Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Okla. Workers’ Comp Hearing Set
Nov 1 2002 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court Administrator announced a public hearing on November 15, 2002 at 1:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Oklahoma Historical Society, 2100 N. Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City,...
The Hartford Expands Oklahoma City Operations
Oct 15 2002 // The Hartford Financial Services Group announced plans to double its workforce at its Oklahoma City customer service and sales center by adding more than 380 new jobs over the next 15 months. The Silver Springs Crossing...
FISHER SAYS OKLAHOMANS ARE SAFE
Oct 14 2002 // In response to Farmers’ notification that it won’t be renewing homeowners polices for its Texas customers, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher issued an announcement clarifying that consumers in his...
Commissioner Says Texas’ Homeowners Problem Won’t Happen in Okla.
Oct 1 2002 // In response to Farmers’ notification that it won’t be renewing homeowners polices for its Texas customers, Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher issued an announcement clarifying that Oklahomans are protected...
Oklahoma Issues Directory of Insurers
Sep 25 2002 // Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced the release of the Oklahoma Insurance Department’s 95th Annual Report and Directory. The 200-plus page book contains a list of every insurance company licensed to do...
Okla. Approves Three New Insurers
Sep 23 2002 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher has approved certificates of authority for three new insurance companies to operate in the state. He noted that more than 200 insurers have entered Oklahoma since he took...
BIG WORKERS’ COMP AWARD IN OK.
Sep 2 2002 // A Mayes County, Okla., District Court jury ordered Transwood Inc., a national trucking company headquartered in Omaha, Neb., to pay its Pryor, Okla. office assistant/part-time driver $2.176 million in a wrongful...
