State Treasurer awards $5,529 to OCSP Newborn Sweepstakes winner
Treasurer encourages parents to research Oklahoma 529 College Savings Plan options
TULSA – State Treasurer Ken Miller today awarded $5,529 toward an Oklahoma 529 College Savings Plan (OCSP) account to one lucky Oklahoma baby. As one of more than...
Australian Aerospace Company Ferra Engineering to Expand in Oklahoma
Le Bourget, Paris – Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin joined Mark Sherrer, CEO of Ferra Engineering at the Le Bourget Paris Airshow to announce Ferra Engineering’s plans to expand into a new location in Grove, Oklahoma. The company expects to employ 20 highly...
06/18/2013
Oklahoma Insurance Claims from May Tornadoes Top 70,000
OKLAHOMA CITY – Insurance claims filed in response to a major tornado outbreak in May jumped to 70,782 Tuesday, with insurance payments reaching $561,976,781.
“These numbers are more proof of the dramatic impact the tornadoes had on our...
06/17/2013
The Oklahoma Standard
The “Oklahoma Standard” was a term coined during our state’s response to the tragedy of April 19, 1995. The connotation has many layers: the standard of trained first responders, the standard of non-trained first responders (neighbors helping...
Commissioner Doak Holds Series of Disaster Recovery Forums
Locations include Moore, El Reno, Shawnee, Carney and Little Axe
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak has announced plans to hold a series of educational forums for storm victims. The weekly forums, which begin June 18,...
06/14/2013
Commissioner Doak Advises Insurers to Delay Nonrenewals
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma 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 after the completion...
06/14/2013
Commissioner Doak Protects Consumers by Capping Fees for Public Adjusters
OKLAHOMA CITY – 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.
“Oklahoma storm victims need...
Commissioner Doak Hosts Post-Disaster Forum
OKLAHOMA CITY – Insurance commissioners from across the country attended an educational post-natural disaster forum today, hosted by Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak, in response to the tornadoes that swept central Oklahoma in May.
"This...
Attorney General Pruitt Charges Former Rainbow Fleet Executive in Embezzlement
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Scott Pruitt Wednesday charged the former executive director of the Oklahoma City Rainbow Fleet with one count of embezzlement and one count of unlawful use of a computer. The not-for-profit company discovered the falsified requests...
Disaster Declaration Amended to Include May 28 to June 2 Storm Damage
OKLAHOMA CITY – The White House today approved Governor Mary Fallin’s request to extend the major disaster declaration issued on May 20 to include the latest round of tornadoes, flooding, straight-line winds and severe storms that occurred in Oklahoma from May...
06/12/2013
Disaster Declaration Amended to Include May 28 to June 2 Storm Damage
OKLAHOMA CITY – The White House today approved Governor Mary Fallin’s request to extend the major disaster declaration issued on May 20 to include the latest round of tornadoes, flooding, straight-line winds and severe storms that occurred in Oklahoma from May...
Oklahoma Insurance Claims from El Reno, Moore Tornadoes Top 60,000
OKLAHOMA CITY – Insurance claims filed in response to several May tornadoes jumped to 60,308 Tuesday, with insurance payments reaching $470,323,299.
“These numbers are already staggering, and this is just the beginning,” said...
06/11/2013
Oklahoma Insurance Claims from El Reno, Moore Tornadoes Top 60,000
OKLAHOMA CITY – Insurance claims filed in response to several May tornadoes jumped to 60,308 Tuesday, with insurance payments reaching $470,323,299.
“These numbers are already staggering, and this is just the beginning,” said...