Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. News

Nationwide Buys State Trust Land for $83M, Plans for Regional HQ

Arizona State Land Department officials say a national insurance company has successfully bid $83 million for about 134 acres of trust land in Scottsdale. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has plans for a mixed-use development, including a regional corporate headquarters. The …

Nationwide Insurance to Raise Its Minimum Hourly Wage to $15

Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Mutual Insurance said it will raise its minimum pay rate to $15 per hour over the next nine months. The change affects approximately 900 current employees across 25 locations for jobs in call centers, field and staff …

2 North Carolina Residents Accused of Insurance Fraud in Multiple Counties

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrests of Pamela Christine Liles, 31, and Travis Paul Randolph, 30, of Siloam. Department of Insurance criminal investigators accuse Liles of insurance fraud in three counties, and Randolph of insurance fraud in …

Nationwide to Move 175 Jobs from Iowa to Ohio

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has plans to move 175 jobs out of Des Moines, Iowa, to its Ohio headquarters. Company spokesman Eric Hardgrove tells the Des Moines Register the company’s home mortgage operations will be relocated to headquarters in Columbus, …

Nationwide Mutual P/C Felt Pain of June Storms

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.’s property/casualty arm performed solidly in the 2014 second quarter, despite the Polar Vortex and major storm activity that hampered earnings over the first six months of the year. The Ohio-based privately-held mutual insurer booked more than …

Penn. Family Awarded $18M in Bad Faith Suit Against Nationwide

An insurance company that was tongue-lashed in a decision last month by a Pennsylvania judge is contesting his ruling that it pay $18 million in punitive damages after a long court battle over faulty repairs to a family’s vehicle in …

Iowa Court: Breastfeeding Employee Can’t Sue Nationwide Mutual Insurance

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. did not discriminate against an employee who claims she was denied a room to pump breast milk and pressured to resign on her first day back from maternity leave, a federal appeals court in Iowa has …

Court: Nationwide Insurance Did Not Discriminate Against Breastfeeding Employee

An Iowa appeals court says Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. didn’t discriminate against a breastfeeding mother who resigned under pressure on her first day back from maternity leave. Angela Ames, an employee in its Des Moines office, claims that she resigned …

Nationwide Insurance Says Data Breach Affects 1.1M

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. says someone attacked part of its computer network and likely stole personal information affecting more than 1.1 million people. The Columbus, Ohio-based company says the Oct. 3 data breach occurred in a network also used by …