Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Revamps Fraud Probes

Oklahoma’s new Republican insurance commissioner and top prosecutor say they’re revamping how insurance fraud is investigated and prosecuted in the state.

Attorney General Scott Pruitt and Insurance Commissioner John Doak say the two agencies will increase their level of cooperation and are working to streamline the process.

Doak says the Insurance Department will focus on insurance crimes committed by agents and company executives that cost Oklahoma’s ratepayers. Pruitt’s office, meanwhile, will focus on expanding investigations and prosecutions of claimants who commit insurance fraud, including workers’ compensation fraud.

Doak says the goal is to make Oklahoma a “dangerous place to be an insurance criminal.”