Catastrophic events always test the mettle of an insurance company, whether in Oklahoma or elsewhere. Indeed, it is often in the wake of something like a massive tornado or hurricane that an insurer is truly tested. Will it proactively and timely respond to legitimate...
Millions Of Dollars Recovered
For Bad Faith Insurance Denials
Year: 2018
Long-term care in the home provides many advantages
As you grow older, you may dread the thought that someday you may become ill or otherwise unable to care for yourself well enough to remain in your home. In addition to the cost of nursing home care, other factors may upset you, such as your sentimental attachment to...
Report: insurers confuse, intimidate policyholders seeking care
Increasingly, and sadly, Americans are approaching the front doors of emergency care centers across the country more concerned about their pocketbooks than they are with the medical conditions immediately confronting them. And that often rings true even when their...
Rising care costs for Oklahomans make insurers’ performance key
People across the country argue all the time about national issues they regard as important. Opinions are strong and often sharply divided these days spanning topics ranging from trade tariffs and criminal law policies to national security and climate change. Although...
Residents, officials dealing with eastern Oklahoma tornadoes
The final day of November was anything but kind to many Oklahoma residents in in the east central part of the state. Residential occupants and business owners across a swath of counties were hit by multiple tornadoes, which reaped considerable property damage over a...
Should you have more access to experimental treatments?
Many Oklahoma residents suffer from serious and/or chronic illnesses. For instance, it probably wouldn't be difficult these days to find someone who knows someone with cancer, diabetes or some other life-altering medical condition, or to find someone who suffers from...
Sleep apnea sufferers battle insurers re CPAP device
Here’s a dose of irony. Some sleep apnea sufferers commenting in an in-depth media piece centered on a breathing-assistance machine say that issues surrounding the device are worrisome enough to actually make them lose sleep. The breathing tool is a continuous...
Oklahoma jury sharply rebukes health insurer in bad-faith case
“You need to do something or you’re just going to keep getting sued.” That was the pure-and-simple bottom line for an Oklahoma County jury that recently awarded damages in a bad-faith insurance case. One of the jurors stated in the wake of a trial concluded earlier...
Blowback on this court’s insurance-linked decision unsurprising
We delved into a judicial decision involving an insurance policy in a post from last month, noting that many people would find fault with it and question the heavy onus it seemingly places upon policyholders. Our October 26 entry stressed that, while insureds...
State-created insurance company faces outsized payment problems
This is a not a story of an insurance entity’s bad faith or questionable failure to act regarding a relatively limited number of policyholder complaints. Rather, it is a flat-out singular tale chronicling a huge issue confronting potentially 35,000 or more homeowners...