Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
TWCC OKAYS NINE SELF-INSURE COAs:
Sep 6 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission recently approved the reapplication for Certificates of Authority to Self-Insure for a one-year period by nine private employers. Texas law allows certain large, private...
Ohio’s Asbestos Reform Survives 1st Court Test
Sep 6 2004 // A ruling last week by Ohio’s Eighth District Court of Appeals temporarily allows the nation’s first statewide law creating objective medical criteria for asbestos litigation (HB 292) to take effect. The court,...
Ohio Car Thefts Dropped 2%, Says Trade Group
Aug 31 2004 // Ohio’s auto theft picture improved last year as thefts decreased about 2 percent from 2002, according to estimates released by the Ohio Insurance Institute (OII), a property/casualty trade group. Based on auto theft...
Ohio Casualty Corp. Announces Loss Estimates from Hurricane Charley
Aug 24 2004 // Ohio Casualty Corporation announced that it expects net catastrophe losses in the range of $6 to $8 million before-tax from Hurricane Charley. The catastrophe loss impact for Hurricane Charley is expected to add...
Ohio Casualty Names Wright to Board
Aug 20 2004 // Fairfield-based insurer Ohio Casualty Corp. has appointed Michael L. Wright, of Fortville, Ind., as a member of its board of directors, effective Aug. 19, 2004. Wright has served in a number of executive positions,...
Ohio BWC Reports Paid Medical Costs for WC Claims Lower Than Expected
Aug 10 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced this week paid medical costs for workers’ compensation claims were 8.5 percent, or nearly $80 million lower, than expected medical costs for fiscal year...
Ohio Casualty’s Q2 Profit Up 67%
Aug 6 2004 // Fairfield, Ohio-based insurer Ohio Casualty Corp. reported second-quarter net income of $32.7 million, or 52 cents per diluted share, up 67 percent from $11 million, or 18 cents per diluted share, a year ago. The company...
BWC Offering Safety Classes for Ohio Employers
Jul 28 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) will offer several classes designed to teach the basics of health and safety in the workplace. “Safety education is an essential element in the overall success of...
The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net
Jul 22 2004 // Suzanne Sahakian Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and...
Construction Defects Burning a Hole through the Residential Contractors Market
Jul 19 2004 // Whether real or imagined, the threat of construction defects litigation has burned through the residential contractors liability insurance market like a California wildfire. Over the past couple of years, contractors and...
COMMISSION: MED-MAL CRISIS HURTING DOCTOR RECRUITMENT IN OHIO:
Jul 19 2004 // Patients in southeastern and northeastern Ohio are feeling the impact of the medical malpractice crisis according to several doctors who testified before the Ohio Medical Malpractice Commission at the Ohio Department of...
The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net
Jul 19 2004 // Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty insurance...
Ohio BWC Releases List of Non-Compliant Employers
Jul 9 2004 // In an effort to bring attention to employers that are not paying their workers’ compensation premiums, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has released the names of the top 150 Ohio businesses with...
Health-care Veteran Ruse Joins OHIC Board
Jul 8 2004 // Columbus, Ohio-based medical liability insurer OHIC Insurance Co. named former health-care administrator Bill Ruse to its board of directors. Ruse retired as president of the Blanchard Valley Health Association in 2001...
Med-Mal Crisis Hurting Doctor Recruitment in Ohio
Jun 30 2004 // Patients in southeastern and northeastern Ohio are feeling the impact of the medical malpractice crisis according to several doctors who testified before the Ohio Medical Malpractice Commission yesterday at the Ohio...
Ohio DOI Names Saelens Deputy Director
Jun 30 2004 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin has named Holly Saelens deputy director of the department. Saelens, 38, has been the assistant director for policy and legislation since January 2000 and recently...
Ohio Casualty Announces Senior Notes Offering
Jun 28 2004 // Fairfield-based insurer Ohio Casualty Corp. announced that it has priced a $200 million offering of its 7.3 percent senior notes due 2014. It is anticipated that the transaction will close on June 29, 2004. Citigroup...
Ohio Woman Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud
Jun 23 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Summit County woman has pled guilty to workers’ compensation fraud. Tammy Bird is scheduled for sentencing on July 6, 2004, in the Summit County Court...
Ohio Moves to Stem Flow of Asbestos, Silica Dust Litigation
Jun 21 2004 // Spurred by a struggling local manufacturing sector which blamed its hard times partly on bankruptcies due to asbestos litigation, Ohio became the first state in the country to place strict limits on plaintiffs’...
OHIO’S TOP COURT SAYS SUBROGATION LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL:
Jun 21 2004 // The Ohio subrogation law that requires employees to reimburse their employers for their workers’ compensation benefits expenses if they win a work-related, third-party lawsuit was ruled unconstitutional by the...
