Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Has 4th Lowest Homeowners Rates, 16th Lowest in Auto Insurance
Feb 1 2005 // Ohio insurance consumers continued to benefit from a healthy property and casualty market in 2004 and rates are not expected to change significantly in 2005, the state’s insurance department announced. Homeowners...
Strategic Independent Agents Alliance Names Ohio Master Agency
Jan 31 2005 // Hampton, N.H.-based agency cooperative Strategic Independent Agents Alliance announced that American Heritage Insurance Group LLC of Cincinnati has established the Insurance Connection LLC as an SIAA master agency. Their...
Ohio DOI Pushes Plan Promoting Flexible Health Plans
Jan 27 2005 // The Ohio Department of Insurance has proposed a plan to help small business employees obtain more affordable health benefits. Key components of the plan, designed to provide small employers greater flexibility with health...
Ohio Casualty Affirmed
Jan 24 2005 // S&P revised its outlook on Ohio Casualty Corp. and the members of the Ohio Casualty Ins. Co. Intercompany Pool to positive from stable. S&P also affirmed its “BBB” counterparty credit and financial...
People & Places
Jan 24 2005 // Andy Schor Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services Commissioner Linda A. Watters named Andy Schor as the new public information officer. As PIO, Schor’s responsibilities will be to share the priorities...
Ohio Passes Mine Subsidence Insurance Bill
Jan 17 2005 // Legislation initiated by the Ohio Department of Insurance and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources that enhances insurance benefits for Ohioans living in counties affected by mine collapses passed the Ohio General...
Ohio Casualty Appoints Sullivan to Commercial Lines Division
Jan 11 2005 // The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company announced that Michael (Mike) Sullivan, 41, has been named senior vice president of the Commercial Lines Division, effective immediately. Ohio Casualty Corporation is the holding company...
Ohio Gov. Signs Lawsuit Reform Bills
Jan 6 2005 // Ohio Gov. Bob Taft on Thursday signed into law Senate Bill 80, the comprehensive lawsuit reform bill, and House Bill 498, the workers’ compensation intentional tort bill. Senate Bill 80 creates a system of civil...
Ohio Dept. of Insurance Names Walls Assistant Director for Policy and Legislation
Jan 5 2005 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin has named Brent Walls Assistant Director for Policy and Legislation. Wall joins the department from the Office of Criminal Justice Services where he served in the...
Melting Snow, Ice Increase Claims in Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina
Dec 30 2004 // The Kentucky Insurance Commission estimates damages of from $400,000 to $500,000 in losses due to last week’s winter storms and warmer temperatures this week. An unusual amount of snow and ice, high winds and...
Fitch Affirms Ohio Casualty’s Financial Strength and Debt Ratings; Outlook Stable
Dec 22 2004 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed the “A-” insurer financial strength ratings of Ohio Casualty Group’s intercompany pool members as the parent company’s “BBB-” long-term issuer rating and...
AIA Hails Passage of Ohio Tort Reform Bill
Dec 21 2004 // The American Insurance Association praised the Ohio General Assembly’s passage of a comprehensive tort reform package aimed at improving the state’s legal system. The measure, Senate Bill 80, is expected to be...
Ohio’s Gov. Taft Pushes Hard to Get Comprehensive Tort Reform
Dec 20 2004 // Insurers and business interests appear to have won another victory in Ohio, as Gov. Robert Taft will soon sign a broad tort reform bill that caps jury awards and limits products and obesity liability. This follows on the...
Ohio Employers to Receive One-Time 20% Discount on Workers’ Comp Premiums
Dec 17 2004 // The Ohio Workers’ Compensation Oversight Commission on Thursday voted to grant Ohio’s private and public employers a one-time 20 percent dividend on their upcoming bills. The decision was based on a...
Doc-Owned Med-Mal Carrier Gets Ohio License
Dec 15 2004 // The Healthcare Underwriters Group Mutual of Ohio, a medical liability insurance company owned and governed by Ohio doctors, has received authorization from the Ohio Department of Insurance to begin issuing insurance...
Ohio Chiropractor Gets 1 Year of Probation for Comp Fraud, Pays Back $216,000
Dec 13 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced a Greenville, Ohio, man has pled guilty to a felony charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Dr. Robert Fantasia was sentenced to one year of probation, basic...
Ohio’s SFM Agency Launches Image Campaign
Dec 10 2004 // Southern Ohio’s Smith-Feike-Minton agency has engaged with Justice & Young Public Relations to proactively educate consumers in light of the bid-rigging scandals. The regional education and community relations...
Ohio Strikes Again on Tort Reform
Dec 10 2004 // Insurers and business interests appear to have won another victory in Ohio, as Gov. Robert Taft will soon sign a broad tort reform bill that caps jury awards and limits products and obesity liability. This follows on the...
Ohio Comp Medical Costs Down 6.7%, Says Bureau
Nov 22 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced recently paid medical costs for workers’ compensation claims were 6.7 percent, about $15 million, lower than expected for the first quarter of fiscal...
Ohio Agents Nab Senate Insurance Chairman as Executive Vice President
Nov 19 2004 // Ohio Senate Insurance Committee Chair Scott R. Nein, a Republican, has joined the Ohio Association of Insurance Agents as executive vice president, the group announced recently. The group, affiliated with the national...
