Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NAII Challenges Ohio Proposals to Restrict Insurers’ Use of Credit Information
Sep 16 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers has issued a statement questioning the effects of pending legislation in Ohio, which would restrict the rights of insurance companies to consider consumers’ credit...
Ohio’s Progressive Earns Two E-Commerce Pioneer Awards
Sep 10 2002 // Ohio-based Progressive, one of the country’s largest auto insurance groups, became the only two-award winner in the first-ever E-Commerce Pioneer Awards, given by Ecom-Ohio on September 5. Ecom-Ohio, an initiative to...
Assurant Celebrates New Service Center with a Visit by Ohio Governor Taft
Aug 19 2002 // The Assurant Group celebrated the opening of its new $20 million service center in Springfield with style on Saturday, holding an open house for employees and their families, featuring a visit from Ohio Governor Bob...
Ohio Firm Establishes SIAA Master Agency
Aug 5 2002 // SIAA announced that Haughn and Associates Insurance Agency Inc., of Dublin, Ohio, has established SIAA of Central Ohio as a Strategic Master Agency. Michael W. Haughn is the president. The agency was founded in 1986 and...
Ohio Casualty Reports Drop in Net Income for 2ndQ
Aug 2 2002 // Ohio Casualty Corporation, based in Fairfield, Ohio, announced net income of $13.1 million, or $0.21 per share, for the second quarter ended June 30. In the same quarter of 2001, the Corporation reported net income of...
Ohio Auto, Homeowners Rates among the Lowest in Nation
Jul 30 2002 // Ohio automobile insurance consumers continue to fair well when compared to consumers in other states according to Ohio Insurance Director Lee Covington. According to an annual survey and analysis of national automobile...
Ohio Issues C&D Order Against Former Agent
Jul 23 2002 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington has issued a cease and desist order against former Sandusky County agent Deborah L. Frazier after an investigation revealed she had allegedly acted as an insurance agent...
Ohio Brewery Receives Workers’ Comp Award
Jul 15 2002 // Miller Brewing Co.’s Trenton, Ohio brewery was the only Governor’s Excellence in Workers’ Compensation Award winner for self-insuring employers who insure nearly 40 percent of Ohio’s workforce. The...
Ohio Department to Join National Task Force
Jul 12 2002 // The Ohio Department of Insurance has accepted an invitation to join NeighborWorks® National Insurance Task Force (NITF) as part of its mission to expand its role to increase accessibility and affordability of insurance...
Ohio Becomes First State to Launch Cooperative Resolution
Jul 10 2002 // Ohio has introduced ECHO (Expedited Complaint Handling Option), becoming the first state to launch a web-based application that allows the Department of Insurance to more effectively share consumer complaint information...
State National Specialty Authorized in Ohio
Jun 20 2002 // State National Specialty Insurance Company, a unit of Fort Worth, Texas-based State National Companies, received a certificate from the state of Ohio granting the company authority to write multiple insurance lines in that...
Dallas-Based Company Awarded Contract with Ohio’s BWC
Jun 18 2002 // ACS, a Dallas-based provider of business process and information technology outsourcing solutions, has been awarded a one-year contract with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) to provide pharmacy benefit...
Ohio Department weighs In on Premium Payment Lawsuit
Jun 14 2002 // Ohio Insurance Director Lee Covington has filed a court action seeking to persuade a New Mexico court not to impose another state’s insurance laws and increased costs on Ohio insurance consumers. Covington filed the...
Ohio Director Weighs In on Premium Payment Lawsuit
Jun 13 2002 // Ohio Insurance Director Lee Covington filed a court action seeking to persuade a New Mexico court not to impose another state’s insurance laws and increased costs on Ohio insurance consumers. According to the Ohio...
Ohio Casualty Files Registration Statement on Outstanding Convertible Notes
May 22 2002 // Ohio Casualty Corporation filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-3 registering its currently outstanding 5.00 percent Convertible Notes and the common shares issuable upon...
Ohio’s Westfield Group Expands MarshBerry Partnership
May 16 2002 // Westfield Group of Westfield, Ohio, is offering its agencies a subsidized subscription to MarshBerry.com in order to help improve performance, measure agency value and develop an all-around growth plan. Westfield Group,...
OII Praises Ohio Highway Patrol for Auto Recovery Efforts
May 9 2002 // In a ceremony held recently in Columbus, the Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) recognized the state’s highway patrol for the recovery of over 37,600 vehicles worth more than $177 million since the inception of the law...
Ohio One of 6 States to Sign Innovative Cooperative Agreement for Market Conduct Exams
May 6 2002 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington has signed a cooperative agreement that will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of market conduct examinations of insurance companies doing business in Ohio....
The Alpha Group and Britton-Gallagher Sign On as Suppliers to NEOSA
May 3 2002 // NEOSA, a member of Ohio’s IT Alliance and a representative of the more than 2,000 Information Technology companies, announced a partnership with the Ohio-based firms, The Alpha Group Agency and Britton-Gallagher...
Ohio Insurance Director Asks State Supreme Court to Uphold Homeowners Standard
Apr 23 2002 // Ohio Insurance Director Lee Covington weighed in on a case before the Ohio Supreme Court, asking it to uphold the state insurance department’s longstanding policy that homeowners policies do not cover automobile...
