Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Plaintiff Awarded $2.176M in Okla. Workers’ Comp Case
Aug 21 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...
OKLA. REFORM ORDER PRAISED
Aug 19 2002 // An order signed last week by Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher will ease regulatory restrictions on an insurer’s ability to develop and introduce new commercial lines insurance products in the state,...
AIA Applauds Okla. Regulatory Reform Order
Aug 2 2002 // An order signed last week by Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher will ease regulatory restrictions on an insurer’s ability to develop and introduce new commercial lines insurance products in the state,...
Oklahoma Agent Suspended
Jul 22 2002 // Wewoka, Okla.-based insurance agent, Julius Rice, had his license suspended following allegations that his agency did not forward insurance applications to carriers whose policies he sold to consumers. According to...
Oklahoma Agent Suspended
Jul 22 2002 // Wewoka, Okla.-based insurance agent, Julius Rice, had his license suspended following allegations that his agency did not forward insurance applications to carriers whose policies he sold to consumers. According to...
Former Okla. State Legislator to Moderate Roundtable
Jul 3 2002 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced that Gaylon Stacy, former state legislator and television personality, will moderate a roundtable of insurance commissioners from across the nation during agents and...
Former Okla. State Legislator to Moderate Roundtable
Jul 3 2002 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced that Gaylon Stacy, former state legislator and television personality, will moderate a roundtable of insurance commissioners from across the nation during agents and...
Watch the Skies, Weather Still Causing Trouble for Homeowners Markets
May 27 2002 // For the past year, while the Texas homeowners insurance market reeled from the effects of mold claims on premium (and still does), homeowners markets in other states have begun bracing themselves for similar nightmare...
Cattle Loom Large on the Farm & Ranch Scene
Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own. Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...
Cattle Loom Large on the Farm & Ranch Scene
Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own. Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...
Insurance Auto Auctions in Okla.
Apr 15 2002 // Automotive salvage and claims processing services provider, Insurance Auto Auctions Inc., is opening a greenfield facility in Oklahoma City, Okla. Located near the Oklahoma City Airport, the 20-acre facility will serve the...
PETROSURANCE IN RECEIVERSHIP
Mar 25 2002 // Oklahoma District Court Judge Dan Owens, acting on a request by state insurance commissioner Carroll Fisher, placed Petrosurance Casualty Corp. of Arlington, Texas, into receivership after the discovery that the company is...
Okla. Storm Losses Reach $40M
Mar 11 2002 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced updated estimates for insured losses stemming from ice storms that hit the state Jan. 31-Feb.1. Latest estimates, tabulated by New Jersey-based Property Claims...
