Latest Oklahoma Headlines
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Insurer Loss Ratios High in Oklahoma After Years of Extreme Storms
Jul 18 2013 // The May storms in Oklahoma that produced two EF-5 tornadoes, destroyed thousands of houses, resulted in 46 deaths and sent damage estimates above the $5 billion mark, were extreme examples of a years-long pattern of storms...
Oklahoma Requiring Transparency for Interlocal Insurance Pools
Jul 17 2013 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak is urging school districts considering interlocal insurance agreements to be diligent about analyzing financial statements before joining an insurance pool. To that end, the...
Oklahoma’s Gooszen & Associates Joins SIAA
Jul 17 2013 // The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) announced it signed a new member agency based in Oklahoma during the month of June. Gooszen & Associates Insurance of Oklahoma City, Okla., is among 25 new member agencies...
Former Oklahoma Insurance Agent Sentenced for Wire Fraud
Jul 16 2013 // A former Bixby, Okla., insurance agent has been sentenced to ten months home confinement after pleading guilty to wire fraud that allowed him to illegally take commissions earned by other insurance agents, the Oklahoma...
Court Bars Lawsuit in Oklahoma Airplane Crash
Jul 15 2013 // Alabama’s highest court has ruled that a lawsuit involving a deadly 2005 Oklahoma airplane crash is time-barred and must be dismissed. The decision by the Alabama Supreme Court involves the second of two lawsuits...
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner to Storm Survivors: Register With FEMA
Jul 10 2013 // Survivors of the tornadoes, severe storms and flooding that occurred in Oklahoma from May 18 to June 2 have less than two weeks to register for state and federal disaster assistance. The deadline is July 19. “Even if...
Number of Poor State Bridges Dropping in Oklahoma
Jul 3 2013 // A new study shows Oklahoma ranks among the worst states in the nation for its total number of structurally deficient bridges, but Oklahoma transportation officials said that the number of such bridges on the state highway...
Moore, Oklahoma Council Tables Storm Shelter Requirement
Jul 3 2013 // The Moore City Council in Oklahoma has tabled a proposal that would have required storm shelters for houses, apartments, mobile homes and group residential housing. Damage costs from the massive tornado that hit Moore on...
Oklahoma Lawmakers Seek to Increase Looting Penalties
Jul 1 2013 // Reports of dozens of arrests of suspected looters in tornado-ravaged areas of central Oklahoma prompted several legislators to call for increasing the penalty for taking items from victims of natural disasters. Moore...
Oklahoma Insurance Claims from May Tornadoes Top 75K
Jun 27 2013 // Insurance claims filed in response to a major tornado outbreak in May have jumped to 75,758 with insurance payments reaching $687,945,276, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. “The victims of these...
Moore’s Cost for Debris Removal Much Higher than Oklahoma City’s
Jun 24 2013 // The city of Moore, Okla., is paying a local contractor three times what neighboring Oklahoma City is being charged by vendors from out-of-state to remove debris left over from late May’s deadly tornadoes. The...
More than 56K Tons of Debris Cleared in Moore, Oklahoma
Jun 21 2013 // More than 56,000 tons of debris have been removed from the 19 neighborhoods in Moore, Okla., that were affected by the deadly tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb last month, city officials said. The cost...
$4.2M Payout OK’d In LAPD Mistaken ID Shooting
Jun 21 2013 // The Los Angeles City Council has agreed to pay $4.2 million to two women whose truck was shot up by police during the manhunt for cop-turned-killer Christopher Dorner. City News Service says the council voted 10-nothing on...
Oklahoma Twister Victims Face Long Recovery, Insurance Woes
Jun 20 2013 // When the big twister hit, Maylene Sorrels huddled with her students in the halls of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla. Cowering, she covered the student’s heads. Then Sorrels, a teacher’s aide,...
NTSB: Bad Eyesight Likely Caused Oklahoma Train Crash
Jun 20 2013 // An engineer killed in a fiery train collision in the Oklahoma Panhandle last year suffered from serious vision problems for much of his life, underwent several corrective procedures in the years leading up to the crash and...
Oklahoma Insurance Claims from May Tornadoes Top 70K
Jun 19 2013 // Insurance claims filed in response to a major tornado outbreak in May jumped to 70,782 on June 18, with insurance payments reaching $561,976,781, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. The department broke the claims...
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Caps Fees for Public Adjusters
Jun 18 2013 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak has issued a bulletin to all Oklahoma-licensed public adjusters advising them not to charge customers more than 10 percent of the total claim settlement. The Oklahoma Insurance...
Claims Pros’ Own Survival Skills Tested in Oklahoma Tornadoes
Jun 17 2013 // Michael Pelonero came to Moore to help victims of the May 20th tornado. But he hadn’t planned on trying to outrun one. When a massive EF-5 twister cut a swath through the central Oklahoma suburb of Moore, it left 24...
Oklahoma Commissioner Advises Insurers to Delay Nonrenewals
Jun 17 2013 // Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak has issued a bulletin to all Oklahoma-licensed property and casualty insurers and insurance producers, advising them to keep customers on their current policies for at least 60 days...
Judge Grants Toyota More Time to Win OK of $1.1 Billion Settlement
Jun 17 2013 // Toyota Motor Corp. and lawyers suing the company were given more time to win final approval of a $1.1 billion settlement of claims that recalls related to unintended acceleration hurt the value of U.S. customers’...
