Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oklahoma Senate Passes Tort Reform Measure
Apr 15 2004 // The Oklahoma State Senate approved House Bill 2661 and sent the measure to a House-Senate Conference Committee. According to the Senate Communications Divisions, 23 members of a special House-Senate committee on tort...
Manulife-John Hancock Merger Wins Mass. OK
Apr 14 2004 // Manulife Financial Corporation has received approval from the Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) for its proposed merger with John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. The DOI is the principal U.S. regulator for John...
Okla. Repairmen Hammered with Five Counts of Fraud
Apr 14 2004 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson said charges his office filed against a home repairman should serve as a warning to consumers to be on the lookout for home repair scams that often go along with Oklahoma’s...
Oklahoma Clarifies Record Retention Rules
Apr 12 2004 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department issued a bulletin clarifying a previous communication on agent records that said hard copies must be maintained. In the new bulletin, the Department noted that “hard copies”...
Plan for Oklahoma Tort Reform Hearings Presented
Apr 9 2004 // Oklahoma state Senator Mike Morgan, D-Stillwater, and state Representative Jari Askins, D-Duncan, announced a schedule for four issue-oriented hearings on tort reform. Morgan and Askins co-chair a special 23-member joint...
Okla. Legislature to Hold Joint Hearings on Lawsuit Reform Beginning April 15
Apr 6 2004 // Oklahoma’s Speaker of the House, Larry Adair, and Senate President Pro Tempore Cal Hobson announced the formation of a 23-member bipartisan joint committee on lawsuit reform. The committee, which will be led by...
Oklahoma’s Adair Selects Fisher Investigation Committee
Apr 5 2004 // Larry E. Adair, Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, announced the names of the special investigative committee charged with considering articles of impeachment against state Insurance Commissioner Carroll...
Okla. House Approves Impeachment Panel
Apr 1 2004 // The Oklahoma Legislation House of Representatives decided by a vote of 84 – 12 to empanel a special investigating committee to consider articles of impeachment against State Insurance Commissioner Carroll...
Okla. Department of Labor Says Fewer Injuries in Required Time Off Work in 2002
Mar 30 2004 // The number of workplace injuries involving lost workdays fell 10 percent in 2002 compared with the previous year according to a report released this month by the Oklahoma Department of Labor. Of the 16,747 job-related...
Workers’ Comp Bill Shelved in Oklahoma Senate
Mar 30 2004 // Oklahoma State Senate President Pro Tempore Cal Hobson announced the Senate Judiciary Committee will not hear House Bill 2619, which addresses the state’s workers’ compensation system. Without a hearing in the...
Oklahoma Senators Spar Over Workers’ Comp Bill
Mar 25 2004 // Oklahoma Senate Republican leaders made a case in a news conference at the State Capitol that the Senate’s Democrat leadership is refusing to allow a committee chairman access to a landmark workers’...
IIAOK Issues Special Legislative Alert on HB 2261
Mar 25 2004 // Dan Ramsey, executive director of the Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma (IIAOK), in a recent State Capitol Report issued an alert to IIAOK members, urging them to become active in efforts to secure meaningful tort...
Commissioner Fisher May Face Impeachment Proceedings in Oklahoma
Mar 24 2004 // Two Republican legislators in Oklahoma are pushing the Oklahoma House of Representatives to launch a probe “to determine whether Articles of Impeachment should be preferred” against Insurance Commissioner...
Mass. Adds Its OK to St. Paul-Travelers Merger
Mar 23 2004 // The proposed Travelers-St. Paul merger has received another endorsement as the Massachusetts Division of Insurance has given its approval to the acquisition by St. Paul of Premier Insurance Co., the Massachusetts stock...
FISHER BANS UNLICENSED COMPANY:
Mar 22 2004 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher issued an order preventing an unlicensed Georgia firm from selling workers’ compensation insurance in Oklahoma. Atlanta-based Exceptional Personnel Inc., which also does...
Oklahoma Changes Non-Resident Renewal Process
Mar 18 2004 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department announced it has made arrangements with the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) to renew individual Non-Resident licenses online at NIPR’s Web site. Effective March 29, 2004,...
Proposals to Appoint Okla. Commissioner Shot Down
Mar 15 2004 // Oklahoma lawmakers have so far buried proposals this session to change the state insurance commissioner position from an elected office to one that is appointed by the governor, according to the Associated...
Oklahoma House Passes Workers’ Comp Bill
Mar 11 2004 // The Oklahoma House of Representatives, concluding what has reportedly been a grueling three weeks of public policy debate, passed a workers’ compensation reform bill designed to keep a lid on costs. According to the...
Oklahoma House Passes Tort Reform Bill
Mar 10 2004 // A bill intended to curtail the number of lawsuits filed in Oklahoma passed the state House of Representatives with little opposition but lots of amendments. According to the Oklahoma House media division, a compromise...
Oklahoma Commissioner Charged in Corruption Scheme
Mar 8 2004 // AP Wire Service Innocent pleas were entered recently for Oklahoma’s insurance commissioner on felony charges of mismanaging two funds—one set up to provide continuing education for insurance agents and one...
