Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oswald Cos. to Acquire Mich.-based Risk and Insurance Expert
May 4 2006 // Cleveland-based Oswald Companies announced it is acquiring another longstanding Midwest market leader Poyle Associates, located in the Detroit suburbs. The Cleveland-based risk expert and insurance brokerage will now serve...
Ohio-based The Midland Acquires Southern Pioneer Life Insurance
May 2 2006 // The Midland Company based in Ohio, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, American Modern Insurance Group, reached an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding stock of Southern Pioneer Life Insurance...
Ohio’s Scandel-Ridden Workers’ Comp Board to Invest Only in Bonds
May 1 2006 // The board that oversees Ohio’s scandal-scarred insurance program for on-the-job injuries is playing it safe for now and will invest only in bonds for at least a month, a spokeswoman said recently. The Workers’...
Ohio-based The Midland Company Extends Stock Repurchase Program
Apr 28 2006 // Cincinnati-based, The Midland Company, a provider of specialty insurance products and services, this week announced that its Board of Directors has extended its existing stock repurchase program until July 2008. The Board,...
Ohio Grants Job Tax Credit to Progressive Insurance for Expansion
Apr 26 2006 // Ohio Governor Bob Taft announced that the Ohio Tax Credit Authority has approved job creation tax credits for 10 companies involved in business location or expansion projects that, if located in Ohio, are expected to...
Ohio-Based The Midland Company Reports First Quarter Results
Apr 20 2006 // Cincinnati-based The Midland Company, a provider of specialty insurance products and services, announced record results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2006, according to a written statement issued this week. The...
New Markets
Apr 17 2006 // Excess Auto Liability Nuts & Bolts: Freberg Environmental, Inc. has announced an excess automobile liability program. The program is designed to provide excess limits over FEI’s hazardous material and hazardous...
Sources: Coalition Against Insurance Fraud; Ohio Department of Insurance
Apr 17 2006 // Fraud Roundup Ohio pair indicted for alleged fraud, money laundering tallying $200,000 The Coalition Against Consumer Fraud and the Ohio Department of Insurance reported that two former dental office employees, Alberta Fay...
New Markets
Apr 17 2006 // New Markets Excess Auto Liability Nuts & Bolts: Freberg Environmental Inc. has announced an excess automobile liability program. The program is designed to provide excess limits more than FEI’s hazardous...
Ohio Seniors Reminded of Medicare Enrollment Deadline
Apr 12 2006 // Tommy Thompson was in Columbus, Ohio to speak about the new Medicare prescription drug coverage and highlight its successes. The former Health and Human Services secretary spoke to seniors at the Westminster-Thurber...
Allstate Ads Dropped from Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicle Mailings
Apr 6 2006 // A complaint to the governor by the Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio got results when an insurance company’s advertisements were dropped from vehicle registration renewal notices sent to Ohio...
Hylant Group Appoints Jim Chapman as Client Executive, Vice President
Apr 5 2006 // Ohio-based Hylant Group has added Jim Chapman as a client executive/vice president and Commercial and Contract Surety practice leader. According the news release issued by Hylant, Chapman brings more than 30 years...
American Motorcycle Assn. and Nationwide Form Partnership
Apr 5 2006 // The American Motorcyclist Association and Columbus-Ohio-based Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company have announced a new partnership. The new affiliation makes Nationwide the AMA’s “Motorcycle Insurer of...
Doctor Owned Malpractice Company Opens New Ohio Office
Mar 31 2006 // Healthcare Underwriters Group Mutual of Ohio (HUOH) reported it has completed its move to a new location in Columbus that will allow it to better serve the growing number of doctors electing to join a medical malpractice...
Summit Insurance Sells Health Business to Medical Mutual of Ohio
Mar 30 2006 // Summit Insurance Company has signed a definitive agreement to sell its health insurance business to Medical Mutual of Ohio, it announced this week. The agreement, to take effect May 1, 2006, means the transfer of...
Ohio Pair Indicted for Alleged Fraud, Money Laundering Tallying $200,000
Mar 28 2006 // The Coalition Against Consumer Fraud and the Ohio Department of Insurance have reported that two former dental office employees, Alberta Fay Clark and Tammie Creamer, have been indicted for alleged insurance fraud, theft...
Ohio Funeral Director Charged with Stealing from Clients Who Paid Ahead
Mar 21 2006 // A former Ohio funeral home director has been charged with 43 counts accusing him of stealing up to $200,000 from clients who paid ahead for their funerals, Logan County officials said. Mark Van Horn, 55, of Bellefontaine,...
Fraud Roundup
Mar 20 2006 // Mo. AG sues man posing as lawyer; victim sought insurance claim Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon has filed suit against a Springfield man who allegedly took advantage of a local woman by claiming to be an attorney for...
Ohio Man Accused of Fraud Denied Request for Judges to be Dismissed
Mar 9 2006 // Ohio’s top judge rejected a request by the coin dealer charged in a state investment scandal who requested that all Lucas County judges be disqualified from hearing his case. In a four-page order, Chief Justice...
Grange Expands Identity Theft Coverage to Ohio Auto Policyholders
Mar 3 2006 // Grange Insurance will offer its Identity Theft victim resolution and education program coverage to auto policyholders in Ohio. The program is being offered in partnership with Identity Theft 911, a national fraud solutions...
