Incoming Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak has appointed 10 members of his staff to lead the Oklahoma Insurance Department. Joining the team are: Mike Rhoads as deputy commissioner of Health Insurance; Denise Engle as deputy commissioner of Workers’ Compensation; Former …
Central Insurance Companies, headquartered in Van Wert, Ohio, appointed Christopher E. Wasson as general counsel for both Central Mutual and All America Companies. Wasson will be responsible for all legal matters presented to the corporation. This appointment represents the fourth …
With more than 50 percent of the country’s population living in coastal counties, there is an urgent and extensive need to convince consumers to adopt a long-term view of catastrophic risk. That is the conclusion of a symposium organized by …
Doug Dukes has been named state vice president of Tennessee for Keystone Insurers Group. Dukes will manage Keystone’s expansion into Tennessee, slated to occur this month. Dukes most recently served as field and marketing representative for The Cincinnati Insurance Companies. …
Columbus, Ohio-based Frank Gates Service Co. / Avizent, a national claims and risk management service provider, announced it has acquired Vantage Health Plan Inc. (VHP), the parent of a certified Managed Care Organization (MCO) in Ohio. With the addition of …
Chicago-based Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA Inc. announced it acquired Prestige Professional Plans, a single office, employee benefits insurance brokerage firm located in Dayton, Ohio. The acquisition closed on Dec. 1, 2010. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Serving …
Soft market conditions with unabated price competition and a slow economy with reduced payrolls continued to affect commercial liens including the the workers’ compensation industry in 2010, as they did in 2009. Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute, …
Fort Worth, Texas-based Hallmark Financial Services Inc. says it has completed the previously disclosed acquisition of State Auto National Insurance Co. State Auto National is an Ohio domiciled insurance company which annually writes approximately $37 million in non-standard personal automobile …
Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson has announced her resignation effective Jan. 10, 2011. Her final work day will be Jan. 7. “I am proud of the many changes that we have implemented over the past four years …
Are you an insurance news hound? Test your insurance news IQ and find out. The following questions and answers (at bottom of the page– don’t cheat!) were developed based on news stories published by InsuranceJournal.com in 2010. Good luck! 1. …
