Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Health Claim Denials Top Ohio Insurance Complaints
Dec 6 2011 // A newspaper’s analysis shows the most common complaints received by the Ohio Department of Insurance come from people who had health claims denied. The Columbus Dispatch reports the department got more than 3,100...
Insurance Company Liquidation Paying $4.1 Million to Ohio Consumers
Dec 6 2011 // Ohio Lt. Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced the successful completion of The Physicians’ Assurance Corp. (TPAC) liquidation proceeding. TPAC was ordered into liquidation on Aug. 18,...
Well-Meaning Decisions Yield Unintended Consequences
Dec 5 2011 // It would be difficult to find an industry more competitive than the insurance business. Our long-term results prove that to be true. Far more often than not, the industry loses money on what is supposed to be our core...
Ohio Rolls Out Plan Aimed at Increasing Return to Work Rates
Dec 5 2011 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) introduced a new rating plan that encourages employers to maintain safe workplaces and to work with injured workers to speed their return to work. “Destination:...
Business Moves
Dec 5 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Trissel Graham & Toole Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Trissel Graham & Toole Inc., headquartered in Davenport, Iowa. With roots dating back to 1896,...
Ohio Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 2 2011 // A Sharonville, Ohio, man has been sentenced in court for working as a cable installer while receiving workers’ compensation benefits. Gary Metz must repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) $7,165...
Ohio Man Without Medical License Sentenced for Treating Injured Workers
Dec 1 2011 // A Toledo, Ohio, man who treated injured workers without a medical license must repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) more than $100,000 as a result of his sentencing for workers’ compensation...
Ohio Businesses Awarded More Than $273K for Workplace Safety
Nov 23 2011 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) awarded 13 businesses safety intervention grants totaling more than $273,000 during October to make Ohio workplaces safer, the agency announced. BWC designed the Safety...
Ohio Rolls Out Rating Plan Aimed at Increasing Return to Work Rates
Nov 21 2011 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has introduced a new rating plan that encourages employers to maintain safe workplaces and to work with injured workers to speed their return to work. The new rating...
Ohio-based Business Jet Operators Sue IRS over Ticket Tax
Nov 18 2011 // A group of Ohio-based private business jet operators is suing the Internal Revenue Service for $643 million, saying the government wrongly applied a ticket tax meant for commercial passengers only. The lawsuit in U.S....
State Farm: Texas, Illinois, Ohio Top 3 States for Thanksgiving Cooking Fires
Nov 16 2011 // If you live in Texas, Illinois or Ohio, you’re more likely to experience a cooking fire on Thanksgiving Day than those in other states. That’s according to claims data from Illinois-based State Farm Insurance....
Ohio’s Dumbaugh Insurance Agency Joins Keystone Insurers Group
Nov 8 2011 // Mount Vernon, Ohio-based Dumbaugh Insurance Agency is now a partner in Keystone Insurers Group (KIG). Dumbaugh Insurance is Keystone’s 28th franchise partner in Ohio, bringing the property and casualty insurance...
Penn.-based Keystone Insurers Group Adds New Partner in Ohio
Nov 8 2011 // Keystone Insurers Group, a franchisor of insurance agencies headquartered in Northumberland, Penn., has added a new franchise partner in Ohio. Keystone said it has established a partnership with Mount Vernon, Ohio-based...
People
Nov 7 2011 // Westfield Insurance, headquartered in Westfield, Ohio, selected Dennis Baus to lead the company’s surety operations. Baus assumes the national surety leader responsibilities on Jan. 1, 2012, replacing Rick Kinnaird...
Auto Insurers Keep Eye on Cross-Border Claims with Canada
Nov 7 2011 // Staged automobile accidents in Canada’s most populated province of Ontario pose a unique problem for American auto insurers that must deal with Ontario’s stringent no-fault benefits. Some U.S.-based adjusters...
Agent Tax Lien Program Returns $2M to Ohio and its Citizens
Nov 1 2011 // A tax lien program that has collected more than $2 million in unpaid income tax, sales tax and workers’ compensation premium payments, Ohio Lt. Governor and Dept. of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced. The...
Ohio Public Employer Workers’ Comp Rates Falling
Oct 28 2011 // Ohio’s 3,900 public employer taxing districts will pay an estimated $22 million less for workers’ compensation coverage next year following tadecision by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC)...
Ohio Businesses Awarded More Than $200K for Workplace Safety
Oct 27 2011 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) reported that 10 Ohio businesses received more than $217,000 in safety intervention grants in September to improve workplace safety. The Safety Intervention Grant...
Wells Fargo Insurance Names Meder Midwest Region Managing Director
Oct 26 2011 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA Inc. has named John Meder regional managing director for its Midwest region, which includes Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Missouri. Meder will be based in Cleveland, Ohio, and report to...
American Academy of Actuaries Honors Miller with Myers Award
Oct 25 2011 // The American Academy of Actuaries has presented the 2011 Robert J. Myers Award for Public Service to Mary Downey Miller, assistant director of the product regulation and actuarial services division at the Ohio Department...
