Latest Oklahoma Headlines
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Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Overhaul Now in Effect
Aug 26 2011 // Legislation overhauling the Oklahoma workers’ compensation laws becomes effective today, Aug. 26, 2011. The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court noted that while the effective date for Senate Bill 878 is Aug....
Oklahoma Owes $36M in Disaster Aid
Aug 23 2011 // The state owes an estimated $36 million to more than 600 cities, counties, electrical cooperatives, state agencies, fire districts, schools and Indian tribes for its share of costs associated with 21 natural disasters...
Oklahoma Commissioner Revokes Agent’s License, Files Charges Against Couple
Aug 22 2011 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak has revoked a Stigler woman’s license to sell insurance, and the agent and her husband have been charged with crimes including the embezzlement of more than $37,000 from...
Report: Okla. Roofer Gives Storm Victim Honest Deal
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
40 Homes Destroyed in Deadly Okla. Wildfire
Aug 14 2011 // Residents in Pawnee County, Okla. have started to sift through the ashes following a wildfire that destroyed nearly 40 homes and may have done up to $20 million worth of damage, according to official estimates. Dozens of...
Oklahoma Wildfire Destroyed 40 Buildings
Aug 11 2011 // The weekend wildfire that swept through a rural swath of Pawnee County, damaging or destroying at least 40 structures and charring thousands of acres, was brought under control Tuesday afternoon but not before it did some...
Firefighters Still Working Fires Across Oklahoma
Aug 9 2011 // Firefighters caught no break as new grass fires continued to break out in parts of Oklahoma and others rekindled from days before. At least 13 homes were destroyed in Edmond, while homes and outbuildings also were burned...
Fire Weather Watch Issued for 47 Oklahoma Counties
Aug 9 2011 // Authorities are warning that more wildfires could be possible across Oklahoma as winds increase from the southwest. The National Weather Service issued a fire weather watch that includes 47 counties in western, central and...
2 Oklahoma Counties Added to Disaster Declaration
Aug 8 2011 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency said government entities and certain non-profit organizations in Craig and Nowata counties of Oklahoma may seek reimbursement for expenses they incurred during severe storms,...
Iowa Health Insurance Review Process OK’d
Aug 2 2011 // Federal officials have approved Iowa’s process for external review of health insurance providers as established under the Affordable Care Act. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services notified the Iowa...
Forestry Service Says Oklahoma Could Face Fire Crisis
Aug 2 2011 // Heat and drought could lead to a wildfire crisis in Oklahoma for the rest of the summer, a state forestry official said. Forester George Geissler said that both rangeland in western Oklahoma and the wooded hills of eastern...
Insurers Urge Senate OK for Insurance Rep on Financial Council
Jul 26 2011 // The Senate Banking Committee is today considering the nomination of a key insurance member to the new federal board that deals with the financial system and matters of systemic risk. President Barack Obama has nominated a...
Oklahoma Governor Touts Tort, Work Comp Reforms to Chicago Businesses
Jul 25 2011 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said she is pitching her state’s business climate and work force in an attempt to lure some Illinois-based companies to the Sooner State. Fallin visited Chicago on July 21, meeting with...
Oklahoma Resident’s Protests Prompt Flood Map Change
Jul 25 2011 // Residents of Lake McAlester in Oklahoma are no longer in a Federal Emergency Management Area flood zone after an uncommon re-mapping of the area. “This is the only area in the state of Oklahoma that has been ever...
Farmers Insurance to Pay $1.5M in Labor Settlement
Jul 18 2011 // Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Inc. has agreed to pay $1.52 million in overtime back wages to 3,459 employees following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that disclosed...
Farmers Insurance to Pay $1.5M in Labor Settlement
Jul 18 2011 // Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Inc. has agreed to pay $1.52 million in overtime back wages to 3,459 employees following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that disclosed...
Okla. Commissioner Names Williams Insurance Professional of the Month
Jul 14 2011 // In a new effort to recognize members of the insurance industry for their contributions to consumers and community, Insurance Commissioner John Doak named Farmers Insurance Group District Manager Pepper Williams as the...
Oklahoma Lawmaker Promotes Program for Distressed Homeowners
Jul 14 2011 // The clock is ticking on a federal program designed to assist distressed homeowners who have experienced a drop in income of at least 15 percent directly resulting from involuntary unemployment or underemployment due to...
Oklahoma Insurance Department Revokes Agent’s License
Jul 12 2011 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department has revoked the license of an insurance producer after the individual pleaded to a crime related to the breach of fiduciary trust. The department issued the emergency revocation of the...
Farmers Insurance to Pay $1.5M in Labor Settlement
Jul 8 2011 // Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Inc. has agreed to pay $1.52 million in overtime back wages to 3,459 employees following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that disclosed...
