Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former Ohio Agent Sentenced to Two Years
Apr 9 2001 // The U.S. Federal Northern District Court has sentenced former insurance agent Richard S. Zureich of Cleveland to two years in prison and ordered him to pay $560,000 in restitution and approximately $250,000 to settle all...
Ohio DOI to Revoke Agent’s License
Apr 3 2001 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington has issued a notice of opportunity for hearing to Harry D. Houser Sr., of Beverly, Ohio, informing Houser of his intent to revoke his license as an insurance agent. The...
Boyer Joins Ohio DOI as Communications Director
Apr 2 2001 // Todd Boyer has joined the Ohio Department of Insurance as Director of Communications. Boyer comes to the department from Attorney General Betty Montgomery’s office, where he most recently served as communications...
Acceleration National Placed into Liquidation by Ohio DOI
Mar 2 2001 // Ohio Director of Insurance Lee Covington today announced that the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granted an order on Feb. 28 placing Acceleration National Insurance Company, an Ohio domiciled property and casualty...
Insurer Chooses Agents Over Web
Feb 23 2001 // Ohio Casualty Corp. of Fairfield, Ohio, is abandoning its web-based Avomark brand direct personal lines auto marketing in favor of an independent agent sales force. Dan R. Carmichael, Ohio Casualty’s new president...
New Westfield Bank Opens For Business
Feb 21 2001 // Westfield Group, one of Northeast Ohio’s largest insurance firms, has opened Westfield Bank, headquartered in Westfield Center, Ohio. The bank offers traditional and e-banking services via its network of independent...
Ohio DOI Unveils Top 10 Fraud Violations of 2000
Feb 15 2001 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington released a list of the Top 10 Insurance Fraud violations for 2000. During 2000, the Department opened 144 fraud cases. At the Insurance Department, the Enforcement...
CREDIT GENERAL TO LIQUIDATE
Feb 12 2001 // The Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in Ohio granted a request for liquidation order filed by the Ohio Department of Insurance with respect to Credit General Insurance Co., which was placed in rehabilitation on Nov....
Ohio DOI Creates New, More Decorative Agent License Certificate
Feb 7 2001 // Ohio Insurance Department Director Lee Covington announced that the department has designed a new license certificate for Ohio insurance agents and other licensees that can be used for display purposes. The new...
Ohio DOI Places Credit General Into Liquidation
Jan 8 2001 // The Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in Ohio has granted an order placing property casualty insurer Credit General Insurance Co. into liquidation. The Ohio Department of Insurance placed the company in rehabilitation...
Former Ohio Agent Indicted
Jan 4 2001 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington announced that the Department’s Enforcement Division recently completed an investigation that led to the indictment of former insurance agent Larry C. Braun,...
Ohio DOI Places Proliance Into Rehabilitation
Jan 3 2001 // An Ohio court has ordered Proliance Insurance Co. be placed into rehabilitation based on a request by the Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington. Proliance is a Columbus, Ohio, domiciled property and casualty...
Claim-Coding Mistakes Found, Confirmed by Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
Dec 14 2000 // As many as 23,000 workers’ comp claims filed in 1999 were miscoded or lacked a code that helps determine the premiums paid by businesses. So found a study released Monday by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’...
Ohio DOI Places Acceleration National Into Rehabilitation
Dec 1 2000 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington filed a complaint Wednesday in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas requesting that Acceleration National Insurance Company, an Ohio domiciled property and casualty...
Ohio Workers’ Comp System Looking Better, WCRI Study Says
Nov 28 2000 // Significant changes in Ohio have enhanced the performance of the state’s workers’ comp system, particularly in speeding the payments of benefits to injured workers, but there are opportunities for further...
Amtrust Financial To Buy Struggling Credit General
Nov 27 2000 // According to Michael Camilleri, president and CEO of Amtrust Insurance Operations, Amtrust Financial Group signed a definitive agreement on Nov. 20 to purchase the insolvent Credit General Insurance Company. Credit...
Ohio Legislature Passes Bill to Regulate Health Care Organizations
Nov 21 2000 // The Ohio House of Representatives approved legislation last week that would provide the Ohio Department of Insurance with an additional tool to regulate the financial solvency of Health Insuring Corporations and Health...
Minnesota Follows Ohio’s Lead and Declares Credit General Insolvent
Nov 20 2000 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Jim Bernstein announced that Credit General Insurance Company of Beachwood, Ohio is insolvent and should be liquidated. The Order of Liquidation, sought by the commissioner and granted by...
Ohio Casualty Appoints Carmichael President, CEO
Nov 20 2000 // Dan R. Carmichael, 55, has been named president and chief executive of Ohio Casualty Corp. effective Dec. 12, 2000. Carmichael replaces William L. Woodall, who remains as chairman of the board. Since 1995, Carmichael has...
Ohio DOI Unveils Redesigned Consumer Website
Nov 17 2000 // Lee Covington, Director of the Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI), announced today that the Department has redesigned its website, www.ins.state.oh.us, to be even more user friendly for Ohio citizens and has expanded the...
