Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Regulators OK On-Demand Ridesharing, With Conditions
Sep 20 2013 // On-demand ride services got the green light from California regulators on Thursday in a move the services hope will help clarify their legal status in other jurisdictions. The California Public Utilities Commission created...
Oklahoma Officials Say Hepatitis C Was Spread at Dental Clinic
Sep 19 2013 // A Tulsa-area dentist whose practice was shut down because his equipment was rusty and his employees reused needles was responsible for the nation’s first transmission of hepatitis C to between patients in a dental...
Oklahoma Governor Makes Workers’ Comp Team Appointment
Sep 12 2013 // Gov. Mary Fallin is announcing the appointment of Oklahoma Commerce Department executive director Jonna Kirschner to a transition team to establish a new workers’ compensation system. The new system was authorized by...
Insurance Pros in Politics: Insurance Good Training Ground for Political Leadership
Sep 10 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...
Sinkhole in Oklahoma City Swallows Car; No Injuries
Sep 10 2013 // A sinkhole that opened up alongside a downtown Oklahoma City street has swallowed a car, but the car’s two occupants escaped unharmed. The sinkhole opened up on Sept. 8 near NW 2nd St. and N. Villa Ave. in downtown....
Oklahoma Sees Double Digit Decrease in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs
Sep 9 2013 // An annual filing most insurance carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ compensation insurance shows a dramatic decrease in loss costs, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak announced. The overall loss...
The Hanover Says It Is Committed to Oklahoma
Sep 5 2013 // The Hanover Insurance Group does a lot of business in Oklahoma and plans to keep it that way. Responding to an Insurance Journal article that inaccurately reported the company was pulling out of the state, The Hanover said...
Oklahoma Woman, Pet Kangaroo Find New Home at Zoo
Sep 4 2013 // An Oklahoma woman and her pet kangaroo have found a new home after battling a city council over her right to keep the animal. Two years after fighting a city council in northeastern Oklahoma over her right to keep a...
HUD Announces $37M in Disaster Aid in Oklahoma
Sep 4 2013 // Oklahoma and the city of Moore will receive nearly $37 million in federal aid to help recover from the tornadoes and storms that killed dozens of people and caused damage estimated at more than $1 billion this spring, U.S....
Oklahoma Legislators Push Statewide Vote on School Storm Shelters
Aug 30 2013 // A group of Democratic legislators is launching a signature drive for a public vote on a $500 million bond issue to pay for storm shelters in Oklahoma schools. Rush Springs Democratic Rep. Joe Dorman said a group of...
Court Reverses OK for BP to Access Transocean Insurance to Pay Oil Spill Costs
Aug 29 2013 // A U.S. appeals court withdrew its decision finding BP Plc had access to $750 million in Transocean Ltd.’s insurance to pay costs of the 2010 oil spill, to ask the Texas Supreme Court a question on coverage. The U.S....
INSURICA Announces Flurry of Acquisition Activity
Aug 29 2013 // Oklahoma City-based INSURICA Insurance Management Network announced the acquisition of five insurance agencies since December 2012. The multi-state broker had been quiet on the acquisition front since their last major deal...
Oklahoma Governor Appoints First Workers’ Comp Commissioner
Aug 28 2013 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has selected a longtime Oklahoma businessman as her first appointee to the new Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission. Fallin announced she has chosen Troy Wilson Sr. for the post. The...
Oklahoma Speaker Lays out Guidelines for Tort Reform Session
Aug 27 2013 // Oklahoma lawmakers will likely take up more than two dozen bills when they convene at the state Capitol next month for a special session dealing with tort legislation, according to House Speaker T.W. Shannon. Shannon,...
Shareholders OK Sale of American Safety to Fairfax
Aug 27 2013 // American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd. said its shareholders approved the merger plan between the company with Fairfax Bermuda Holdings Ltd. Under the terms, the company’s shareholders will receive $30.25 for each...
Oklahoma Pilot Program to Seek Medical Cost Reduction
Aug 20 2013 // A $3.8 million pilot program is to start on Jan. 1 to see if it can lower healthcare costs for 15,000 Oklahoma state employees and their families. The program by MedEncentive was authorized in the 2011 legislative session...
Florida Blue Gets OK to Restructure Under Mutual Holding Company
Aug 19 2013 // Florida insurance regulators ruled Friday to allow health insurance giant Florida Blue, one of the state’s largest employers and political donors, to restructure itself under a not-for-profit mutual insurance holding...
Agency Predicts Oklahoma Unemployment Tax Break
Aug 16 2013 // State employment officials say businesses across Oklahoma can expect a break when it comes to paying unemployment insurance in 2014. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission announced that many businesses can expect to...
U.S. Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Oklahoma Healthcare Reform Lawsuit
Aug 14 2013 // A federal judge has denied most of the federal government’s motion to dismiss Oklahoma’s legal challenge to implementation of the new federal healthcare law. In a 27-page decision, U.S. District Judge Ronald...
Oklahoma Governor Calls Special Session on Lawsuit Reform
Aug 13 2013 // Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has called for a special session of the Oklahoma Legislature, to begin Sept. 3 for work on lawsuit reform. Gov. Mary Fallin’s executive order calls on lawmakers to re-institute...
