Latest Oklahoma Headlines
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Bill Requiring Day Care Liability Insurance Awaits Hawaii Governor’s OK
May 11 2017 // A bill requiring Hawaii child care providers to obtain liability insurance has passed its final reading in the House. The bill is awaiting Gov. David Ige’s signature to go into effect, Hawaii News Now reported. The...
Palomar Specialty, AAA Club to Offer Earthquake Insurance in Oklahoma
May 8 2017 // Palomar Specialty Insurance Co. has partnered with AAA Club Alliance to offer residential earthquake insurance, starting in Oklahoma. According to AAA Oklahoma Vice President of Insurance Russ Iden more than half of the...
Oklahoma Commissioner Unhappy About State Farm’s Plan to Exit Tulsa
May 8 2017 // State Farm is planning to close its Tulsa operations center in 2019, and the state’s insurance commissioner is none too happy about it. According to the Associated Press, spokesman Justin Tomczak said the company...
Oklahoma Earthquake Risk: What a Difference Year Makes
May 8 2017 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. For nearly the past decade, the growing number of earthquakes in Oklahoma has gained widespread attention. As described in the CoreLogic® Insights Blog Earthquake...
Oklahoma Tornado Shelter Company Owner Faces Felony Embezzlement Charges
May 2 2017 // Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has filed seven felony counts of embezzlement against William Stephens, who owns Muskogee-based Tornado King Shelters. After the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Unit...
Storms Leave Trail of Destruction in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas
May 1 2017 // Severe storms including tornadoes have swept through several small towns in East Texas, leaving a trail of overturned vehicles, mangled trees and damaged homes. Authorities believe as many as five people were killed and...
Oklahoma House OKs Bill Allowing Insurance Sales Across State Lines
Apr 28 2017 // A bill that will allow individuals to purchase health insurance from any state participating in a yet-to-be-determined compact has passed Oklahoma House of Representatives by a vote of 80-0. Senate Bill 478, by state Rep....
Pipeline Company Investigating 19,000-Gallon Oil Spill in Oklahoma
Apr 27 2017 // A Houston-based pipeline company continued cleanup at the site of a nearly 19,000-gallon oil spill in northwest Oklahoma that threatened a local water supply over the weekend. Crews from Plains All American Pipeline were...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Oklahoma’s Commercial Insurance Brokers
Apr 26 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Commercial Insurance Brokers LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Formed in 2012, Commercial Insurance Brokers is a group of insurance producers...
Uninsured Driver Bill Signed by Oklahoma Governor
Apr 26 2017 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has signed legislation aimed at further reducing the number of uninsured drivers in Oklahoma. Senate Bill 115 transfers oversight of the Compulsory Insurance Online Verification System (OCIVS) for...
EPA Says 3 Injection Wells Source of Contamination in Oklahoma Creek
Apr 25 2017 // The Environmental Protection Agency says it has narrowed the source of salt contamination in an Osage County, Oklahoma, creek to three nearby oil and natural gas injection wells. The Tulsa World reports the contamination...
Texas Woman Awarded $760K for Oklahoma Skydiving Injury
Apr 19 2017 // Texas woman has been awarded $760,000 after she was badly injured in a skydiving accident in Oklahoma. Mackenzie Wethington was 16 in January 2014 when her parachute malfunctioned and she fell more than 3,000 feet to the...
Oklahoma Commissioner to Host Healthcare Innovation Summit
Apr 17 2017 // Mobile apps, wearable heart monitors and high-tech shoe soles could help solve some of America’s healthcare problems. These cutting-edge products are among the topics up for discussion at the Healthcare Innovation...
Earthquakes Lawsuit Against Oklahoma Energy Companies Dismissed
Apr 17 2017 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against three oil and gas companies over Oklahoma’s ongoing earthquakes. The lawsuit, filed last year on behalf of Sierra Club Oklahoma, asked for a reduction of production...
This Year Already One of Oklahoma’s Most Active for Wildfires
Apr 17 2017 // Oklahoma Forestry Services officials say 2017 is already among the most active years on record for wildfires. The agency has responded to more than 800 wildfires so far that resulted in more than 450,000 acres of burnt...
Aon: Insured Losses Likely to Exceed $2B from March Storms, Wildfires
Apr 17 2017 // Severe weather in March led to significant damage in the central and eastern United States, racking up more than $2 billion in insured losses, according to a report published by Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s...
Oklahoma Hospital, Former Administrator, Doctors Agree to $1.6 M Settlement
Apr 13 2017 // The U.S. Department of Justice says Norman Regional Hospital, a former hospital administrator and six doctors have agreed to pay a total of $1.6 million to settle allegations the false claims were filed for federal...
Oklahoma Bill Would Allow Health Insurance Sales Across State Lines
Apr 12 2017 // The Oklahoma House Insurance Committee has passed a bill that will allow individuals to purchase health insurance across state lines. Senate Bill 478, by state Rep. Lewis Moore and Bill Brown of the Senate, will allow the...
Oklahoma, British Professors Studying Terrorism Prevention for Buildings
Apr 11 2017 // David McIlhatton knows terrorism cannot be prevented. But measures to keep people safe often deter people from visiting sites or cities. “We don’t want a strong physical (security) presence because that...
Oklahoma Earthquakes Lawsuit Against Energy Companies Dismissed
Apr 7 2017 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against three oil and gas companies over Oklahoma’s ongoing earthquakes. The lawsuit, filed last year on behalf of Sierra Club Oklahoma, asked for a reduction of production...
