Latest Ohio Headlines
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Insurance Veterans Open McManus Agency in Medina, Ohio
May 21 2010 // Longtime insurance industry professionals Ryan and Roger McManus recently announced the opening of the McManus Agency in Medina, Ohio. President Ryan McManus and Director of Operations Roger McManus, are both experienced...
Ohio Regulators Revoke License of New York’s Centennial Insurance
May 19 2010 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that the department has revoked the license of Centennial Insurance Company of New York, N.Y., for alleged violations of Ohio insurance law. Centennial...
Car Thefts Down in Most Ohio Cities
May 19 2010 // An insurance industry group reports car thefts were down last year in 15 of Ohio’s 16 largest metro areas. The only exception was the Marietta area in southeast Ohio. The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) says a report...
Former Ohio Insurance Agent Receives 7-Year Prison Sentence
May 18 2010 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that former Ohio insurance agent Damon Bryan of Medina has been sentenced to seven years in prison by Judge Christopher Collier of the Medina County Common...
Ohio Insurance Agent Education Council to Discuss Code Revisions
May 13 2010 // The Ohio Insurance Agent Education Advisory Council will hold a meeting on May 19, 2010, at 10 a.m. The agenda includes a discussion on revisions to Ohio Administrative Code. The Insurance Agent Education Advisory Council...
Nationwide Insurance to Hire 1,400, Including 600 in Ohio
May 7 2010 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. announced it will fill 1,400 job openings, including about 600 in its home state of Ohio. The Columbus-based insurance and financial services company is recruiting for entry-level customer...
Community Colleges Join Ohio School Risk Management, Insurance Plan
May 6 2010 // The Ohio School Plan (OSP), a group that provides insurance and risk management solutions to Ohio public school entities and boards of developmental disabilities, approved the decision to include community colleges into...
Ohio Department of Insurance Employee Wins National Award
May 3 2010 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson that Lynette Baker, a division chief of the Department’s Market Conduct Division, has received the Paul L. DeAngelo Memorial Teaching Award. This award, given by...
People
May 3 2010 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance Co. (AESLIC) has named Frederick J. Woebse president and chief operating officer. He succeeds Robert Nelson, who was named chairman and chief executive...
It Figures
May 3 2010 // $28.2 Million The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) has reported that the amount of insured losses from a series of storms in February will be at least $28.2 million, with 12,173 claims filed so far across the state. Losses...
Ohio’s State Auto Insurance Reaches ‘Million Billion’ Milestone
Apr 26 2010 // The State Auto Insurance Group, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has reached a significant milestone in its sales of personal lines insurance: one million policies and one billion dollars in premium. “Success in our...
One Down, More to Go for AIG and Cordray
Apr 19 2010 // Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray won a round in early April in his lawsuit alleging insurance companies and brokers conspired to fix commercial casualty insurance prices during a period extending from 2001 to...
People
Apr 19 2010 // Central Insurance Companies of Van Wert, Ohio, announced the retirements of Michael E. Thompson and George J. Gress. Additionally, Central promoted Jana L. Ringwald to vice president of Commercial Underwriting for its...
Report: February Storms in Ohio Caused More than $28M in Losses
Apr 14 2010 // The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) has reported that amount of insured losses from the series of February winter storms will be at least $28.2 million, with 12,173 claims filed to-date across the state. Because some...
Ohio’s Central Insurance Promotes Ringwald and Jackson
Apr 7 2010 // Central Insurance Companies of Van Wert, Ohio, has promoted Jana L. Ringwald to vice president of Commercial Underwriting for its Central Mutual and All America subsidiaries, and Patrick J. Jackson to vice president and...
AIG to Pay $9M in Ohio Antitrust Case
Apr 7 2010 // American International Group Inc. will pay $9 million to settle an Ohio antitrust lawsuit accusing it of conspiring to fix commercial casualty insurance prices. Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray had accused AIG and...
Thompson, Gress to Retire from Ohio-based Central Insurance
Apr 6 2010 // Central Insurance Companies, headquartered in Ohio, has announced the retirements of Michael E. Thompson and George J.Gress effective April 9, 2010. Thompson, senior vice president of Commercial Underwriting, will retire...
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds 2005 Law Limiting Injured Worker Suits
Apr 5 2010 // In two separate decisions, the Supreme Court of Ohio upheld as constitutional a 2005 state law that limits the ability of workers who are injured on the job to sue their employers for a “workplace intentional...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Sees 13% Drop in Collections
Mar 31 2010 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) reports there was a 13 percent decrease in collections by the organization from Jan. 1 through Mar. 16, which was attributed primarily to the average 12-percent rate...
Morse to Serve as PIA of Ohio Director of Membership Services/Sales
Mar 26 2010 // Terry S. Morse, of Westerville, Ohio, was recently hired by the Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio Inc. (PIA) to serve as director of Membership Services/Sales. Morse oversees membership recruitment and...
