Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Businesses Oppose Proposed Ohio Fraud Legislation
Jan 30 2012 // Some Ohio businesses are opposing a bill backed by the attorney general that would create tougher penalties on fraud and give whistle-blowers a slice of the damages or repayments. The proposed legislation, known as the...
AssuredPartners Acquires Ohio’s Dawson Companies
Jan 24 2012 // AssuredPartners, a portfolio company of the Chicago, Ill-based equity firm GTCR, has acquired the Dawson Companies. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, and with offices in Florida and Virginia, Dawson markets property/casualty,...
Best Withdraws Harleysville-Atlantic and Harleysville Ohio Ratings
Jan 23 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has withdrawn the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Harleysville-Atlantic Insurance Company, which is based in Atlanta, and...
Columbus Insurance Market Opens Additional Location
Jan 20 2012 // The Columbus Insurance Market has opened a new agency location in Columbus, Ohio. This new location will serve the Columbus metropolitan area along with all adjacent suburbs, the agency said. The Columbus Insurance Market...
Ohio Property Insurance Rates Expected to Rise After Storms
Jan 20 2012 // Ohio’s relatively low rates for property insurance are expected to rise in 2012 due to the damaging storms of recent years. An insurance agent in Middletown in southwest Ohio says Mother Nature has had her way with...
Carlson Appointed Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Chief Actuarial Officer
Jan 19 2012 // Christopher Carlson has been appointed as chief actuarial officer of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Carlson will be responsible for directing the activities of BWC’s actuarial division, setting...
Company Cautions Against Linking Well, Ohio Quakes
Jan 13 2012 // Boos, applause and the occasional outburst marked a gathering of about 500 Ohio residents seeking explanations for a series of earthquakes that has hit their area since deep injection drilling came to town. At a news...
Business Moves
Jan 9 2012 // Old National, Gettings Reed Financial Indiana-based Old National Insurance (ONI) has finalized a deal to acquire the employee benefits book of business from Gettings Reed Financial, headquartered in Lafayette, Ind. Don...
Ohio’s Consolidated Insurance Now Brower Insurance Agency
Jan 6 2012 // Finalizing its merger three years ago with the Brower Insurance Agency LLC, Consolidated Insurance of Springfield, Ohio, now operates under the Brower name. The two agencies merged in December 2008. The name change...
Injection Wells Shut Down After 4.0 Earthquake in Ohio
Jan 3 2012 // Officials said they believe the latest earthquake activity in northeast Ohio is related to the injection of wastewater into the ground near a fault line, creating enough pressure to cause seismic activity. The brine...
Dorsey Named Chief Administrative Officer at Ohio Insurance Department
Dec 29 2011 // Tynesia Dorsey has been named chief administrative officer at the Ohio Insurance Department. Dorsey’s duties include overseeing the operations of the fiscal, human resources, information and technology, consumer...
Keystone Insurers Group Adds New Ohio Agency: Evarts Tremaine Flicker
Dec 20 2011 // Cleveland, Ohio-based agency, The Evarts Tremaine Flicker Co., has joined Pennsylvania-based Keystone Insurers Group. The agency is the 29th partner in Ohio. The announcement was made jointly t by Evarts Tremaine Flicker...
Feds See Rise in Ohio Crash Deaths
Dec 15 2011 // Federal safety regulators say Ohio had one of the biggest increases in crash deaths last year and was one of 16 states that saw more fatalities related to drunk driving. A new report from the National Highway Traffic...
Ohio Court: Lack of Informed Consent Requires Expert Testimony
Dec 13 2011 // A medical malpractice claim alleging lack of informed consent requires expert medical testimony to establish harm, Ohio’s high court has ruled. In a case arising from a medical malpractice suit filed by Robert and...
Health Claim Denials Top Ohio Insurance Complaints
Dec 6 2011 // A newspaper’s analysis shows the most common complaints received by the Ohio Department of Insurance come from people who had health claims denied. The Columbus Dispatch reports the department got more than 3,100...
Insurance Company Liquidation Paying $4.1 Million to Ohio Consumers
Dec 6 2011 // Ohio Lt. Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced the successful completion of The Physicians’ Assurance Corp. (TPAC) liquidation proceeding. TPAC was ordered into liquidation on Aug. 18,...
Well-Meaning Decisions Yield Unintended Consequences
Dec 5 2011 // It would be difficult to find an industry more competitive than the insurance business. Our long-term results prove that to be true. Far more often than not, the industry loses money on what is supposed to be our core...
Ohio Rolls Out Plan Aimed at Increasing Return to Work Rates
Dec 5 2011 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) introduced a new rating plan that encourages employers to maintain safe workplaces and to work with injured workers to speed their return to work. “Destination:...
Business Moves
Dec 5 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Trissel Graham & Toole Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Trissel Graham & Toole Inc., headquartered in Davenport, Iowa. With roots dating back to 1896,...
Ohio Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 2 2011 // A Sharonville, Ohio, man has been sentenced in court for working as a cable installer while receiving workers’ compensation benefits. Gary Metz must repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) $7,165...
