smith, Ark., …
September 7, 2009
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August 28, 2009
Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) has added Hill County Insurance Agency Inc. in Hillsboro, Texas, as a member, bringing the group’s agency membership total to 42. CAA has agency members in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, and plans further expansion …