Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Insurer Group: Proposed Fire Service Fees Not Always Covered
May 8 2009 // The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) says the City of Toledo, and other cities and municipalities considering an additional revenue stream by charging insurers for fire department service runs to local residences should be...
Ohio Approves Safety-Based Rate Reform Workers’ Comp Programs
May 4 2009 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of Directors approved a comprehensive update to the State Insurance Fund’s investment policy statement (IPS). The new IPS will provide further...
Ohio Man Pleads Guilty on 3 Counts in Insurance Fraud Case
Apr 24 2009 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that Huey Granderson of Millersport, Ohio, has pled guilty on three counts stemming from his involvement in a Fairfield County insurance fraud ring. Granderson...
Ohio Work Comp Bureau Accepting Applications for Deductible Program
Apr 23 2009 // Ohio’s private employers have until May 31 to sign-up for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s (BWC) new deductible program, that agency announced. The program is designed to give employers better...
Jackson to Serve as PIA of Ohio’s Director of Education
Apr 21 2009 // The Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio Inc. (PIA) has selected Douglas L. Jackson, of Hilliard, to serve as director of Education. Jackson, a Certified Parks and Recreation Professional (CPRP), comes to PIA...
Ohio Chiropractor Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Apr 21 2009 // A Cleveland, Ohio, chiropractor who has been under investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s (BWC) special investigations department (SID) has been sentenced after pleading guilty to...
Texas High Court Rules Against Insurer in Fleeing Truck Case
Apr 20 2009 // The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that an insurance company must pay a family’s claim over a child critically injured by a truck that was fleeing from police. The child’s parents, Greg and Maribel Tanner, sued...
People
Apr 20 2009 // Mike Grushon of Thomas & Grushon Agency in Bellbrook, Ohio, has been honored by the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) as its 2009 PIA National Professional Agent of the Year. Grushon was...
Declarations
Apr 20 2009 // Life-Changing Tornado “I had more insurance than I thought I did.” —Bill Lant, owner of Lant’s Country Feed Store in Seneca, Mo., says an EF-4 tornado that swept through Newton County, Mo., on May 10,...
Business Moves
Apr 20 2009 // Munich Re German reinsurer Munich Re has successfully concluded the acquisition of specialty insurer HSB Group from American International Group for $739 million. The deal was originally announced last December. The...
Business Moves
Apr 20 2009 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. on April 3 laid off 480 employees and contractors across the country, a spokesman said. Nationwide has eliminated about 3,000 jobs nationally...
Texting and Driving to Mean Ticketing in Cleveland, Ohio
Apr 15 2009 // Cleveland, Ohio’s city council has voted to outlaw text-messaging while driving in the city. The proposal approved by council members on April 13 now goes to Mayor Frank Jackson and would take effect 90 days after he...
Best Revises Liberty Mutual Group Outlook to Negative; Affirms Ratings
Apr 10 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from stable for the financial strength (FSR) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of Liberty Mutual Group, Inc. (LMGI), Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies and Liberty Insurance...
Ohio Tells Businesses to Stop Selling Insurance Without License
Apr 9 2009 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson has issued a cease and desist order against Thomas J. Sullivan of Turnersville, N.J., and eight companies for allegedly selling insurance products without a...
Ohio Agent Named 2009 PIA National Professional Agent of the Year
Apr 7 2009 // Mike Grushon of Thomas & Grushon Agency in Bellbrook, Ohio, was honored by National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) with the 2009 PIA National Professional Agent of the Year Award. Grushon received...
Ohio Work Comp System Study Released
Apr 7 2009 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) recently announced the release of a year-long comprehensive study of Ohio’s workers’ compensation system. The study, conducted by actuarial insurance experts...
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Cuts 480 Jobs in Latest Layoffs
Apr 6 2009 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., based in Columbus, Ohio, on April 3 laid off 480 employees and contractors across the country, the latest round of job cuts from the insurance giant, a spokesman said. Nationwide has...
Business Moves
Apr 6 2009 // CAA, Bridges Group Inc. Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) has added Bridges Group Inc., based in Kansas, to its roster of agency members. Since 1894, the Bridges Group has served the region...
‘Granny’ Trucker Generous After Insurance Co. Big Rig Win
Apr 1 2009 // A big-hearted trucker known as “Granny” recently won Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group’s 2009 Big Rig Giveaway and decided pay her luck forward to fellow truckers. Dianne Smith of...
Ohio Man Sues Continental Over Mileage-Award Fees
Mar 26 2009 // An Ohio man is suing Continental Airlines Inc. for raising the number of miles needed to earn a free trip and then charging him $75 to book the flight. David Simon’s lawyer asked a federal court to approve...
