Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Receives Nearly $2M from Jailed Doctor
Mar 24 2011 // Ohio workers’ compensation system regulators have received nearly $2 million from an Akron area anesthesiologist who was convicted in 2006 on 56 criminal counts of health care and insurance fraud. Dr. Jorge Martinez...
Ohio Governor Signs Surplus Lines Insurance Legislation
Mar 23 2011 // Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich has signed legislation continuing Ohio’s involvement in the surplus lines insurance market, the governor’s office announced. House Bill 122 permits the director of the Ohio Department...
Ohio Man Receiving Workers’ Comp Sentenced for Operating Arizona Business
Mar 21 2011 // An Ohio man has been sentenced after an investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Special Investigations Department (SID) determined he owned and operated a business, Classic Home Restoration,...
Ohio Doctor’s Office Raided in Crackdown on Drug Abuse in Comp System
Mar 18 2011 // As part of an investigation into prescription drug abuse in the state, Ohio law enforcement officials and workers’ compensation bureau investigators have conducted a raid on the offices of a doctor in the...
Former Ohio Insurance Agent Sentenced for Role in Fraud Scheme
Mar 18 2011 // A former Hicksville, Ohio, insurance agent has been sentenced to three years’ probation for his role in an auto insurance fraud scheme, state insurance regulators announced. Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of...
Florida Senate Moves to Curb Liability Suits Against Car Makers
Mar 17 2011 // The Florida Senate has approved a bill that would change the apportionment of damages in product liability cases so that a judge or jury must consider the fault of all parties. The bill is designed to shield or limit the...
Ohio Reveals Top Insurance Fraud, Enforcements for 2010
Mar 11 2011 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor has announced the agency’s top insurance fraud and enforcement cases of 2010.The DOI opened more than 160 consumer insurance fraud cases last...
Ohio’s Norman-Spencer Agency Appoints New President, Other Executives
Mar 10 2011 // Norman-Spencer Agency of Dayton, Ohio, has named Brian Norman as president. The company also announced other appointments to its management team: Porus Austin is now chief operating officer; Pat Malone, in addition to his...
Nationwide Insurance Lowering Ohio Car Insurance Rates 10% for New Customers
Mar 10 2011 // Nationwide Insurance Company announced it is lowering car insurance rates in Ohio 10 percent for new customers. The company is also offering savings on auto insurance rates for current customers who meet eligibility...
People
Mar 7 2011 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America named Jeffrey Junkas regional manager, state government relations. Junkas brings to PCI 15 years of public affairs experience, including six in the property/casualty...
Business Moves
Mar 7 2011 // Hylant Group, Creative Benefits Systems Ohio-based Hylant Group, one of the largest privately owned insurance brokerage firms in the nation, recently acquired a substantial portion of Creative Benefits Systems (CBS), an...
Ohio Casualty Targets Small Commercial Growth
Mar 3 2011 // Ohio Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. regional company, announced the expansion of its small commercial appetite with the addition of more than 60 business classes to its Commercial Protector BOP product. The...
Froment Named Chief Administrative Officer at Ohio Insurance Department
Mar 2 2011 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor named Jillian Froment the department’s chief administrative officer. Froment is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the...
Ohio Business Owner Convicted for Failure to Keep Work Comp Coverage
Feb 28 2011 // A Harrison, Ohio, woman has been convicted of fraud in a Hamilton County courtroom for failure to maintain workers’ compensation insurance coverage to protect her employees in the event of a workplace injury or...
Ohio Insurance Department Financial Regulation Director to Retire
Feb 23 2011 // The Ohio Department of Insurance announced the retirement of Bill Rossbach, an integral part of the department’s Financial Regulation operation for the past 35 years. Rossbach most recently served as chief regulatory...
Business Moves
Feb 21 2011 // Buckeye Insurance Group, Marias Technology Buckeye Insurance Group, of Piqua, Ohio, formed Marias Technology, an information technology company. Marias Technology provides a range of IT services in areas such as system and...
Missouri AG Files Class Action Against BP on Behalf of Pension Funds
Feb 16 2011 // Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, acting as counsel for lead plaintiffs for a class of pension plans and investors around the country, has filed in U.S. District Court in Houston a consolidated class-action against...
People
Feb 10 2011 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group’s Property and Inland Marine Division has promoted two insurance executives: Grace Thomas and Cecil Wilson. Thomas was promoted to divisional senior vice...
It Figures
Feb 10 2011 // $2 Million The Minnesota Department of Commerce expects to receive more than $2 million in its share of a $146 million settlement with American International Group over misreporting of workers’ compensation insurance...
Business Moves
Feb 10 2011 // A.J. Gallagher; Herbruck, Alder; Behnke & Co.; Premier Risk Services Illinois-based global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported the acquisitions of Herbruck, Alder & Co., an employee benefit...
