Emotions flared and patience was tested as Oklahoma County District Court Judge Amy Palumbo granted Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s effort to intervene in a State Farm hail case that has raised ire in Oklahoma.

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Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s petition charging State Farm with racketeering under Oklahoma’s version of the RICO laws is not the first time that Oklahoma’s largest writer of homeowners insurance has been accused of being a criminal enterprise. Last time, State Farm agreed to pay $250 million; will they settle once again?

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Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a motion to intervene today in a case against State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, alleging that the company operated a coordinated program to limit roof-related insurance payouts by denying or reducing valid hail and wind claims.

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Oklahoma Watch’s calculations to evaluate competition in Oklahoma’s homeowners insurance market raise serious questions about the statistics Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready may have used as premiums have skyrocketed.

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As officials bicker over Oklahoma’s homeowners insurance market and lawmakers contemplate new legislation, Oklahoma Watch investigates measures of market concentration and digs into legal history to uncover why competition has failed to address skyrocketing rates.

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Oklahoma’s soaring homeowners insurance rates are straining families and drawing scrutiny from lawmakers, who are likely to consider additional consumer protection bills in 2026. Regulators cite inflation and severe weather, but critics blame weak state oversight.

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Attorney General Gentner Drummond sharply criticized Oklahoma Insurance Department Commissioner Glen Mulready in an Aug. 12 letter over stewardship of the state’s only regulatory safeguard against out-of-control rate hikes.

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A 2019 Consumer Federation of America auto insurance study reveals that California's prior-approval regulatory framework outperforms Oklahoma's file-and-use framework, costing Oklahomans billions.

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Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready continues to misrepresent Oklahoma’s insurance model, masking statutory quirks that fetishize free market economics and cost Oklahomans millions of dollars.

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Media accounts parrot the Oklahoma Insurance Department’s claim that the state’s extraordinarily high homeowners’ insurance rates are attributable to hail damage. But the data doesn’t support that explanation.

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