Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
After Child Fatality, Ohio Lawmakers Push for School Bus Seat Belts
Jun 4 2010 // State lawmakers say a school bus crash that killed an eastern Ohio kindergarten student has given new urgency to a proposal requiring seat belts on school buses. Six-year-old Kasey King of Frazeysburg died June 2 when a...
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Finalizes Rate Reduction
Jun 2 2010 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) board of directors has approved a 3.9-percent overall private employer premium rate decrease for the upcoming policy year, beginning July 1, 2010. The upcoming rate cut...
Ohio Revokes Licenses of Oklahoma, New York Domiciled Insurers
May 28 2010 // The Ohio Department of Insurance has revoked the licenses of two troubled insurance companies: Imperial Casualty and Indemnity Co. of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co. (AMIC) of New York, N.Y. In...
Ohio Supreme Court: Attorney Fees Distinct from Punitive Damages
May 21 2010 // The Ohio Supreme Court has issued a slip opinion finding that attorney fees are distinct from punitive damages and that public policy does not prevent an insurance company from covering those fees on behalf of an...
Insurance Veterans Open McManus Agency in Medina, Ohio
May 21 2010 // Longtime insurance industry professionals Ryan and Roger McManus recently announced the opening of the McManus Agency in Medina, Ohio. President Ryan McManus and Director of Operations Roger McManus, are both experienced...
Ohio Regulators Revoke License of New York’s Centennial Insurance
May 19 2010 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that the department has revoked the license of Centennial Insurance Company of New York, N.Y., for alleged violations of Ohio insurance law. Centennial...
Car Thefts Down in Most Ohio Cities
May 19 2010 // An insurance industry group reports car thefts were down last year in 15 of Ohio’s 16 largest metro areas. The only exception was the Marietta area in southeast Ohio. The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) says a report...
Former Ohio Insurance Agent Receives 7-Year Prison Sentence
May 18 2010 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that former Ohio insurance agent Damon Bryan of Medina has been sentenced to seven years in prison by Judge Christopher Collier of the Medina County Common...
Ohio Insurance Agent Education Council to Discuss Code Revisions
May 13 2010 // The Ohio Insurance Agent Education Advisory Council will hold a meeting on May 19, 2010, at 10 a.m. The agenda includes a discussion on revisions to Ohio Administrative Code. The Insurance Agent Education Advisory Council...
Nationwide Insurance to Hire 1,400, Including 600 in Ohio
May 7 2010 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. announced it will fill 1,400 job openings, including about 600 in its home state of Ohio. The Columbus-based insurance and financial services company is recruiting for entry-level customer...
Community Colleges Join Ohio School Risk Management, Insurance Plan
May 6 2010 // The Ohio School Plan (OSP), a group that provides insurance and risk management solutions to Ohio public school entities and boards of developmental disabilities, approved the decision to include community colleges into...
Ohio Department of Insurance Employee Wins National Award
May 3 2010 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson that Lynette Baker, a division chief of the Department’s Market Conduct Division, has received the Paul L. DeAngelo Memorial Teaching Award. This award, given by...
People
May 3 2010 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance Co. (AESLIC) has named Frederick J. Woebse president and chief operating officer. He succeeds Robert Nelson, who was named chairman and chief executive...
It Figures
May 3 2010 // $28.2 Million The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) has reported that the amount of insured losses from a series of storms in February will be at least $28.2 million, with 12,173 claims filed so far across the state. Losses...
Ohio’s State Auto Insurance Reaches ‘Million Billion’ Milestone
Apr 26 2010 // The State Auto Insurance Group, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has reached a significant milestone in its sales of personal lines insurance: one million policies and one billion dollars in premium. “Success in our...
One Down, More to Go for AIG and Cordray
Apr 19 2010 // Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray won a round in early April in his lawsuit alleging insurance companies and brokers conspired to fix commercial casualty insurance prices during a period extending from 2001 to...
People
Apr 19 2010 // Central Insurance Companies of Van Wert, Ohio, announced the retirements of Michael E. Thompson and George J. Gress. Additionally, Central promoted Jana L. Ringwald to vice president of Commercial Underwriting for its...
Report: February Storms in Ohio Caused More than $28M in Losses
Apr 14 2010 // The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) has reported that amount of insured losses from the series of February winter storms will be at least $28.2 million, with 12,173 claims filed to-date across the state. Because some...
Ohio’s Central Insurance Promotes Ringwald and Jackson
Apr 7 2010 // Central Insurance Companies of Van Wert, Ohio, has promoted Jana L. Ringwald to vice president of Commercial Underwriting for its Central Mutual and All America subsidiaries, and Patrick J. Jackson to vice president and...
AIG to Pay $9M in Ohio Antitrust Case
Apr 7 2010 // American International Group Inc. will pay $9 million to settle an Ohio antitrust lawsuit accusing it of conspiring to fix commercial casualty insurance prices. Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray had accused AIG and...
