Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oklahoma Insurance Department Mourns Loss of Horace Rhodes
Jan 3 2013 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department is mourning the loss of former Deputy Insurance Commissioner Horace Rhodes. Rhodes, 86, died Jan. 1 after a long illness, the department announced. “I am deeply saddened to hear...
Flood Insurance Funds Will Run Out Jan. 7 Without Congress OK: FEMA
Jan 3 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which administers the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), has notified Congress that without the approval of additional borrowing authority, funds available to pay...
Hub International Acquires Oklahoma Independent Agency, CFR
Jan 3 2013 // Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired CFR Inc. (CFR), a Tulsa, Okla.–based insurance brokerage firm. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The operations will form a new regional Hub called Hub...
Oklahoma Agent Joins InVEST Board
Jan 3 2013 // InVEST, the insurance industry career education program, announced that Denise Johnson has joined its national board. Johnson is vice president and insurance producer of ECI Agency in Piedmont, Okla. Johnson is former...
Lawyer Seeks OK to File Claim Against State for Connecticut School Shooting
Dec 31 2012 // A lawyer who wants to sue Connecticut for $100 million on behalf of a 6-year-old survivor of the Newtown school shooting says the potential claim is about improving school security, not money. Attorney Irving Pinsky says...
Tornadoes Strike in Texas
Dec 26 2012 // Christmas Day along the Gulf Coast was filled with severe thunderstorms that brought drenching rains, high winds and damaging tornadoes while the nation’s midsection dealt with freezing rain, sleet and snow that made...
Oklahoma Lawmaker, Texas Governor Want Teachers to Be Armed
Dec 19 2012 // Teachers and school administrators who receive proper training would be authorized to carry firearms on school campuses and at school events under a bill being drafted by an Oklahoma lawmaker. Republican Rep. Mark...
Guest Worker Permit Bill Planned in Oklahoma
Dec 17 2012 // A Republican state senator from Seminole says he’ll reintroduce a proposal to allow illegal immigrants to work in Oklahoma. Sen. Harry Coates of Seminole says he’s filed a bill to allow illegal immigrants who...
Oklahoma Insurance Department: Police Chiefs Support Armed Investigators
Dec 14 2012 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department faced intense criticism after a report revealed it spent more than $180,000 on high-tech shotguns, bulletproof vests and seven police-package vehicles for its anti-fraud unit. Now, the...
Fallin Appoints Taylor as New Oklahoma Worker’s Comp Judge
Dec 14 2012 // Gov. Mary Fallin has appointed a Tulsa judge as the new presiding judge of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court. Fallin announced that Judge L. Brad Taylor will replace Judge Michael Harkey as the presiding judge...
Oklahoma Health Board Member Resigns, Cites Medicaid Decision
Dec 10 2012 // Gov. Mary Fallin’s decision to reject federal money to expand Oklahoma’s Medicaid program has led a member of the Oklahoma State Board of Health to resign. “It’s like federal funds are suddenly...
Oklahoma’s Caldwell and Partners Acquires Midlands Holding Corp.
Dec 10 2012 // Charles C. Caldwell, CEO of Oklahoma-based Caldwell and Partners Inc. (CAP), announced the acquisition of Midlands Holding Corp. (MHC) from PMA Capital Corp. (PMA). Midlands Management Corp. (Midlands), a subsidiary of...
US Senate OK’s Russia Trade w/ Human Rights Bill; Angry Russian Reaction
Dec 7 2012 // The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved legislation to punish Russian human rights violators as part of a broader bill to expand U.S. trade with Washington’s former Cold War enemy. Passage of the bill, by a 92-4 vote,...
Award Winning Oklahoma Account Manager Reaches Another Milestone
Dec 6 2012 // Kristina E. Donaldson, a commercial insurance account manager with Messer-Bowers Co. in Enid, Okla., who was named Risk Management Professional of the Year at the Region VI Conference of the International Association of...
Midwest Economic Index Rises Slightly
Dec 4 2012 // A monthly economic index report suggests an economic slump will continue over the next three to six months for nine Midwest and Plains states. The Mid-America Business Conditions index rose slightly in November to a weak...
Oklahoma Commissioner: Weapons Necessary for Safety of Anti-Fraud Unit
Dec 4 2012 // Defending his agency’s expenditures on weapons and police vehicles for use by its anti-fraud unit, Oklahoma’s top insurance regulator said the purchases help ensure the safety of investigators and are not paid...
Oklahoma Insurance Department Spends $180K on Guns, Police Vehicles
Dec 3 2012 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department spent more than $180,000 on high-tech shotguns, bulletproof vests and seven police-package vehicles that agency officials say were needed as part of its expanded focus on criminal...
Security Breach at Nationwide Compromises Oklahoma Customer Info
Dec 3 2012 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak said a security breach at an Ohio-based insurer has compromised the personal information of 534 Oklahomans. Doak said the computer network used by Nationwide Insurance Co. of...
Declarations – South Central
Dec 3 2012 // Cost v. Safety “I am not necessarily against the ordinance, but business owners need to know exactly what to do. We don’t want fines, and we don’t want to have to spend a whole lot of money on cameras,...
Commissioner: Security Breach at Nationwide Compromises Oklahoma Customer Info
Nov 26 2012 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak says a security breach at an Ohio-based insurer has compromised the personal information of 534 Oklahomans. Doak says the computer network used by Nationwide Insurance Co. of...
