Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio American Financial to Release 2006 2nd Quarter Results Today
Aug 1 2006 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Financial Group, Inc. expects to release its 2006 second quarter results after the market closes today, Tuesday, August 1, 2006. The earnings release will be available shortly thereafter on...
Lax Record-keeping at Ohio’s Worker’s Comp Bureau Lowered Benefits
Jul 26 2006 // Hundreds of injured workers temporarily received less in state benefits than they deserved because of poor record-keeping at a scandal-plagued state insurance fund, according to a memo released Monday. The disclosure was...
Ohio Hylant Group Names President, Grand Rapids Office
Jul 25 2006 // The Hylant Group, a commercial insurance brokerage headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, announced today that Len Dyer has been hired as president to head the newly-established office in Grand Rapids, Mich. Dyer comes to Hylant...
Ohio Attorney General Says ‘Casinos’ Real Issue in Shawnee Tribe Case
Jul 25 2006 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro moved to intervene in the case against the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma’s claim for lands in Ohio. In May 2005, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma filed this suit claiming that...
Ohio Jury Awards Family of Brain-damaged Girl $17.8 Million
Jul 25 2006 // The family of a Columbus, Ohio girl, now five years old, whose brain was damaged as doctors prepared her for surgery was awarded more than $17.8 million in one of Ohio’s largest medical-malpractice awards. The...
New Markets
Jul 24 2006 // Professional Liability Program Nuts & Bolts: London American Profess- ional Liability program designed for a diverse set of professions, including many types of consultants, insurance services, media and real estate...
Ohio Workers Comp Bureau Agrees to $52 Million Settlement
Jul 21 2006 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation agreed this week to drop its appeal and pay $52 million awarded to injured state employees in a class-action lawsuit. The bureau had argued that state laws prevented workers...
Ohio Governor Signs Farm Mutual Modernization Law
Jul 20 2006 // Ohio Gov. Bob Taft recently signed legislation which includes provisions benefiting farm mutual insurance companies and their policyholders, according to the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies’...
Zurich Adds Staff to Midwest, East Regions
Jul 18 2006 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based Zurich announced today that Charles (Chuck) Adamczyk and Marcy Croyle have joined its accident and health group as business development manager and sales account executive, respectively. Adamczyk and...
Ohio Federated Investors Names Communications Team, New Product
Jul 18 2006 // Federated Investors Insurance Company Holdings, Inc. announced this week that effective immediately, Mirador Consulting, LLC., will handle all investor relations and shareholder communications on behalf of the...
Shawnee’s Request to Drop Ohio from Lawsuit a Win, Official Says
Jul 13 2006 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro said this week that the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma’s decision to drop the state from its claim for lands in Ohio is a clear indication that their legal claims are...
Ohio Schools Insure Against Terrorism, Sexual Misconduct
Jul 12 2006 // School insurance policies in Ohio that used to cover the basics, workers’ compensation for staff, liability insurance for jungle gym accidents, now also cover catastrophes such as terrorist attacks or school...
Court Documents Allege New Mexico’s Serna Ran ‘Pay to Play’ Operation
Jul 12 2006 // While much of the controversy surrounding former New Mexico Insurance Superintendent Eric Serna has centered on Con Alma, his conduct wasn’t limited to the health foundation he founded, court documents allege. Serna...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Oversight Board Must Be Strengthened, Report Says
Jul 11 2006 // Reforms implemented by Ohio Gov. Bob Taft and lawmakers didn’t go far enough to strengthen the board that oversees Ohio’s troubled state insurance fund for injured workers, an independent consultant studying...
Ohio American Financial Group Posts Quarterly Dividend
Jul 5 2006 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Financial Group, Inc. announced a July 1, 2006, quarterly dividend of $0.13-3/4 per share of American Financial Group Common Stock. The dividend is payable on July 25 to holders of record on...
Former Ohio Executive Given Special Volunteer Award
Jul 5 2006 // Albert “Buzz” Brown, a retired chairman of Frederick Rauh and Company, a Cincinnati, Ohio-based insurance firm, and former president of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA), has been named a co-recipient...
Ace USA Launches Med Mal Product in Ohio, Michigan
Jun 21 2006 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, recently announced the launch of its healthcare professional liability product for group and individual physicians in the Ohio and Michigan...
People
Jun 19 2006 // The Progressive Corp. appointed John A. Barbagallo as the new president of the company’s Drive Group. Barbagallo, who joined the company more than 20 years ago as a claims representative, currently serves as the...
Ohio Workers’ Fund Scandal Expands to State’s Pension Funds, Treasury
Jun 16 2006 // A sweeping investigation into bribery for investment contracts at the state insurance fund for injured workers has expanded to now include Ohio’s pension funds and the state treasury. The list of the top ten to 15...
Court Orders Ohio Governor to Provide Insurance Fund Records
Jun 14 2006 // The Ohio Supreme Court has ordered Gov. Bob Taft to hand over documents related to the state’s troubled insurance fund for injured workers so it could decide whether to make them public. The ruling was a partial...
