September 16, 2009
A newspaper reports that Ohio policy allowed thousands of illegal immigrants to register cars and get license plates. The Columbus Dispatch reports that the outgoing director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety delayed a proposed crackdown for more than …
September 15, 2009
Richard Wu’s apparent kidnapping was a near-death experience laced with racial hate. Four men grabbed him and a friend, took them to the New Star Asian Cuisine in Columbus, Ohio, set the place on fire with them inside, and spray-painted …
September 15, 2009
A year after Hurricane Ike swept across Ohio on Sept. 14, 2008, packing winds up to 74 mph, the state’s insured losses are now estimated at $1.255 billion, the Ohio Insurance Institute reports. Additionally, the Ohio and Federal Emergency Management …
September 14, 2009
The Ohio Department of Insurance and Nationwide Insurance have issued a warning regarding an international mail fraud scheme that uses the Nationwide name. Consumers in as many as 10 states have reportedly received counterfeit checks that appeared to originate from …
September 11, 2009
Two Rhode Island insurance agencies have launched an affiliation group and are searching for potential partners, they said. Hunter Insurance and Loiselle Insurance Agency have created the Trusted Insurance Alliance (TIA) to “capitalize on the shared performance of participating independent …
September 11, 2009
Effective Dec.31, 2009, all insurance entities that do business in Ohio will be required to submit rate, rule and form filings for all lines of insurance electronically using the System for Electronic Rate and Form Filings, also known as SERFF, …
September 10, 2009
Pipe corrosion that went undetected for years led to an explosion and fire that rocked a Sunoco oil refinery in Claymont in May, authorities said. Investigators said the corrosion, caused by unseen condensation moisture that had collected between the bottom …
September 8, 2009
Concerned about the increasing number of children across the nation being injured by falling furniture and televisions, lawmakers in New Jersey want manufacturers to do more to help prevent such tip-over accidents. The Assembly has given its approval to a …
September 8, 2009
Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson reported that on Sept. 01, 2009, former Maineville insurance agent William R. Appleton, II, was sentenced in United States District Court to 97 months imprisonment for one count of mail fraud and …
September 7, 2009
Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly even rapists. They got their producer licenses in states …