Oklahoma News

Apex Global Picks Stone to Lead Aviation Division in Houston

Dallas-based insurance and risk management services firm Apex Global Partners (AGP) has appointed John Stone as managing director of its Houston Aviation Operations. Stone, a pilot, is experienced in structuring insurance and risk management programs for aviation clients, according to …

Report: Truck Driver’s Inattention Caused Massive Oklahoma Wreck

The inattention of a tractor-trailer driver led to a wreck on the Will Rogers Turnpike that killed 10 people in June, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said in a report released Aug. 3. Investigators looking into the June 26 wreck in …

Survey: Midwest Economy Improving

The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same methodology as the national survey to consult supply managers and business …

Tribble Appointed Vice President at America First Insurance

Richardson, Texas-based America First Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, has named John R. Tribble as vice president, Claims. Tribble will oversee approximately 90 claims, field investigation, and adjuster personnel within the company’s six-state operating territory, as well …

Why Bankruptcy Rates Vary By State

State Policies, More Than Differences Among People, Tend to Influence Bankruptcy Rates In a previous edition of Insurance Journal (July 20, 2009, “Tackling Client Bankruptcy: How to Help Clients Work Through the Challenges of Business Bankruptcy”), Dean Mortilla, president of …

Why Bankruptcy Rates Vary By State

State Policies, More Than Differences Among People, Influence Rates In Insurance Journal‘s last issue (July 20; Tackling Client Bankruptcy: How to Help Clients Work Through the Challenges of Business Bankruptcy), Dean Mortilla, president of NIP Specialty Brokerage, discussed what agents …

States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers

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 …

Business Moves

Met Life MetLife Inc. is combining its institutional and individual businesses, as well as its auto and home insurance unit, into a single U.S. business organization. William J. Mullaney, who has served as president of MetLife’s Institutional Business since January …

Why Bankruptcy Rates Vary By State

State Policies, More Than Differences Among People, Tend to Influence Bankruptcy Rates In a previous edition of Insurance Journal (July 20, 2009, “Tackling Client Bankruptcy: How to Help Clients Work Through the Challenges of Business Bankruptcy”), Dean Mortilla, president of …

Why Bankruptcy Rates Vary By State

State Policies, More Than Differences Among People, Tend to Influence Bankruptcy Rates Twenty-four percent of agents and brokers have had business customers go into bankruptcy in the past two years; another 24 percent have had customers file for personal bankruptcy, …