Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Doctors Company to Acquire Ohio OHIC Med Mal Insurer
Oct 6 2006 // Napa, Calif.-based The Doctors Company, a physician-owned medical malpractice insurance provider, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire OHIC Insurance Company (OHIC), a leading medical liability...
Ohio Former Agent Pleads Guilty to $70,000 Senior Insurance Scam
Oct 6 2006 // The Ohio Department of Insurance announced that its investigation has led to the guilty plea of former insurance agent James Moneypenny of Seville, Ohio. Moneypenny, who pleaded guilty to insurance fraud, money laundering...
Ohio Agencies Owe Workers’ Comp Fund $46 Million, Director Says
Oct 5 2006 // Ohio agencies owe the state insurance fund for injured workers $46 million in medical management fees that the agencies weren’t charged for over several years, according to the fund’s director. William Mabe,...
Ohio Attorney General Files Class Action Against Scottish Re Group
Oct 4 2006 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro late yesterday filed a motion in federal court in New York requesting the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS) be appointed lead plaintiff in a securities class action lawsuit...
Former Ohio Judge Must Pay Legal Fee, Court Rules
Sep 29 2006 // A former Franklin County judge must pay $587,000 in legal fees connected to her failed defense against accusations of misconduct, a federal judge ruled. Former Common Pleas Judge Deborah O’Neill, 51, owes the money...
Professional Insurance Agents of Ohio Announce 2006 Award Winners
Sep 29 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio, Inc. (PIA) presented awards this week to several of its members. The awards were announced at the 2006 PIA Agency Management and Profitability Conference. PIA of Ohio...
Columbus Woman Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 22 2006 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) reported today that a Columbus woman was convicted of workers’ compensation fraud. Bobbie Knapp pleaded guilty in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to a felony...
Ohio Ward Group Conducts Customer Retention Study for Insurers
Sep 18 2006 // Cincnnati, Ohio-based Ward Group, a provider of benchmarking and best practices consulting services, is conducting an in-depth study of customer retention at both personal lines and commercial lines property-casualty...
Ohio County Settles Sexual Harassment Cases
Sep 15 2006 // Warren County, Ohio has settled federal lawsuits filed by five county employees who accused a former judge of sexual harassment. Common Pleas Judge Dallas Powers retired last year after a plea agreement involving charges...
Ohio Grange VP Named Chairman for National Insurance Crime Bureau
Sep 14 2006 // Mark C. Russell, Grange Insurance vice president and chief administrative officer, has been named chairman of the Board of Governors for the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), a not-for-profit organization dedicated...
Nationwide Health Insurance to Cut 350 Jobs in Ohio, Calif.
Sep 14 2006 // Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Health Plans, an affiliate of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. that provides health insurance in Ohio and California, will begin cutting about 350 jobs next year, a spokesman for the larger...
Brokers Reject Deal in Ohio Scandal
Sep 14 2006 // The Ohio state insurance fund for injured workers continued efforts to reduce soaring medical costs this week, meeting with companies the agency says must brace for lower payments for managing medical claims. Payments to...
Auditor Gets $555,000 for Company to Review Ohio Workers’ Comp
Sep 13 2006 // Ohio State Auditor Betty Montgomery received permission Monday to replace the auditing agency the embattled Bureau of Workers’ Compensation fired in May for holding back its opinion of the bureau’s finances...
Ohio Investment Scandal Critic Now in the Middle
Sep 12 2006 // The Democrat who has been the hardest charger in criticizing Republicans over the $300 million investment loss at the state’s workers’ compensation program for injured workers finds he is being criticized as...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Costs Rise Despite Drop in Claims
Sep 11 2006 // Payments from Ohio’s investment fund for injured workers to companies that manage cases have jumped more than 40 percent since the arrangement began, though the state is seeing about half as many claims, according to...
Ohio Oswald Companies Partners with Wellness Coaches USA
Sep 8 2006 // Oswald Companies announced this week that it will offer employers an on-site wellness coaching service through an exclusive partnership with Wellness Coaches USA. This service provides face-to-face, personalized support to...
N.D. Workers’ Comp Director Denies Involvement in Ohio Scandal
Sep 5 2006 // North Dakota’s workers compensation director said he was unaware a man he formerly supervised in Ohio was taking payoffs to steer state investment contracts to people he favored. “I find it a disgrace anybody...
Candidates for Ohio Governor Push Health Care Reforms
Sep 5 2006 // The two major candidates for governor want to embark Ohio on experiments that would expand health care coverage for the uninsured, including enrolling the poor in low-cost group purchasing plans. With an estimated 46.6...
Ohio Anthem Life Insurance Celebrates Golden Anniversary
Sep 5 2006 // Cleveland, Ohio-based Anthem Life Insurance Company announced that in conjunction with the beginning of Life Insurance Awareness Month in September, it is celebrating 50 years of providing group life and disability...
People and Places
Sep 4 2006 // SeibertKeck Insurance Agency Inc., based in northeast Akron, Ohio, has announced the appointment of Craig A. Hassinger to the position of president of the organization. He will report to Chairman and CEO Richard...
