A Senate panel has passed a bill that would prohibit the Oklahoma Insurance Department’s anti-fraud investigators from using police vehicles. The Senate General Government Committee voted unanimously for the bill by Seminole Republican Sen. Harry Coates that prohibits the department …
Defending his agency’s expenditures on weapons and police vehicles for use by its anti-fraud unit, Oklahoma’s top insurance regulator said the purchases help ensure the safety of investigators and are not paid for with taxpayer money. The Oklahoma Insurance Department …
The Oklahoma Insurance Department spent more than $180,000 on high-tech shotguns, bulletproof vests and seven police-package vehicles that agency officials say were needed as part of its expanded focus on criminal insurance fraud. But the purchases have raised eyebrows among …
