Latest Ohio Headlines
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Ann Womer Benjamin Named as Ohio Insurance Director
Dec 18 2002 // Ohio Governor Bob Taft announced the appointment of Ann Womer Benjamin as director of the Ohio Department of Insurance, effective January 6. “Ann brings extraordinary ability and integrity to this vital position as...
Century Insurance Appoints Nicholas Alexander as General Counsel
Dec 17 2002 // Ohio-based Century Insurance Group announced that Nicholas Alexander, the former deputy director of the Ohio Department of Insurance, has been named as general counsel. Roswell P. Ellis, President, Chairman and CEO stated...
Ohio Ins. Dept. Introduces P/C Product Requirements Locator
Dec 13 2002 // Holly Saelens, Interim Director of Ohio’s Department of Insurance (ODI), announced the launch of a new “Property & Casualty Product Requirements Locator,” that will provide “a national...
GAHC Makes Headway with Beacon Proposal; Universal Deal Falters
Dec 12 2002 // Miami-based Golden Apple Holding Company (GAHC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Navigator Ventures Inc., signed a letter of intent with Ohio Farmer’s Insurance Company (OFIC). This will commence due diligence leading...
Holly Saelens Appointed Interim Director of Ohio Insurance Department
Dec 4 2002 // Ohio Governor Bob Taft announced the appointment of Holly Saelens as interim director of the Ohio Department of Insurance, following the resignation of former director Lee Covington, which was effective November...
Lee Covington Steps Down as Ohio Insurance Commissioner
Nov 26 2002 // Lee Covington has formally announced his intention to resign his position as Director of the Ohio Department of Insurance before December 10 “to pursue career options in the private sector.” “This was a...
Nationwide Estimates Storm Claims May Top $17.5 Million
Nov 14 2002 // Ohio-based Nationwide Insurance, the country’s fourth largest homeowners’ insurer, announced that it estimates that insured policyholder losses from last weekend’s tornadoes and hail storms could be more...
Tornado Losses in Tenn., Ohio and Other Eastern States Expected to Be $290M
Nov 14 2002 // The tornadoes that swept across the eastern United States this past weekend could cost insurers $290 million – making it one of the top five costliest tornado events, according to the Insurance Information Institute...
Ohio Insurance Department Provides Claim Tips for Storm Victims
Nov 13 2002 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington has issued a series of “tips” to help property owners filing claims resulting from the devastating tornadoes that struck the state over the...
5 Die in Ohio as Tornadoes Ravage U.S. Heartland
Nov 12 2002 // Five persons were reportedly killed by the tornadoes that struck Ohio on Sunday night and Monday morning. The storms were part of a system that caused waves of death and destruction throughout the U.S. heartland from...
Fitch Affirms Ohio Casualty ‘BBB’ Sr. Debt Ratings
Nov 6 2002 // Fitch Ratings announced that it has affirmed the ‘BBB-‘ senior debt rating and ‘BBB-‘ long-term issuer rating of Ohio Casualty Corporation with a “stable” outlook. “The rating...
Earthquakes in Ohio’ Nationwide Says It’s Possible
Nov 5 2002 // Ohio’s Nationwide Insurance has issued a bulletin with the headline “Quake Rumblings Could Surprise Midwesterners,” which, as the company points out, is indeed surprising. Midwesterners may fear...
Ohio Ins. Dept. Upgrades Website for Disabled Accessibility
Oct 31 2002 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington announced that the Department’s website has been upgraded to meet international standards for accessibility by the disabled. “Every Ohioan needs to be able to...
Ohio Casualty Reports $69.9 Million Q3 Loss
Oct 31 2002 // Ohio Casualty Corporation announced a net loss of $69.9 million, or $1.14 per share, for the third quarter ended September 30, 2002, compared to net income of $44.2 million, or $.73 per share, in the same period last...
Ohio Ins. Director Files 10th Brief in Auto Parts Dispute
Oct 30 2002 // Ohio Insurance Director Lee Covington has become the point man for insurance commissioners nationwide, who are worried about court decisions, usually involving class actions, that they feel trespass on their regulatory...
Ohio Insurance Director Names Robert Smith Chief of Fraud and Enforcement
Oct 21 2002 // Ohio Insurance Director Lee Covington announced the appointment of Robert F. Smith to coordinate the Department’s investigation of insurance-related, white-collar crime as the Department’s Chief of Fraud and...
Ohio Man Sentenced to Jail for WTC Fraud
Oct 1 2002 // A Court in Butler County, Ohio sentenced Ajay Chawla to serve one year in jail and pay a $1,500 fine following his conviction last August on charges of filing an insurance claim with CNA, stating that his father was...
Isidore Dumps Heavy Rain on Region
Sep 27 2002 // It may have been downgraded to a “Tropical Depression” by the National Hurricane Center, but Isidore has nonetheless brought heavy rains and created flood conditions to much of the Eastern U.S. After its first...
Aflac’s Duck Loses Ohio Court Case
Sep 25 2002 // Aflac is very protective of its popular spokesduck; so when Ohio gubernatorial candidate Tim Hagan started using a similar image of the feathered friend on his Web site to attack incumbent governor Bob Taft, the insurance...
Ohio Insurance Commissioner Opposes Class Action Lawsuit Against Progressive
Sep 18 2002 // Ohio Insurance Director Lee Covington has filed a “friend of the court” brief supporting the decision of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas that refused to certify a class action lawsuit against Mayfield...
