Latest Ohio Headlines
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Police Warn of Uptick in Car Thefts in Dayton, Ohio
Feb 8 2016 // Police in a southwest Ohio city are warning residents of an increase in vehicle thefts. The Dayton Daily News reports Dayton Sgt. John Riegel says many car theft victims who left their vehicles running. He says it’s...
People – Midwest
Feb 8 2016 // Burr Ridge, Ill.-based Allegiance Insurance Services Inc. (AIS) appointed Barbara M. Strehmann as chief financial officer of the Allegiance Group of Companies. Strehmann has over 30 years’ experience in the...
Survey: Natural Gas Production in West Virginia Surpassing Expectations
Jan 28 2016 // A single Ohio County, West Virginia Marcellus Shale well yielded enough natural gas in 2014 to provide electricity for 24,315 homes, according to new numbers released by the West Virginia Geological & Economic...
Missouri Joins Other States in Barring Insurers’ Use of Price Optimization
Jan 25 2016 // In mid-January, the Missouri Department of Insurance issued a bulletin to insurers reminding them that the rating practice generally known as “price optimization” is prohibited in the state. “Price...
People – Midwest
Jan 25 2016 // Jamie Van Riet has been promoted to the role of Director of Operations at Middleton, Wis.-based Compass Specialty Risk LLC. Van Riet previously worked as an account manager for Compass Specialty Risk, overseeing...
New Ohio Law Strengthens Regulation of Certificates of Insurance
Jan 25 2016 // A new Ohio law that provides strengthened regulatory protocols and oversight in relation to certificates of insurance is now in effect. Businesses often share the document as proof that they have insurance, Ohio Department...
McClure to Head Insurance Operations for Ohio’s Fifth Third Bancorp
Jan 20 2016 // Fifth Third Bancorp hired Howard McClure, a 30- year veteran of the insurance industry, as senior vice president and head of insurance services. He will report directly to Lars Anderson, chief operating officer. McClure...
New Ohio Law Strengthens Certificate of Insurance Regulation
Jan 14 2016 // A new Ohio law that provides strengthened regulatory protocols and oversight in relation to certificates of insurance is now in effect. Businesses often share the document as proof that they have insurance. House Bill 259...
Ohio’s Kent State to Pay $145K in Student Housing Discrimination Suit
Jan 11 2016 // The Justice Department announced that Ohio’s Kent State University (KSU) has agreed to pay $145,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit alleging that the university had maintained a policy of not allowing students with...
Ohio High Court: Consumer Laws Don’t Apply to Insurer Repair Estimates
Jan 11 2016 // The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that laws protecting consumers from deceptive practices don’t apply to insurance company repair estimates. In Dillon v. Farmers Ins. Of Columbus, Inc., the Court voted 5-2 to overturn...
People – West
Jan 11 2016 // H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, headquartered in Detroit/Farmington Hills, Mich., named Wayne Bates president of Atain Insurance Cos. and corporate senior vice president of Kaufman Financial Group. Bates joins Atain...
Court: Ohio Consumer Laws Don’t Apply to Insurance Estimates
Dec 31 2015 // The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that laws protecting consumers from deceptive practices don’t apply to insurance company repair estimates. The court made that ruling on Dec. 29 in the case involving a Columbus...
Floods of Five Rivers Head from Midwest to U.S. Industrial South
Dec 30 2015 // Brace yourself, U.S. South. The Mississippi River is coming, and so are the Arkansas, the Red, the Ohio and the Missouri. The water on the Mississippi River is already so high that Missouri has closed interstate highways....
Retired State Auto Chairman, President and CEO, Robert H. Moone, Passes
Dec 29 2015 // State Auto Financial Corp. announced its former Chairman, President and CEO Robert H. (Bob) Moone died on Friday, Dec. 25, 2015. He was 72 years old. “I was blessed to have gotten to know Bob in recent months,”...
Tornado Touched Down in Western Ohio: Weather Service
Dec 28 2015 // The National Weather Service has that confirmed a rare December tornado touched down in western Ohio. The weather service says the tornado had an estimated maximum wind speed of 65 mph and did not cause any injuries. The...
Who’s In, Who’s Out? 2015 Was Year of Replacing P/C Insurance CEOs
Dec 27 2015 // During 2015, a surprising number of top executives of property/casualty insurance carriers stepped down, opening the door for new leaders at the helm of some of the industry’s best-known brands. The replacements and...
Best, Worst States for Insurance Regulation
Dec 21 2015 // Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how they regulate the property/casualty insurance industry. The...
Uber Winning Support for Classifying Drivers as Contractors
Dec 21 2015 // State legislators in Ohio and Florida are moving ahead with regulations governing Uber and other ride services that would designate all drivers as independent contractors, bolstering a critical but much-disputed aspect of...
Ohio AG: Identity Theft Complaints in Ohio Up over 2014
Dec 18 2015 // Identity theft complaints in Ohio have already surpassed the number received last year by about 300, according to the state attorney general’s office. Kate Hanson, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Mike DeWine, said...
Lawsuit Alleges Ohio Firefighters Harassed Female Co-Worker
Dec 18 2015 // A female firefighter was subjected to equipment tampering, clothing destruction and gender-related slurs at a central Ohio fire department, according to a federal discrimination lawsuit alleging a pattern of sexual...
