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The firm has broad experience in the establishment, incorporating and licensing of insurance companies, preparing and seeking approval of insurance policies, filing rates and policies before the Property and Casualty Rate Board, rate and policy filings for life, accident and health insurance, guiding insurance companies in compliance with governing statutes and regulations, effecting mergers and other combinations of insurance companies as well as insurance policy coverage issues and policy interpretation. The firm also has extensive experience in the insurer liquidation area and has represented various parties in insolvency proceedings in a number of states. Horace G. Rhodes and J. Angela Ables are former Deputy Commissioners of the Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner's office. Mr. Rhodes was for some years the president of a sizable insurance company.

Ms. Ables represents the Property Casualty Insurance Association of America ("PCIAA"), the Association of Oklahoma Life Insurance Companies and Allstate and assists them in numerous matters including monitoring and proposing legislation which affect them and their members.

Finally, the firm has provided legal defense to insurers in all lines of insurance at both the trial court and appellate levels. Due to the firm's unique understanding of insurance and insurers, it has and continues to act as outside counsel to numerous national insurers who do business in the State of Oklahoma. Defense coverage has always and continues to be a high area of concentration of the law firm's involvement and expertise. Life, accident and health, property and casualty, and liability defense are but a few of the areas of the firm's concentration.