AG Pruitt Leads Effort to Uncover EPA’s Apparent “Sue and Settle” Strategy
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Scott Pruitt and 12 other attorneys general sent a federal records request Friday to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, requesting access to documents related to the agency’s apparent new “sue and settle”...
08/10/2012
$3.87 Million in Grants Awarded to Rural Fire Departments Statewide
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Forestry Services Division today announced the agency has distributed more than $3.87 million in operational grant funds to 863 rural fire departments across the...
08/10/2012
OID Lawsuit Returns $15.3 Million to Oklahoma Hospitals, Doctors
OKLAHOMA CITY – Health care providers across Oklahoma will be receiving checks worth more than $15.3 million this month, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak announced today. The funds are actual damages owed by the defunct AmCare Health Plans of Oklahoma,...
Auto Manufacturers Converge in Oklahoma to Discuss CNG Vehicles for State Fleets
OKLAHOMA CITY – Representatives from the nation's auto manufacturers, including the Big Three, are in Oklahoma City today to meet with Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and procurement experts to ask questions surrounding a recently issued multistate request for...
OID Counting Claims, Providing Assistance to Wildfire Victims
MANNFORD, Okla. – The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) is working with other state agencies and charitable organizations to provide assistance to wildfire victims.
“This is a major disaster,” said Insurance...
08/06/2012
AG Pruitt announced Wednesday the appointment of former distric
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Scott Pruitt issued a warning Monday for Oklahomans affected by the recent wildfires.
“We know from past experience that major property damage after a disaster attracts criminals looking for ways to take...
08/06/2012
Fallin Calls for Audit of Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin today requested that Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector Gary Jones conduct an operational audit of the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs (ODVA). The request (see attached letter) comes following the announced...
08/06/2012
Governor Fallin Urges Donations to Red Cross and Salvation Army
OKLAHOMA CITY – With almost 80,000 acres in Oklahoma burned by wildfires and hundreds of Oklahomans displaced from their homes, Governor Mary Fallin is urging those who wish to aid in relief efforts to make donations to the Red Cross and the Salvation Army. Both...
08/06/2012
OID Expands Assistance to Wildfire Victims
MANNFORD, Okla. – Oklahomans who suffered losses in the recent wildfire outbreak will have more places to go for answers to insurance questions.
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak has directed new Consumer Assistance field locations be opened...
UPDATE: New location in Mannford
OID Consumer Assistance is now set up at a more convenient location for affected residents in Mannford. Consumers can find help with insurance issues in the parking lot of LakeChurch at Hwy. 51 & Hwy. 48. The church is also providing food, drinks, clothes and more for...
08/05/2012
Insurance Help Available for Wildfire Victims
Oklahomans affected by wildfires need to know help is available for their insurance issues.
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak and Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) staff members are on the scene of the wildfire near Mannford today. OID's catastrophe...
08/04/2012
Commissioner Doak Visiting Luther Wildfire Area
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak will be in Luther this afternoon for a firsthand look at the wildfire devastation and offering the Department's help.
Commissioner Doak will be visiting with affected homeowners, as well as local...
08/03/2012
Governor Issues Statewide Burn Ban
Oklahoma City - As drought conditions continue to worsen across Oklahoma, Governor Mary Fallin has announced that a ban on outdoor burning for all 77 Oklahoma counties is effective immediately.