Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Markets
Jun 16 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Custom Home Builders Market Detail: Lemac...
Officials Say Ohio Grown Tomatoes Not Part of Safety Alert
Jun 12 2008 // Government food inspectors say Ohio-grown tomatoes are still safe to eat. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says Ohio tomatoes are not part of a salmonella outbreak linked to three types of raw...
Storms, Hail and High Winds Batter Kansas, Indiana, Ohio
Jun 5 2008 // Authorities say lightning from a line of strong thunderstorms crashing through the Midwest ignited a large fire at a petroleum terminal in downtown Kansas City, Kan. City fire Capt. Stan Castaneda says lightning struck a...
Meteorologists Confirm Tornado Touched Down in Northwest Ohio
Jun 4 2008 // Two of the three tornadoes that traveled through northwest Ohio early on May 31 destroyed homes and left a path of debris, meteorologists said. The National Weather Service said one tornado with winds up to 130 mph touched...
Ohio Tanker Crash Victim’s Wife Seeks $12 Million in Damages
Jun 3 2008 // An Ohio woman whose husband was killed in a crash with a tanker truck in 2006 is seeking $12 million in damages. Cynthia Heider of Cridersville has sued the Ohio Department of Transportation in the Ohio Court of Claims in...
Ohio Woman Gets $20M Over Baby Stuck in Birth Canal
Jun 2 2008 // An Ohio jury has awarded more than $20 million to a woman whose baby was stuck in her birth canal for 13 hours. On May 19, a jury found doctors negligent for trying to push Heather Grow’s 9-pound baby through in...
New Markets
Jun 2 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Energy Risks Market Detail: MarketScout has...
Ohio Agents Sponsor 2008 Insurance Career Internship Program
May 30 2008 // The Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio, Inc. (PIA) Internship Program, recently announced that its 2008 program for insurance industry interns was operational. On May 28 the PIA welcomed 12 interns hosting a...
Ohio Governor Names Law Professor as Temporary Attorney General
May 29 2008 // Democratic Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland on May 28 (Wednesday) tapped the dean of the Ohio State University law school to serve temporarily as attorney general after a sexual harassment scandal forced out the previous attorney...
Ohio Woman Gets $20 Million over Baby Stuck in Birth Canal
May 22 2008 // An Ohio jury has awarded more than $20 million to a woman whose baby was stuck in her birth canal for 13 hours. On Monday, May 19th, a jury found doctors negligent for trying to push Heather Grow’s 9-pound baby...
$3M Ohio Mold Decision Kindles Coverage Questions
May 19 2008 // Insurance professionals took note recently when a Franklin County, Ohio judge awarded $3 million plus legal costs to a family whose central-Ohio home became overrun with toxic mold, presumably caused by the...
Ohio Employers Ask for Another Review of Workers’ Comp Rates
May 19 2008 // A group of Ohio employers who say their businesses are being crushed by injured-worker insurance rates that the state modified last year has asked the state’s watchdog to take another look at the program. The newly...
Ohio Employers Ask for Another Review of Workers’ Comp Rates
May 12 2008 // A group of Ohio employers who say their businesses are being crushed by injured-worker insurance rates that the state modified last year has asked the state’s watchdog to take another look at the program. The newly...
Buchanan to Manage New Ohio Casualty Office in Virginia
May 7 2008 // Ohio Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, has opened a new branch office in suburban Richmond to provide commercial lines and inland marine underwriting services for agents in central and southern...
Ohio Agency Reviews Court Decision Affecting Thousands of Workers
May 6 2008 // The state insurance fund for injured workers is trying to figure out the impact of a court ruling that in theory could allow hundreds of thousands of previously settled injured workers claims to be reopened. Late last...
Safeco a ‘Good Fit,’ Says Liberty Mutual Agency Market’s Gregg
May 5 2008 // Safeco and Liberty Mutual Agency Markets companies are a “great fit” geographically and by line of insurance, according to Gary Gregg, president of Liberty Mutual Agency Markets. He said Safeco’s strength...
Declarations
May 5 2008 // Bad Faith Blues “It is good for consumers … it will help them get what they paid for, which is our goal. But it also recognizes the industry’s needs. It gives them some ability to have some understanding...
Westfield Joins Mid-Ohio School to Launch Teen Driving Safety Program
Apr 24 2008 // In response to the national epidemic of driving accidents and fatalities impacting teenagers, The Mid-Ohio School has announced a multi-year partnership with Westfield Insurance to create a unique safety initiative for...
Liberty Mutual to Acquire Safeco Insurance in $6.2B Deal
Apr 23 2008 // Liberty Mutual Group has agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Safeco Corp. for $68.25 per share in cash in a deal that will make Liberty Mutual the fifth largest U.S. property/casualty insurer and...
Ohio Town Endures Four-week Flood
Apr 22 2008 // For the past month, Bob Norman has slept on his couch, waking every 90 minutes to make sure the pump in his basement is keeping floodwater from ruining his furnace. He’s not the only one losing sleep. Dozens of...
