Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oklahoma Independent Agents Express Support for Work Comp Bill
Mar 25 2013 // Leadership at a statewide association of independent agents in Oklahoma has issued statements publicly supporting workers’ compensation system reform legislation. Dan Ramsey, president and CEO of the Independent...
Oklahoma Panel Clears Roofing Bond Requirement Bill
Mar 22 2013 // An Oklahoma House committee has approved a proposal that its sponsor said would help protect Oklahomans from what he called subpar roofing “vultures” that swoop into the state after severe weather to take...
Company Settles Oklahoma Man’s Employment Discrimination Lawsuit
Mar 21 2013 // A Nebraska-based company accused of refusing to hire an Oklahoma man because of his religious beliefs has settled a discrimination lawsuit in the case. Voss Lighting agreed to pay $82,500 to former job candidate Edward...
Insurance Claim-Padding OK with 24% of Americans: Survey
Mar 20 2013 // Twenty-four percent of Americans believe it is acceptable to increase an insurance claim by a small amount to make up for deductibles they are required to pay. That is lower than the 33 percent found in 2002, according to...
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Refuses to Enforce Affordable Care Act
Mar 18 2013 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department will not be participating in a collaborative effort with the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) to enforce the Affordable Care Act, according to a letter...
Bill Would Convert CompSource Oklahoma to Mutual Company
Mar 18 2013 // A plan to convert the state workers’ compensation insurance agency into a mutual company has been approved by the Oklahoma House. The House voted 68-27 for the bill to convert CompSource Oklahoma into the CompSource...
Increase in Oklahoma Mobile Home Parks Ups Tornado Vulnerability
Mar 15 2013 // A new report from Lloyd’s of London found that a growing number of Oklahomans are becoming increasing vulnerable to tornadoes, according to the Oklahoma Insurance Department. The report, Tornadoes: A Rising Risk?,...
Oklahoma Senate Votes to Privatize CompSource Agency
Mar 14 2013 // The Oklahoma Senate has approved legislation to privatize the state’s nonprofit workers’ compensation agency. The Senate passed the measure by a vote of 36-11. It heads to the House, where a similar bill is...
Oklahoma Bill Allows for Electronic Monitoring in Nursing Homes
Mar 13 2013 // A measure passed by the Oklahoma Senate would allow residents in nursing homes to install electronic monitoring devices in their private rooms. Senate Bill 587 also prohibits nursing facilities from refusing to admit any...
Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Bill Passes Senate, House Wants to Make It ‘Stronger’
Mar 11 2013 // House Speaker T.W. Shannon says a Senate bill to overhaul Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system could undergo changes in the House. On Feb. 27, senators voted 34-12 for the Republican-backed bill, mostly...
People – South Central
Mar 11 2013 // Dallas-based managing general agency, Arcana Insurance Services, named Gary Kirkindoll as chief business development officer. Kirkindoll will oversee development of the company’s customer base in the credit union...
Declarations – South Central
Mar 11 2013 // Crash, then Stop “If we see them crash, then we can stop them.” —Kerry Pettingill, chief of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, said Oklahoma drivers can be cited for inattentive driving, but cannot be stopped or...
Oklahoma House Votes to Modernize Disaster Recovery System
Mar 8 2013 // Legislation to create a disaster recovery information website that is more accessible and that would allow multiple contributors including citizens wanting to document local damage has been approved by the Oklahoma House...
Oklahoma Senate OKs Executive Appointee Plan
Mar 7 2013 // The Oklahoma Senate has advanced a proposal that would allow voters to make the offices of state superintendent, insurance commissioner and labor commissioner gubernatorial appointments. In a statement released by the...
Oklahoma Speaker Eyes Ways to Make Workers’ Comp Bill ‘Stronger’
Mar 4 2013 // House Speaker T.W. Shannon says a Senate bill to overhaul Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system could undergo changes in the House. The Senate voted 34-12 for the Republican-backed bill on Feb. 27, mostly...
Oklahoma House Panel OKs Plan to Privatize CompSource
Mar 4 2013 // A plan to privatize Oklahoma’s not-for-profit workers’ compensation insurer has been approved by a House committee. A bill that would convert CompSource Oklahoma from a state entity to a private company owned...
Oklahoma Safety Officials Rally Behind Texting Ban
Mar 1 2013 // The mother of a teenager killed in a traffic accident while using a cell phone delivered a tearful plea to legislators on Feb. 27 to approve a bill that would ban texting while driving in Oklahoma. Gina Harris, whose...
GOP-Backed Workers’ Comp Plan Clears Oklahoma Senate
Mar 1 2013 // A Republican-backed plan to overhaul Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system has been approved by the state Senate, despite concerns that the cost savings in the bill come at the expense of those injured on the...
NTSB: Train Missed Signals Before Oklahoma Crash
Feb 28 2013 // One of two freight trains that collided in the Oklahoma Panhandle last summer, killing three workers and causing an inferno that nearly welded the locomotives together, sped past three signals warning it to slow down or...
Oklahoma Bill on Appointees Includes Insurance Commissioner Post
Feb 27 2013 // Oklahoma voters will decide whether to increase the governor’s appointment powers under a bill that sailed through a Senate committee, despite concern about consolidating too much power in the executive branch. The...
