Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oklahoma Lawmaker Vows to Continue Cell Phone Safety Efforts
Jul 21 2009 // Although legislation filed by Oklahoma House of Representatives Democratic Leader Danny Morgan to address the dangers of cell phone use and texting while driving has stalled the past two legislative sessions, Rep. Morgan...
Oklahoma Verification System Now Operational
Jul 20 2009 // Oklahoma’s new electronic verification system for vehicle insurance is now fully operational. Drivers still will need to present an insurance verification card when renewing their vehicle registrations. Information...
Business Moves
Jul 20 2009 // American Safety, Victore Insurance Bermuda-based American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd.’s American Safety Casualty Insurance Co. (ASCIC) subsidiary has acquired Victore Insurance Co. (VIC), an Oklahoma domiciled...
Oklahoma Lawmakers to Study Workers’ Comp Reform Proposals
Jul 20 2009 // Workers’ compensation reform proposals will be subjected to legislative scrutiny through an Oklahoma House of Representatives study requested by state Rep. Mark McCullough, among others. McCullough, who has authored...
Apex Global Partners Opens New Office in Oklahoma City
Jul 15 2009 // Dallas-based Apex Global Partners Inc. (AGP) has expanded its employee benefits operations by opening a new office in Oklahoma City. In conjunction with the expansion, AGP appointed Brad Williams as director of Oklahoma...
Former Oklahoma Commissioner’s Early Release Request Denied
Jul 13 2009 // An Oklahoma County judge has denied a request for former state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher for early release from a private prison. State Attorney General Drew Edmondson had opposed the 69-year-old Fisher’s...
Auto Insurance Verification System Now in Place in Oklahoma
Jul 10 2009 // Oklahoma’s new electronic verification system for vehicle insurance is now online and fully operational. Oklahoma Tax Commission spokeswoman Paula Ross says validating insurance electronically gives immediate...
Oklahoma Fines Company for Ignoring Cease and Desist Order
Jul 9 2009 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has fined National Home Protection Inc., which the state insurance department said has failed to respond to a previously issued emergency cease and desist order directing the...
Oklahoma Regulators: Insurance Agents Being Targeted
Jul 6 2009 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has warned the state’s insurance producers and adjusters they may be contacted by imposters posing as Oklahoma Insurance Department employees seeking confidential personal...
Citizens, Work Comp Bills OK’d in Louisiana
Jul 6 2009 // The Louisiana Legislature adjourned June 25, approving two bills of importance to the insurance industry late in the session, but bypassing several tort reform measures that some insurance and business trade groups had...
People
Jul 6 2009 // Houston-based insurance agency Bowen, Miclette & Britt named Dan Persha director of environmental risk management. With 30 years of commercial insurance brokerage experience, Persha specializes in heavy casualty,...
American Safety Insurance Acquires Oklahoma’s Victore Insurance Co.
Jul 2 2009 // Bermuda-based American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd. reported that its American Safety Casualty Insurance Company (ASCIC) subsidiary has acquired, for cash, Victore Insurance Company (VIC), an Oklahoma domiciled admitted...
Oklahoma Insurance Department: Scammers Targeting Agents
Jun 29 2009 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has warned insurance producers and adjusters across the state to be on the lookout for imposters posing as Oklahoma Insurance Department employees seeking confidential personal...
Texas, Oklahoma AGs Sue BP
Jun 15 2009 // In separate court actions, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson have charged BP Products North America Inc. with pollution violations (Texas) and manipulating the price of propane...
NE Oklahoma Chapter of CPCU Society Installs New Officers
Jun 11 2009 // The Northeastern Oklahoma chapter of the CPCU Society has installed new officers for 2009-2010. The new officers are President Ron Comeau, President-Elect Amy Bradley-Waters, Vice President J.D. Hatter and...
Poultry Companies Balk at Oklahoma AG’s Settlement in Lawsuit
Jun 11 2009 // A now-defunct poultry company got a better deal in settling an environmental lawsuit with the state because it was first to negotiate an agreement, Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson has suggested. But one poultry...
Eldrige Named Presiding Judge of Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Court
Jun 9 2009 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has appointed Judge Kent Eldridge as presiding judge of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court. Eldrige succeeds Judge Mary Black. Judge Eldridge selected Judge Michael J. Harkey as vice...
Central Oklahoma Chapter of CPCU Society Installs New Officers
Jun 5 2009 // The Central Oklahoma Chapter of CPCU Society has installed new officers for the 2009-2010 Chapter year. Leading the group will be: President David Alston, senior commercial underwriter, Mercury Insurance Group; Vice...
Oklahoma Gov. Signs Compromise Tort Reform Legislation
Jun 1 2009 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has signed into law long-sought tort reform legislation aimed at curbing frivolous lawsuits and reducing costs associated with the justice system. Henry said House Bill 1603 by Rep. Dan Sullivan...
Insurers Commend Oklahoma Law Banning “Accident Tax”
Jun 1 2009 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has signed into law HB 2013, which adds Section 10-118 of Title 47 to the Oklahoma Statutes to prohibit the levying of fees for the response or investigation of a motor vehicle accident by law...
