Latest Ohio Headlines
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Ohio’s Kehres Named Division III Liberty Mutual Coach of Year
Jan 26 2009 // Ohio’s Mount Union College head football coach Larry Kehres has been selected as the 2008 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year for Division III. Kehres and Liberty Mutual will present four local charities and the Mount...
People
Jan 25 2009 // The Insurance Marketing and Communications Association named Richard Look president. He is a marketing communications veteran with agency and insurance company experience, and currently serves as vice president of...
Fire Deaths Increased in Ohio in 2008
Jan 21 2009 // The number of fire deaths across the state increased by 42 percent last year over 2007, according to the Ohio fire marshal’s office. Officials have no clear explanation for the increase to 183 fire deaths in 2008...
Fox Elected President of Professional Insurance Agents of Ohio
Jan 20 2009 // The Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio, Inc. (PIA) elected Douglas J. Fox, of Perrysburg, president of its board of directors. Fox’s term commenced Jan. 1. Fox is an independent insurance agent, with...
Private, Independent and Free
Jan 11 2009 // Ohio-based The Hylant Group Has 12 Locations But Only One Philosophy — Give Customers and Staff What They Need to Succeed Top 100 Agency Profile RANKING: No. 7 Agency Name: The Hylant Group Headquarters: Toledo,...
Hylant Group Names Belden to Lead Cincinnati Office
Jan 7 2009 // Hylant Group, one of the nation’s largest privately held commercial insurance brokerage firms, recently named Todd Belden as president in its Cincinnati, Ohio office. In his new role, Belden will be responsible for...
2008: Top Stories of the Year
Jan 5 2009 // 2008 can be described as a year like no other in the property/casualty insurance world. This year we saw the near death of the world’s largest and most successful insurance company, AIG. The soft market continued to...
Safety Group’s Ads Aim to Reduce Crashes with Trains in Ohio
Dec 31 2008 // A rail safety group plans a campaign to reduce Ohio’s relatively high numbers of pedestrians and vehicles struck by trains. Operation Lifesaver says Ohio ranks 7th with 113 crashes involving trains that left eight...
2008: A Year of Financial Storms
Dec 21 2008 // 2008 can be described as a year like no other in the property/casualty insurance world. This year, the industry witnessed the near death of the world’s largest and most successful insurance company, AIG. The soft...
Ohio Senate Votes to Keep Workers’ Compensation Rating System
Dec 19 2008 // The Ohio Senate has signed off on preserving a workers’ compensation rate system that many businesses say is unfair and detrimental to the economy. The Senate voted 31-1 on Dec. 15 to preserve the current group...
Ohio Lawmakers Expected to Push Through Asbestos Legislation
Dec 16 2008 // Republican lawmakers in Ohio say they hope a bill requiring more transparency in certain asbestos exposure claims is expected to be approved this week If that happens, the bill would then go to Democratic Gov. Ted...
Ohio Says Homeowners-Turned-Renters Need Coverage
Dec 16 2008 // The economy is turning more homeowners into renters, and the Ohio Department of Insurance wants them to remember to protect their possessions. Insurance director Mary Jo Hudson says not buying renter’s insurance may...
Ohio Federal Judge Says Speeder Cams Constitutional
Dec 11 2008 // A federal judge in Akron has rejected a local attorney’s claim that automatic traffic cameras violate the Constitution. Lawyer Warner Mendenhall filed suit after his wife got a speeding ticket in November 2005 from a...
Ohio Casualty Teams Up with National Alliance for Risk Managers Program
Dec 9 2008 // Fairfield, Ohio-based Ohio Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, is teaming with The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research to offer its Certified School Risk Managers (CSRM)...
Ohio Lawmakers Continue Workers’ Comp Rating System Dispute
Dec 5 2008 // GOP lawmakers say want to preserve a system used by the state to set job-injury insurance rates. A Cuyahoga County judge earlier this month ordered the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to create by July a new and...
Ohio Director Warns Consumers About Auto Insurance Phone Scam
Dec 2 2008 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently issued a warning about a telephone scam targeting auto insurance customers. Department Director Mary Jo Hudson said on Dec. 1 that victims are receiving calls saying their...
Ohio: $1.2 Billion in Insurance Claims for 3rd Quarter of 2008
Dec 1 2008 // The Columbus Dispatch reports that Ohio had $1.2 billion in insurance claims for the third quarter of the year, trailing only hurricane-hit Texas and Louisiana. That’s up from $62 million in claims during the same...
Texas Supreme Court Considers Auto Policy Exclusions Case
Dec 1 2008 // The Texas Supreme Court must decide if an Ohio insurance company should pay in the case of a boy injured by a driver who was speeding away from police. Richard Gibbons was evading San Marcos, Texas, police in 1999 when his...
Ohio City’s Cameras Catch Legal Red-Light Turners
Nov 21 2008 // A southern Ohio mayor has asked his police department to dismiss many of the traffic citations written with the help of new red-light cameras. Chillicothe City Councilman Dustin Proehl says Mayor Joe Sulzer took that that...
Safeco, Ohio Casualty Name New Mid-Atlantic Regional Operation Heads
Nov 21 2008 // Safeco Insurance and Ohio Casualty, both Liberty Mutual Agency Markets companies, recently announced key management appointments to lead their respective personal and commercial lines operations in their Mid-Atlantic...
