In an updated estimate of the impact of second quarter 2011 catastrophe storm activity, State Auto Financial Corp. said second quarter 2011 results will include between $155 million and $165 million in pre-tax catastrophe losses related to second quarter storm …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has reduced its rates for marine industry employers by 20 percent, effective July 1, the BWC said. The change lowers the rates for employers conducting business on Ohio waterways that subscribe to the …
The only earthen levee along the troublesome Blanchard River in the northwest Ohio city of Findlay is no longer recognized as viable for flood control. The Courier newspaper reports the Federal Emergency Management Agency has decertified the levee. Findlay flood …
In the first ruling by a federal appeals court on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, a panel in Cincinnati affirmed that Congress can require Americans to have minimum insurance coverage. A conservative law center had challenged the measure, arguing …
Ohio is reporting the nation’s largest decline in new applications for unemployment benefits, while the government says the number of claims nationwide is mostly unchanged. That’s seen as evidence that the struggling economy isn’t generating many jobs. The U.S. Department …
American Hardware Mutual Insurance Co. has been renamed Motorists Commercial Mutual Insurance Co. after receiving approval from policyholders, the Ohio secretary of state and the Ohio Department of Insurance. Changing the name is another step in the restructuring of American …
Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that former insurance agent Alexis Prokup, of Perrysburg, Ohio, has been sentenced after pleading guilty to theft. Department of Insurance investigators found that Prokup submitted more than 20 fictitious …
A pair of Illinois brothers who traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to practice psychiatry were sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud after an investigation showed they were conducting inadequate examinations of injured workers and submitting false bills to the Ohio Bureau of …
Frank Fogle, a Barnesville, Ohio, (Belmont County) truck driver, has been sentenced for fraud after he concealed his employment in order to continue receiving workers’ compensation benefits. Fogle was found guilty in a Franklin County courtroom of a fifth degree …
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Stephen Buehrer announced that seven individuals were convicted or pleaded guilty to charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation system during the month of May. The court actions are the result of investigations …
