Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oklahoma City Firm to Receive $113M Insurance Payment from Blast
Oct 28 2013 // Oklahoma City-based LSB Industries Inc. will get a $113 million insurance payment after a May 2012 explosion damaged one of its chemical plants in south Arkansas. No one was injured in the blast at the El Dorado Chemical...
USGS: Quakes in Central Oklahoma Here to Stay
Oct 28 2013 // Prague, a central Oklahoma town of 2,400, claims two things as its own: Olympian Jim Thorpe and an annual kolache festival that honors its Czech heritage every May. Some locals here say the place should be known for a...
INSURICA Names Burton Oklahoma City Branch Manager
Oct 18 2013 // Insurance Management Network (INSURICA) has promoted Jeff Burton to the position of branch manager of its Oklahoma City office. Burton will be responsible for all aspects of the Oklahoma City operation including the...
Oklahoma AG’s Ballot Rewrite on School Storm Shelters Criticized
Oct 17 2013 // The attorney general’s rewrite of the ballot language for a plan to issue $500 million in bonds to help school districts pay for safe-room shelters is biased against the proposal and may be challenged in court, a...
Oklahoma Landowner Liability Bill Becomes Effective Nov. 1
Oct 16 2013 // Landowners in Oklahoma should be aware that a bill limiting liability for use of their privately owned airfields will become effective Nov. 1, state Rep. Mike Brown announced. Brown and state Sen. Sean Burrage authored...
Burnett Named Chief of Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Fraud Unit
Oct 16 2013 // Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has named longtime prosecutor George Burnett as the new chief of the Workers’ Compensation, Insurance, and Social Security Fraud Unit. The appointment was announced Oct....
Traffic Fatalities Down in Oklahoma
Oct 11 2013 // Through Oct. 7, Oklahoma recorded 491 traffic fatalities for 2013. The state was at 539 deaths at the same point last year. The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety says 58 people died in traffic crashes in August....
Oklahoma Investigation Leads to 12 Charges Against Former Agent
Oct 10 2013 // A former Tulsa, Okla., insurance agent with a prior conviction of embezzlement has now been charged with 11 counts of obtaining money by false pretense and one count of violation of the Oklahoma Producer License...
Tulsa, Oklahoma Plan Includes $3.4M for Flood Control
Oct 9 2013 // Flood prevention work is among the main projects included in Tulsa, Okla.’s proposed $917.8 million capital improvements package. The plan that goes to voters on Nov. 12 includes $3.4 million to assess and begin...
Oklahoma City-based Insurer Reenters Marketplace with New Capital Backing
Oct 8 2013 // Oklahoma City-based BancInsure, a former provider of insurance to community banks that lost surplus as a result of the recent financial crisis, announced it has reentered the insurance marketplace with a new business...
Oklahoma State Chamber to Intervene in Workers’ Comp Law Challenge
Oct 7 2013 // The State Chamber of Oklahoma has filed a motion to intervene in a constitutional challenge against Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law. Online court records indicate the State Chamber as well as chambers...
Health Insurance Contractor to Add 477 Jobs in Lawton, Oklahoma
Oct 7 2013 // A federal contractor said it will hire nearly 500 people in Lawton, Okla., to help support the new health insurance exchanges created under the federal health care law. Serco North America announced that it will lease a...
Oklahoma Expects Double Digit Decrease in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
Oct 7 2013 // Oklahoma businesses can expect an overall workers’ compensation loss cost decrease of 14.6 percent, effective Jan. 1. The National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI) has credited most of the decrease to...
People – South Central
Oct 7 2013 // Shreveport, La.-based Specialty Risk Associates Inc. hired three new commercial lines underwriters – Ryan Gore, Laura Schlidt and Patti Haigler. Prior to joining Specialty Risk Associates, Gore worked in underwriting...
Oklahoma Governor Opposes Bond Issue For School Shelters
Oct 1 2013 // A proposed bond issue to pay for storm shelters in every Oklahoma school won’t have the support of Gov. Mary Fallin if the measure makes it to the ballot. The proposal calls for using franchise tax revenue to retire...
Oklahoma Safety Checkpoint Nets 17 Citations for Driving Without Insurance
Sep 29 2013 // Members of the Oklahoma Insurance Department’s Anti-Fraud Unit and deputies with the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office recently wrote 17 citations for driving without auto insurance in Tulsa. Fourteen of the...
Report: Oklahomans Can Access 53 Health Care Plans
Sep 27 2013 // Oklahomans will pay less than the national average for health insurance under an exchange scheduled to open next week as part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, according to a report by the U.S....
Insurance Good Training Ground for Political Leadership
Sep 23 2013 // When it comes to current or former occupations of state and federal lawmakers, that of insurance producer is not one of the most commonly listed, but perhaps it should be. The variety of skills one necessarily develops...
The Hanover Says It Is Committed to Oklahoma
Sep 23 2013 // The Hanover Insurance Company does a lot of business in Oklahoma and plans to keep it that way. Responding to an article published on Insurance Journal‘s website, www.insurancejournal.com, that inaccurately reported...
Oklahoma Lawmakers Challenge New Workers’ Comp Law
Sep 20 2013 // Two Oklahoma lawmakers and a firefighters’ organization are challenging the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law. A lawsuit challenging the new statute was filed with the Oklahoma...
