Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio’s The McGowan Cos. Rebrand Core Insurance Operations
Feb 8 2011 // The McGowan Companies Inc. in Fairview Park, Ohio, announced that it has rebranded its core insurance operations. McGowan and Company Inc., which designs, administers and markets highly-specialized programs of insurance,...
Business Moves
Feb 7 2011 // Hylant Group, Swartzel Affiliated Ohio-based insurance brokerage, Hylant Group, and property/casualty insurance services provider Swartzel Affiliated Insurance Agency have merged. The companies’ announcement said the...
People
Feb 7 2011 // Great American Insurance Group, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, announced that Michael G. “Mike” Liguzinski will succeed John W. Sullivan as divisional president, Specialty Human Services Division, upon...
Business Moves
Feb 7 2011 // Neace Lukens, Lent Agency Neace Lukens, a Louisville, Kentucky based brokerage firm, recently acquired the Lent Agency, a Dayton, Ohio insurance agency. The merger will add 12 Lent Agency employees, including four...
Buckeye State Mutual Partners With Middle Georgia Mutual
Feb 7 2011 // Buckeye State Mutual Insurance Co. (BSMIC), a property and casualty insurer based in Piqua, Ohio, has agreed to affiliate with Middle Georgia Mutual Insurance Co. (MGM) of Griffin, Ga. The agreement is contingent upon...
Kentucky’s Neace Lukens Acquires Ohio’s Lent Agency
Jan 26 2011 // Neace Lukens, a Louisville, Kentucky based brokerage firm, recently acquired the Lent Agency, a Dayton, Ohio insurance agency. The merger will add 12 Lent Agency employees, including four producers, to the Neace Lukens...
Business Moves
Jan 24 2011 // United Fire & Casualty, Mercer Insurance Group Iowa-based insurer United Fire & Casualty is acquiring New Jersey-based Mercer Insurance Group in a deal valued at $191 million. The merger is expected to close in the...
It Figures
Jan 24 2011 // $10.2 Million The Kansas Insurance Department recovered $10.2 million for consumers last year, which is 32 percent less than it recovered in 2009. But the agency said the number of complaints from consumers about insurance...
Ohio Lt. Governor to Direct Insurance Department
Jan 24 2011 // Newly sworn-in Ohio Gov. John Kasich appointed Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor to be director of the Ohio Department of Insurance. Taylor is the former state auditor. She served for four years as the state’s top fiscal watchdog...
Ohio Uninsured Motorist Litigation Tied to Money for Charities
Jan 24 2011 // An Ohio insurance company in late 2010 successfully challenged a class action lawsuit involving uninsured motorist/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage in a case that played prominently in a campaign to change the way...
People
Jan 24 2011 // Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton appointed Mike Rothman as the new Commissioner of Commerce. The Department of Commerce and Revenue regulates the business of insurance in the state. Rothman was most recently an attorney with the...
Business Moves
Jan 24 2011 // Encharter Massachusetts-based Encharter Insurance agency will open a fifth branch office, the latest in Simsbury, Connecticut. Encharter will sell personal lines coverage throughout the Farmington Valley, the agency said....
Ohio Uninsured Motorist Litigation Tied to Money for Charities
Jan 19 2011 // An Ohio insurance company in late 2010 successfully challenged a class action lawsuit involving uninsured motorist/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage in a case that played prominently in a campaign to change the way...
Report: Many Ohio License Suspensions Unrelated to Driving
Jan 19 2011 // Twenty-five percent of the driver license suspensions in Ohio are the result of offenses that are not related to operating a motor vehicle, according to a newspaper analysis. The Dayton Daily News reported that 39 percent...
Ohio’s Buckeye Insurance Group Launches Marias Technology
Jan 14 2011 // Buckeye Insurance Group, of Piqua, Ohio, has formed Marias Technology, an information technology company. The company’s announcement said Marias Technology provides a wide range of IT services in areas such as system...
Ohio: More Than 3,000 Medical Liability Claims Closed in 2009
Jan 13 2011 // The Ohio Department of Insurance announced that its fifth annual Ohio Medical Professional Liability Closed Claim Report shows a total of 3,344 medical professional liability claims were closed in 2009. Claims that...
Ohio Mutual Completes Acquisition of Casco Indemnity
Jan 11 2011 // Ohio Mutual Insurance Group (OMIG) has confirmed that its previously announced acquisition of Maine-based Casco Indemnity Company is complete. The transaction officially closed on Jan. 1, 2011. Casco Indemnity will be...
Ohio Lt. Governor Taylor to Direct Insurance Department
Jan 11 2011 // Newly sworn-in Ohio Gov. John Kasich appointed Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor to be director of the Ohio Department of Insurance. Immediately following the announcement, Kasich signed an executive order creating the Common Sense...
Ohio Supreme Court Ruling Favors Bus Wreck Survivors
Jan 10 2011 // The Ohio Supreme Court said a university’s insurance coverage extended to a charter bus that crashed, killing five student baseball players and two others in 2007. The 5-2 ruling issued Dec. 28, 2010, is a victory...
Liberty Mutual Continues Fight with AIG As Other Insurers Settle
Jan 10 2011 // American International Group has negotiated a $450 million settlement with seven of its competitors in the protracted litigation over its questionable reporting of workers’ compensation premiums. But the long-running...
