Latest Ohio Headlines
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Tornado Losses in N.J., Conn., Ohio Could Top Those of Great Plains States
Apr 18 2007 // Most people associate tornado activity with the “Tornado Alley” of the Great Plains states. While this is true in terms of the sheer numbers of tornadoes and losses, surprisingly, catastrophe modeling shows...
Ohio Mayor Says Fire Was Devastating But Town Will Rebound
Apr 16 2007 // A fire in Wauseon, Ohio, that may have started in a restaurant destroyed several nearby buildings and businesses early on April 14, burning most of a downtown block in the heart of this northwest Ohio community. Mayor...
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Apr 9 2007 // Veteran Chicago financial services executive Michael Fisher has been appointed director of new market development by Country Insurance & Financial Services and will manage its newly created Chicago district office....
Top 20 Banks in Insurance Brokerage Fee Income (2006/Nationally)
Apr 9 2007 // Rank 2006 Insurance Brokerage Fee Bank Income Name City, State Web site 1 $973.0 million Citibank N.A. Las Vegas, Nev. www.citibank.com 2 $799.4 million Branch Banking and Trust Co. Winston-Salem, N.C. www.bbt.com 3 $190.1...
Rank 2006 Insurance
Apr 9 2007 // Top 20 Bank Holding Companies in Insurance Brokerage Fee Income (2006/Nationally) Brokerage Fee Bank Income Holding Company Name City, State Web site 1 $1.7 billion Citigroup Inc. New York, N.Y. www.citigroup.com 2 $1.1...
Former Lead Paint Producers Target of Ohio Lawsuit
Apr 5 2007 // Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann has filed suit against paint manufacturers and chemical companies, including one in Illinois, that he alleges continued to make and sell lead paint knowing it presented health hazards. Dann...
U.S. Chamber Says Ohio Lead Paint Lawsuit is ‘Over-reach’
Apr 5 2007 // U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform President Lisa A. Rickard released the following statement on the lawsuit filed against paint manufacturers by Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann: “Lawsuits that rely on the novel...
Ohio Casualty Sponsors Agent Branding Program, The Partnership
Apr 3 2007 // Ohio Casualty Group® today has announced its sponsorship of two key projects of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA). The company is an official sponsor of the PIA Branding Program, Local Agents...
Ohio State Auto Completes Purchase of Beacon Insurance Group
Mar 29 2007 // Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. has completed the purchase of the Beacon Insurance Group of Wichita Falls, Texas. With the acquisition, Texas becomes State Auto’s 29th state of operation, according...
Ohio State Auto Elects New Officers
Mar 22 2007 // Lester Brue and Chris Johnson have been elected assistant vice presidents by the board of directors of Columbus, 0hio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. Brue, State Auto’s director of acquisition...
Ohio Grange Realigns Personal Lines Division, Adds Staff
Mar 16 2007 // Grange Insurance recently announced that it has realigned its personal lines division by naming two regional personal lines presidents. Barry Hunlock has been named regional personal lines president for Illinois, Michigan,...
Ohio Hosts Insurance Fraud Seminar March 15
Mar 14 2007 // The Ohio Department of Insurance has announced that the 2007 Insurance Fraud Seminar will be conducted Thursday, March 15 at Quest Conference Centers, 8405 Pulsar Place, Columbus, Ohio. Co-hosts are the Ohio Chapter of the...
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Mar 12 2007 // Three members of the Kansas Insurance Department, Ted Clark, Anti-Fraud director, Larry Bruning, chief actuary, and Neil Woerman, director of Information Technology, have been appointed to leadership positions within the...
Ohio Motorists Insurance Group Names Iowa Executive to Senior Post
Mar 8 2007 // Susan E. Haack, president of Iowa Mutual Insurance Co. in DeWitt, Iowa, has been chosen to succeed Thomas C. Ogg, as secretary of the companies of The Motorists Insurance Group headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Ogg...
Ohio Legislators Challenge Governor’s Veto on Limits for Fraud Damages
Mar 2 2007 // Republican lawmakers had no legal authority to ask the Ohio Supreme Court to throw out a veto Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland carried out on his first day in office, the state’s top lawyer said this week. Attorney...
Ohio Attorney General Asks Judge to Order Marsh to Submit Documents
Mar 1 2007 // Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann has asked a judge to order New-York based Marsh and McLennan to turn over documents Dann says the state is owed as part of an antitrust investigation. Dann says the company has impeded the...
Ohio Best Hoovier McTeague Merges with SeibertKeck
Mar 1 2007 // SeibertKeck, a northeast Ohio independent insurance agency has announced its recent merger with Best Hoovler McTeague Insurance Services (BHM), an independent property and casualty insurance agency headquartered in...
Safer Schools Seminar Coming to Tenn. on March 7
Feb 28 2007 // Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, will host its second of four free, day-long Safer Schools Seminars on March 7 at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. School violence and sexual...
Ohio Ward Group Conducts Study of Insurance Company Benefits
Feb 27 2007 // Cincinnati-based Ward Group, a provider of benchmarking and best practices consulting services, is conducting an in-depth study of employee benefits at insurance companies. The study will provide extensive information...
Hylant Group Adds Executive, Administrative Services
Feb 27 2007 // Toledo, Ohio-based Hylant Group, a full-service business insurance agency, has hired James Rowan to serve as the regional representative for the Ohio School Plan (OSP) Southwest Ohio territory for Hylant Administrative...
