Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
GE Commercial to Headline Oklahoma Seminar
Apr 21 2003 // Commercial property insurance and risk management provider GE Commercial Insurance announced it will be the key presenter at an upcoming building safety and security symposium in Oklahoma City. The two-day symposium, April...
Oklahoma Offers Relief for Agents on Active Duty
Apr 18 2003 // Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced plans to defer continuing education requirements for insurance agents, adjusters and bail bondsmen who are called upon to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Insurance agents...
State Farm Approved to Use Emergency Adjusters in Okla.
Apr 15 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher approved an application by State Farm Insurance to use emergency adjusters to expedite claims settlements following weekend storms that caused wind and hail damage across his...
TORT REFORM BILL OK’D IN ARK.
Apr 7 2003 // The American Insurance Association praised Arkansas Governor Huckabee for signing significant tort reform legislation passed in the state legislature. AIA said the bill will help “lower the cost of tort claims and...
Heartland Marketing Group Expands to Okla. and Ark.
Mar 18 2003 // Heartland Marketing Group Inc. is adding multiple standard markets in the states of Oklahoma and Arkansas. According to the company, HMG started in Texas and now has over 650 agencies in seven states. Heartland’s...
There’s Always the Weather
Mar 10 2003 // People who live in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana are rarely at a loss for words. But if they’re ever in need of an exciting topic to liven up a dinner party they can talk about the weather. After all,...
Oklahoma House Approves Credit Scoring Bill
Mar 4 2003 // The Oklahoma House recently approved a bill prohibiting insurers from using credit information as the sole basis for denial of homeowners or auto insurance coverage, according to the American Insurance Association...
AIA Calls UCITA Defeat in Okla. a ‘Victory for Insurers’
Feb 25 2003 // The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA), a bill that formalizes the law for licensing of computer information products, was defeated in the Oklahoma Senate Appropriations Committee, and the American...
Oklahoma Agents Set to Tango
Feb 12 2003 // The Independent Agents of Oklahoma invites agencies to send their whole office staff to a half-day workshop, “Teamwork and Tangos…it Takes Two.” The workshop, to be held Feb. 18 from 1-5 p.m. at the IIAOK...
OKLAHOMA AGENT FINED $20K
Jan 13 2003 // According to Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher, a Ponca City agent has agreed to pay a $20,000 fine, forfeit his license and pay claims from customers who thought they had insurance but did not. The agent,...
Oklahoma Agent Fined $20,000
Dec 31 2002 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced that a Ponca City agent has agreed to pay a $20,000 fine, forfeit his license and pay claims from customers who thought they had insurance but did not. The agent,...
Oklahoma Orders Receivership for Unlicensed Insurer
Dec 25 2002 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher obtained a temporary court order placing Fairway Employment Services into receivership. According to the insurance department Fairway, along with a number of affiliated...
Agent Suspended in Oklahoma
Dec 24 2002 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher suspended the license of Ponca City insurance agent Mark Jordan, who is accused of several violations of the Oklahoma Insurance Code over a number of years. Under the order,...
Florida’s Brown & Brown Acquires Oklahoma Agency
Dec 24 2002 // C. Roy Bridges, regional executive vice president of Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. , and W. Brent LaGere, chairman and CEO of LaGere & Walkingstick Insurance Agency Inc., of Chandler, Okla., announced that...
Pegasus Suspended in Oklahoma
Dec 23 2002 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher suspended Pegasus Insurance Co. for failing to file required paperwork in a timely manner and violating laws requiring diverse investment portfolios. Fisher noted that Pegasus...
OKLA. WC COVERAGE QUESTIONED
Dec 16 2002 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher warned employers in his state that certain workers’ compensation policies sold by American Insurance Managers (AIM) of Atlanta, Ga. may not actually exist. According to...
Fisher Says Insurance Background Helps Him Make a Difference
Dec 16 2002 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher is a big guy with a mission. In a recent conversation with the Insurance Journal, he spoke of his role as a voice for the industry within the National Association of Insurance...
Okla. Employers May Be Without Workers’ Comp Coverage
Dec 9 2002 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher warned employers in his state that they might have non-existent workers’ compensation policies, after learning that a series of unauthorized certificates were issued in...
Workers’ Comp Rates Reduced in Oklahoma
Nov 25 2002 // The Oklahoma State Board for Property and Casualty Rates, chaired by Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher, voted to reduce the loss cost component of workers’ compensation rates by 2 percent. The reduction is...
Marshall Issues Statement on Oklahoma P/C Rate Board
Nov 4 2002 // The Oklahoma Department of Insurance released the following statement on the work of the DOI’s Property and Casualty Rate Board by John H. Marshall, a member of that board: “Respecting actual insurance premium...
