Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Okla. Traffic Fatalities Down From 2007
Sep 29 2008 // The number of people killed in traffic accidents in Oklahoma continues to fall below the numbers in 2007. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 500 people have died on the state’s roadways in 2008 compared to 544 at this...
Northern Oklahoma Assesses Damage from TD Lowell
Sep 22 2008 // Almost forgotten in the drama of Hurricane Ike playing out on the Gulf Coast was the damage wrought in Oklahoma by the remnants of Tropical Depression Lowell. Severe flooding was reported after heavy rains inundated...
Officials Say Oklahoma Banks Are Solid
Sep 17 2008 // Oklahoma’s economy will not be substantially affected from the credit crisis that led to the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, officials said. Bank failures are expected in several states, but Oklahoma Banking...
Okla. Gov. Declares Emergency Ahead of Hurricane Ike
Sep 12 2008 // Gov. Brad Henry has declared a state of emergency for Oklahoma in case hurricane evacuees from Texas are brought to the state. Hurricane Ike is expected to hit Texas Saturday and Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management...
Oklahoma Agents Group Surveys Legislative Candidates on Issues
Sep 11 2008 // As the political season moves into high gear, the Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma (IIAO) has released the results of a non-partisan survey of candidates for state legislative offices. The association acknowledged...
The Rise… and Fall… of Workers’ Compensation Second Injury Funds
Sep 1 2008 // Second (or subsequent) injury funds (SIF’s) have been abolished in 19 states. Alabama and Maine began this movement in 1992, with Arkansas and New York being the most recent converts; each ending its respective...
Declarations
Sep 1 2008 // Swimming in the Buff “You always find out who’s been swimming naked when the tide goes out. We found out that Wall Street has been kind of a nudist beach.” —Warren Buffett, who has been named the...
Business Moves
Sep 1 2008 // Apex Global, Benefit Partners Apex Global Partners Inc. acquired Benefit Partners and subsidiaries BP Life and Health Insurance Agency, Benefit Partners Financial Services, BP Risk Partners Insurance Agency and...
Mississippi College Gets OK for Post-Katrina Projects
Aug 25 2008 // The Mississippi College Board gave the University of Southern Mississippi approval to spend $27.5 million to rebuild its Gulf Coast campuses devastated by Hurricane Katrina three years ago. The money will be a combination...
State Ranking In Number of Events
Aug 21 2008 // F5 Tornado damage in Parkersburg, Iowa, May 25, 2008. Tornado damage, Windsor, Colo. Prior to 1990, the average number of tornadoes per year in the Continental US was 772. In the period from 1990 through 2007, the average...
Cindy Downs
Aug 21 2008 // Dallas-based wholesale insurance broker and managing general agent Towerstone Inc. has added four new members to its team. Cindy Downs was added as a senior underwriter in the firm’s MGA unit. Downs formerly was a...
– Decatur Street, New Orleans
Aug 21 2008 // The U.S. Census bureau ranked New Orleans as the fastest growing city in the nation last year, but populations in other South Central cities also are on the rise. In Texas, Houston added the most people between July 1,...
The Old Switcheroo
Aug 21 2008 // Declarations “[W]ith Oklahoma City having a higher metropolitan population, I thought it would have been the other way around.” – Officer Craig Murray of the Tulsa Police Department. A recent report...
Underwriter Reinsurance Co. Ordered to Stop Selling Insurance in Okla.
Aug 19 2008 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has ordered Underwriter Reinsurance Co., also known as The Underwriter Group, to refrain from selling unlicensed, unauthorized insurance in her state. The Oklahoma Insurance...
On a Roll, Oklahoma Expected to Add Jobs This Year
Aug 8 2008 // Oklahoma added 22,500 jobs last year as the energy sector fueled an employment growth rate of 1.4 percent, sixth highest among all states, according to a newly released report. “We’re growing 1 percent faster...
America First Insurance Opens New Oklahoma Regional Office
Aug 6 2008 // Richardson, Texas-based America First Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, announced it has opened a regional office in Oklahoma City. With approximately $70 million in combined personal and...
Report: Donations to Okla. Political Organization May be Illegal
Aug 5 2008 // An organization controlled by Oklahoma attorneys who specialize in workers’ compensation cases has raised almost $1 million for political purposes mostly from injured workers who sometimes do not know they have...
Nev. Court Rules Workers’ Comp OK in Some Suicide Cases
Jul 28 2008 // In a precedent-setting case, the Nevada Supreme Court held last Thursday that worker comp benefits can go to families of people who kill themselves if an industrial accident broke down their “rational mental...
Midwest States High on List for Numbers of Tornadoes
Jul 21 2008 // While a rural area to the northeast of Denver, Colo., tops the nation when it comes to metropolitan areas most prone to tornadoes, Texas leads the states in the average total number of tornadoes per year in the continental...
Okla. City to Add Telephones as Tools for Tornado Warnings
Jul 18 2008 // In addition to blaring sirens and screeching weather-radio alerts, residents in Glenpool, Okla., will now have another way of learning about approaching tornadoes: they will get a telephone call. The City Council has...
