Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Tapped to Chair Antifraud Task Force
Jan 24 2018 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak has been named chair of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Antifraud (D) Task Force. He also was named to the International Insurance Relations...
Employees Missing After Oklahoma Drilling Rig Fire
Jan 22 2018 // Drilling contractor Patterson-UTI said some of its employees were missing on Monday after a fire at one of its drilling rigs in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. The company said it had activated its emergency response systems...
Lawmaker Sues Oklahoma Private Investigation Firm in Spying Case
Jan 22 2018 // An Oklahoma lawmaker who found a tracking device attached to his pickup truck last month is suing a private investigation company and an investigator who works for the company over the device. Discovery of the tracking...
Oklahoma Says Farmowners Insurance Program Insurer, Rockingham, not Licensed
Jan 22 2018 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department says a farmowners insurance program being advertised in Oklahoma is not valid because the insurer, Rockingham Casualty Co., is not licensed to operate in the state. In early January,...
Business Moves
Jan 22 2018 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC, Kerwick & Curran Inc. Ryan Specialty Group LLC has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and operations of Kerwick & Curran Inc. Terms of the transaction were not...
Drone Owners Warned Against Use near Oklahoma Air Force Base
Jan 19 2018 // Officials at a northern Oklahoma air force base are asking the public to keep recreational drones away from aircraft after a near collision on a training flight. Lt. Col. Eric Schmidt works at Vance Air Force Base. He told...
Oklahoma Says Farmowners Insurance Program Insurer, Rockingham, Not Licensed
Jan 16 2018 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department says a farmowners insurance program being advertised in Oklahoma is not valid because the insurer, Rockingham Casualty Company, is not licensed to operate in the state. In early January,...
GM Seeks OK for Self-Driving Commercial Vehicle Without Steering Wheel for 2019
Jan 12 2018 // General Motors Co. is seeking U.S. government approval for a fully autonomous car – one without a steering wheel, brake pedal or accelerator pedal – to enter the automaker’s first commercial ride-sharing...
Limestone Panels Fall 22 Floors Oklahoma City Street; Cars Damaged
Jan 10 2018 // Engineers are investigating why five limestone panels that had been attached to the building being renovated in downtown Oklahoma City came loose and fell 22 floors to the street below. No one was injured when the panels...
Ex-Employee of Oklahoma Nonprofit Ordered to Pay $3M in Embezzlement Scheme
Jan 9 2018 // A former accountant for the Oklahoma Beef Council has been sentenced for embezzling nearly $2.7 million from the nonprofit. Melissa Day Morton, 46, was ordered to pay $3 million in restitution, The Oklahoman reported. The...
People
Jan 8 2018 // Oklahoma City-based independent insurance agency, INSURICA, has named Mark Bridges to lead its Texas operations as regional president. Bridges is currently the president of INSURICA DFB Insurance Services Inc. (formerly...
Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Commission Aims for Clarity with Organizational Changes
Jan 8 2018 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) has updated its organizational chart and changed the names of an internal division and a working group. The commission reported that the changes reflect an effort...
Rockingham Group, FarmAssure Launch Oklahoma Farmowners Insurance Program
Jan 5 2018 // The Rockingham Group has partnered with Edmond, Oklahoma-based FarmAssure LLC to offer a Farmowners Insurance Program in Oklahoma. This partnership will offer farm, ranch, and country home insurance in the...
I Heard There Might Be Opportunity “In-Land”
Jan 4 2018 // “According to CoreLogic, a leading source for flood and disaster risk data, approximately 70 percent of the flood damage from Hurricane Harvey was uninsured….” states Clearsurance in their recently...
Oklahoma’s Mid-Continent to Acquire Tank Owner Members Insurance Renewal Rights
Jan 4 2018 // Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Mid-Continent Group, a member of Great American Insurance Group, has completed a renewal rights agreement with Tank Owner Members Insurance Company (TOMIC) to acquire TOMIC’s book of...
Oklahoma’s Howell-Stone Insurance Joins Rich & Cartmill
Jan 3 2018 // Howell-Stone Insurance Inc., based in Oklahoma City, has joined Tulsa, Oklahoma-headquartered Rich & Cartmill Inc., effective Jan. 1, 2018. The affiliation will combine the strengths of both organizations to allow Rich...
Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Commission Makes Organizational Changes
Jan 2 2018 // The Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) has updated its organizational chart and changed the names of an internal division and a working group. The commission reported that the changes reflect an effort to more...
Oklahoma School District Sued Over Aide’s Alleged Molestation of 15 Girls
Dec 29 2017 // An Oklahoma school and its board of directors are being sued on behalf of 15 girls who say they were molested by a teacher’s aide. The federal lawsuit filed last week in Oklahoma City seeks unspecified damages from...
Oklahoma Supreme Court Overturns Ruling in Liquor Tax Lawsuit
Dec 28 2017 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling that hundreds of restaurants in the state overcharged customers for mixed drinks. Lawsuits filed in 2011 by Tom Erbar and John Truel alleged restaurants...
Number of Strong Earthquakes in Oklahoma Continues to Decline
Dec 28 2017 // Regulators and scientists say the number of 3.0 magnitude or stronger earthquakes in Oklahoma is declining. The Oklahoma Geological Survey reports the number of quakes of at least that magnitude during 2017 was 294 through...
