Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Agricultural Coverage Available in Okla.
Aug 13 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced the approval of emergency rules to grant special licenses to agents allowing them to sell a new form of insurance for cattle producers. The Agriculture Revenue...
Oklahoma Program Under New Management
Aug 12 2003 // Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced that the Oklahoma Market Assistance Program, which helps Oklahomans purchase homeowners insurance, is under new management. The move came after the program’s long-time...
Assurant Group Completes Lawton, Okla. Expansion
Aug 7 2003 // Assurant Group announced the completion of an 18,000 square-foot, multimillion-dollar addition to its Lawton, Okla., customer contact center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and facility tours for local government and...
Hearing on Okla. Workers’ Comp Increase Set for Sept. 11
Aug 5 2003 // The Oklahoma Board for Property and Casualty Rates approved a September 11 hearing for a proposed 6.4 percent increase in a key component of workers’ compensation rates. Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher, who...
Okla. Nominee Named National Outstanding CSR for 2003
Jul 30 2003 // Dewinda A. Ford of the Bramlett Agency Inc., in Ardmore, Okla., was named the 2003 National Outstanding CSR of the Year by the Society of Certified Insurance Service Representatives (CISR) and the Society of Certified...
Oklahoma Agency Placed in Conservatorship
Jul 29 2003 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department announced that former Oklahoma County District Court Judge Leamon Freeman ordered increased supervision by the insurance department over Aviation Insurance Group Agency Inc. of Bethany....
1 in 3 Americans OK With Inflating Insurance Claims
Jul 25 2003 // One in three U.S. adults say that it is all right to exaggerate insurance claims under certain circumstances, according to a recent Insurance Research Council (IRC) survey. These respondents agreed that it is acceptable to...
NAII: La., Texas Lighten Regulatory Load
Jun 20 2003 // Louisiana and Texas legislators opted to overhaul their insurance regulatory systems this year with competition-based solutions that should help to address the insurance availability and affordability crises that have...
Oklahoma Agency Placed Into Supervision
Jun 16 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher placed a Bethany insurance agency into supervision after learning that its owner may have stolen more than $100,000 from her customers in the form of refunds she hid from...
OKLA. BOND SCAM ALERT:
Jun 9 2003 // Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher warned Oklahomans that Eastern Shores Casualty and Indemnity Co. and Continental Surety Company Ltd. are unlicensed to sell bonds in Oklahoma and are possibly shams. Allegedly, an...
Alliance Urges Okla. to Limit Insurer Exposure Under Standard Fire Policy
Jun 2 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers is urging Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry to sign into law a bill that would limit insurer exposure under the Standard Fire Policy Act, thereby helping to stabilize the state’s commercial...
Okla. Commissioner Issues Warning on Fake Bond Companies
May 30 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher warned citizens of his state who may have done business with Eastern Shores Casualty and Indemnity Co. and Continental Surety Company Ltd. that the companies are unlicensed to...
Okla. Legislature Sends Tort Reform Measure to Governor
May 30 2003 // A highly anticipated tort reform measure has passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives by a wide margin, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). The bill, which arose from a task force empanelled by...
Oklahoma Agent Loses License
May 29 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced he revoked the license of a Bartlesville agent accused of lying clients to cover up the fact that he was unable to find coverage for them, as well as taking cash...
Fisher Says Industry Will Serve Okla. Tornado Survivors Well
May 16 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher told tornado survivors he will help the insurance industry in any way possible to resolve claims resulting from the storms that hit his state in early May. Fisher made his...
CE RELIEF FOR ACTIVE DUTY AGENTS
May 5 2003 // Both Oklahoma and Louisiana are offering relief to insurance agents serving on active duty with the U.S. armed forces in Iraq. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley and Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll...
Integra Financial Not Connected with Troubled Okla. Firm
Apr 30 2003 // Integra Financial Group, based in Huntington, Texas, issued a statement clarifying that the group is not connected with an Oklahoma domiciled organization of the same name, which was recently issued an emergency order...
Commissions Halted for Oklahoma Agency
Apr 28 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher issued an emergency order halting the operations of a Tulsa-area insurance agency pending an investigation into the activities of its directors. The agency, Integra Financial...
Edmond Agency Suspended in Oklahoma
Apr 25 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher suspended the license of Edmond agent Earl Cody after Cody refused to permit examiners from the Oklahoma Insurance Department to review records as part of an investigation...
Ins. Scoring Bill Passed by Oklahoma Legislature
Apr 22 2003 // The Oklahoma House approved an insurance scoring bill based on model legislation developed by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL), according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). “While SB...
