Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio-Based The Midland Company Reports First Quarter Results
Apr 20 2006 // Cincinnati-based The Midland Company, a provider of specialty insurance products and services, announced record results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2006, according to a written statement issued this week. The...
New Markets
Apr 17 2006 // Excess Auto Liability Nuts & Bolts: Freberg Environmental, Inc. has announced an excess automobile liability program. The program is designed to provide excess limits over FEI’s hazardous material and hazardous...
Sources: Coalition Against Insurance Fraud; Ohio Department of Insurance
Apr 17 2006 // Fraud Roundup Ohio pair indicted for alleged fraud, money laundering tallying $200,000 The Coalition Against Consumer Fraud and the Ohio Department of Insurance reported that two former dental office employees, Alberta Fay...
New Markets
Apr 17 2006 // New Markets Excess Auto Liability Nuts & Bolts: Freberg Environmental Inc. has announced an excess automobile liability program. The program is designed to provide excess limits more than FEI’s hazardous...
Ohio Seniors Reminded of Medicare Enrollment Deadline
Apr 12 2006 // Tommy Thompson was in Columbus, Ohio to speak about the new Medicare prescription drug coverage and highlight its successes. The former Health and Human Services secretary spoke to seniors at the Westminster-Thurber...
Allstate Ads Dropped from Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicle Mailings
Apr 6 2006 // A complaint to the governor by the Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio got results when an insurance company’s advertisements were dropped from vehicle registration renewal notices sent to Ohio...
Hylant Group Appoints Jim Chapman as Client Executive, Vice President
Apr 5 2006 // Ohio-based Hylant Group has added Jim Chapman as a client executive/vice president and Commercial and Contract Surety practice leader. According the news release issued by Hylant, Chapman brings more than 30 years...
American Motorcycle Assn. and Nationwide Form Partnership
Apr 5 2006 // The American Motorcyclist Association and Columbus-Ohio-based Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company have announced a new partnership. The new affiliation makes Nationwide the AMA’s “Motorcycle Insurer of...
Doctor Owned Malpractice Company Opens New Ohio Office
Mar 31 2006 // Healthcare Underwriters Group Mutual of Ohio (HUOH) reported it has completed its move to a new location in Columbus that will allow it to better serve the growing number of doctors electing to join a medical malpractice...
Summit Insurance Sells Health Business to Medical Mutual of Ohio
Mar 30 2006 // Summit Insurance Company has signed a definitive agreement to sell its health insurance business to Medical Mutual of Ohio, it announced this week. The agreement, to take effect May 1, 2006, means the transfer of...
Ohio Pair Indicted for Alleged Fraud, Money Laundering Tallying $200,000
Mar 28 2006 // The Coalition Against Consumer Fraud and the Ohio Department of Insurance have reported that two former dental office employees, Alberta Fay Clark and Tammie Creamer, have been indicted for alleged insurance fraud, theft...
Ohio Funeral Director Charged with Stealing from Clients Who Paid Ahead
Mar 21 2006 // A former Ohio funeral home director has been charged with 43 counts accusing him of stealing up to $200,000 from clients who paid ahead for their funerals, Logan County officials said. Mark Van Horn, 55, of Bellefontaine,...
Fraud Roundup
Mar 20 2006 // Mo. AG sues man posing as lawyer; victim sought insurance claim Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon has filed suit against a Springfield man who allegedly took advantage of a local woman by claiming to be an attorney for...
Ohio Man Accused of Fraud Denied Request for Judges to be Dismissed
Mar 9 2006 // Ohio’s top judge rejected a request by the coin dealer charged in a state investment scandal who requested that all Lucas County judges be disqualified from hearing his case. In a four-page order, Chief Justice...
Grange Expands Identity Theft Coverage to Ohio Auto Policyholders
Mar 3 2006 // Grange Insurance will offer its Identity Theft victim resolution and education program coverage to auto policyholders in Ohio. The program is being offered in partnership with Identity Theft 911, a national fraud solutions...
Ohio Insurance Department Unveils Top 10 Insurance Cases for 2005
Feb 28 2006 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin reported the Department’s “Top 10” insurance fraud cases for 2005, which involved a total of more than $5.5 million. The Department reorganized its...
Ohio Owed $13.5 M in Scandal Connected to Injured Workers’ Fund
Feb 23 2006 // The state is owed $13.5 million that allegedly was spent illegally as part of Ohio’s ill-fated investment in rare coins that shook up the state’s Republican leadership, the state auditor said in a report...
Ohio Governor’s Race Heats Up as Primary Candidates Toss Allegations
Feb 22 2006 // The race for Ohio governor is heating up as Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell raises questions about his primary opponent Attorney General Jim Petro in a new ad campaign that raised the ire of the state party...
When the nonprofit insurer is itself a nonprofit
Feb 20 2006 // Over the years, many a vexed property casualty insurance company executive has joked about his firm being a nonprofit, blaming pricing regulation, market cycles, high loss ratios, low investment income or some combination...
When the nonprofit insurer is itself a nonprofit
Feb 20 2006 // Over the years, many a vexed property/casualty insurance company chief executive has joked about his firm being a nonprofit, blaming pricing regulation, market cycles, high loss ratios, low investment income or some...
