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Get your motor runnin’ — not stolen

Aug 7 2006 // Most motorcycles taken in California, Texas comes in third; Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana in the middle of the pack for thefts California topped the nation in motorcycle thefts in 2005, according to the National...

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Aug 7 2006 // Former claims director indicted in Oklahoma Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson reported that the former claims director for CompSource Oklahoma is accused of one count of workers’ compensation fraud in a...

Get your motor runnin’ – not stolen

Aug 7 2006 // California topped the nation in motorcycle thefts in 2005, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, but Texas had the dubious honor of coming in third place, with Florida falling in between the two as the state...

Okla. Governor Issues Statewide Burn Ban

Aug 4 2006 // Citing a new wave of wildfires, Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry ordered a statewide burn ban Aug. 2 and warned that Oklahoma’s hot, windy and dry conditions show no sign of ending. “There appears to be no relief in...

Okla. Man Charged With Defrauding 8

Aug 2 2006 // A Claremore, Okla., man is facing nine felony counts of caretaker exploitation after an investigation by Attorney General Drew Edmondson’s Patient Abuse and Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Mark Neil Ferris, 49, was...

Insurance Investigators Examining Okla. Funeral Home

Jul 27 2006 // Accounting questions surrounding a funeral benefits trust fund operated by a Fletcher, Okla., funeral home have prompted the state insurance department to seize control of the fund. The owner of the funeral home, John W....

Ohio Attorney General Says ‘Casinos’ Real Issue in Shawnee Tribe Case

Jul 25 2006 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro moved to intervene in the case against the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma’s claim for lands in Ohio. In May 2005, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma filed this suit claiming that...

Oklahoma City Man Arrested For Home Repair Fraud

Jul 20 2006 // An Oklahoma City man was arrested this morning on allegations of home repair fraud after an investigation by Attorney General Drew Edmondson’s Consumer Protection Unit. Alan B. Holcombe, 49, was charged yesterday in...

Former CompSource Oklahoma Claims Director Indicted for Fraud

Jul 19 2006 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson reported that the former claims director for CompSource Oklahoma is accused of one count of workers’ compensation fraud in a Multicounty Grand Jury indictment unsealed...

Primary Elections Set for Commissioners, Treasurer in Okla.

Jul 17 2006 // Candidates hoping to challenge incumbents for three statewide offices in Oklahoma, including that of insurance commissioner, will face-off in primary elections on July 25. State Rep. Bill Case of Midwest City will meet...

Shawnee’s Request to Drop Ohio from Lawsuit a Win, Official Says

Jul 13 2006 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro said this week that the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma’s decision to drop the state from its claim for lands in Ohio is a clear indication that their legal claims are...

Severe Storms Cause Damage in Okla.

Jul 12 2006 // Recent severe thunderstorms in Oklahoma blew vehicles off roads, ripped off roofs and caused an ammonia leak that forced a business to be evacuated, authorities said. At least one person was reported injured when storms...

Country Star Donates More than $100K to Okla. Wildfire Fund

Jul 7 2006 // Country star and Warner Brothers recording artist Blake Shelton on July 6 presented Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry, Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland and Project Rebuild with a $108,000 check for Oklahoma wildfire victims in a...

New Assistant Insurance Commissioner Named in Okla.

Jul 6 2006 // Kathie Stepp is Oklahoma’s new assistant insurance commissioner, the Associated Press reported. Stepp previously served as director of the state insurance department’s Property and Casualty Division. She will...

Jul 3 2006 // People Dallas-based Colemont Insurance Brokers – Texas announced the promotions of Su Young to assistant vice president and Amy Rosso-Leiker to the position of broker. Young joined Colemont in 2001 as a financial...

Quotations

Jul 3 2006 // “During the session the stability of the insurance marketplace was threatened by legislation that would have saddled insurers with excessive regulation, increased litigation and significantly impaired their ability...

Okla. Gov. Names Harkey as Workers’ Comp Judge

Jun 20 2006 // Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry appointed Michael J. Harkey as a Workers’ Compensation Court judge for a term ending July 1, 2008. He succeeds Richard G. Mason, who resigned in January. The governor praised...

Small Businesses in Texas and Okla. Qualify for Disaster Loans

Jun 14 2006 // Small businesses in 39 Texas counties and one in Oklahoma are eligible for low-interest loans meant to recoup losses from several natural disasters that occurred this year, the U.S. Small Business Administration said...

Okla. Governor Signs Small Business Insurance Plan

Jun 12 2006 // Gov. Brad Henry on June 9 signed into law a bill to expand health insurance coverage to small businesses and their employees. It was among more than a dozen bills passed during the final week of the legislative session...

Oil Well Discovered at Construction Site for Convenience Store in Okla.

Jun 9 2006 // Construction crews building a convenience store in south Tulsa, Okla., have discovered an abandoned oil well while digging a hole for gas storage tanks. The strange discovery was made recently when the crews broke open the...