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Dec 18 2005 // Ohio Casualty Corporation has completed a new five-year agreement with its current president and chief executive officer, Dan R. Carmichael. The prior contract with Carmichael was to expire on Dec. 31, 2005. Carmichael...

Dan Carmichael

Dec 18 2005 // William Granato Brandon Hickey Ohio Casualty Corporation has completed a new five-year agreement with its current president and chief executive officer, Dan R. Carmichael. The prior contract with Carmichael was to expire...

Assurant Specialty Adding 200 Jobs at Ohio Service Center

Dec 6 2005 // Assurant Specialty Property, a provider of lender-placed hazard insurance and outsourcing services to the U.S. mortgage industry, announced plans to create 200 new jobs at its Ohio Service Center in Springfield over the...

Ohio Casualty Renews CEO Carmichael Pact for 5 Years

Dec 6 2005 // Ohio Casualty Corporation has completed a new five-year agreement with its current President and Chief Executive Officer, Dan R. Carmichael, effective immediately.The prior contract with Carmichael was due to expire on...

Meadowbrook Introduces Med-Mal Product for Preferred Physicians in Ohio

Dec 1 2005 // Meadowbrook Insurance Group has launched a medical malpractice liability insurance product for preferred physicians in Ohio. Meadowbrook President and CEO Robert S. Cubbin said that the company has been successful in this...

Taxes Bump Off Insurance Costs as Chief Concern of Ohio Small Business

Dec 1 2005 // Taxes replaced the cost of insurance as the most frequently cited single most important problem faced by small business, according to the latest Ohio Small-Business Conditions report. The data, which was released by the...

Ohio’s Gay Marriage Ban Inviting Lawsuits Over Pre-Existing Contracts

Nov 28 2005 // A year ago, the attorney who wrote Ohio’s ban on civil unions said it wouldn’t affect the few public universities already offering health insurance to employees’ same-sex partners. Now he’s suing to...

PIA Names Eppstein as Director of State Affairs

Nov 25 2005 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) has named David M. Eppstein Director of State Affairs. In his new position, he will be working with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...

People & Places

Nov 21 2005 // Kay W. McCurdy The Board of Directors of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. elected Kay W. McCurdy to serve on its board of directors. Bernhard Steves McCurdy began her career in 1975 as an attorney at Lord, Bissell &...

GOV. NAMES MABE CEO OF COMP BUREAU:

Nov 21 2005 // Ohio Gov. Bob Taft announced the appointment of William Mabe as the administrator/chief executive officer of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Mabe previously worked at Nationwide, most recently serving...

Thoughts while dog walking…

Nov 21 2005 // GOP gap Congress finally appears to be moving on terrorism insurance. After the year is up, whether or not the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act is extended, there ought to be an independent high-level inquiry into why it took...

ILLINOIS

Nov 20 2005 // Lawmakers Pass Kids’ Health Plan: The Illinois House passed H.B. 806, Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s “All Kids” health insurance program on a 79-28 vote, following Senate approval on a 32-23 vote. The...

Nov 20 2005 // The Board of Directors of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. elected Kay W. McCurdy to serve on its board of directors. McCurdy began her career in 1975 as an attorney at Lord, Bissell & Brook in Chicago and has more than...

Editor’s Note: GOP gap

Nov 20 2005 // Congress finally appears to be moving on terrorism insurance. After the year is up, whether or not the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act is extended, there ought to be an independent high-level inquiry into why it took so long...

Business Moves

Nov 20 2005 // Indemnity Excess & Surplus Agency Expands Online Services Indemnity Excess & Surplus Agency has expanded its online quoting offerings to include six popular lines of business. Now IES-appointed producers have...

Ohio Casualty Announces Dividend

Nov 18 2005 // The Directors of Ohio Casualty Corporation declared a regular quarterly dividend of $.06 per share, payable Dec. 12, 2005, to shareholders of record on Dec. 1, 2005. Ohio Casualty Corporation, based in Fairfield, Ohio, is...

Safe Auto Adds Colorado Call Center

Nov 8 2005 // Safe Auto Insurance Co. has announced it is adding a call center in Sterling, Colo., northeast of Denver. The Whitehall, Ohio.-based insurer, which specializes in minimum auto insurance coverage, said it plans to employ...

Hylant Group Adds Large Account Division to Offerings

Nov 8 2005 // Toledo, Ohio-based commercial insurance brokerage Hylant Group has launched a dedicated Large Account Practice with additional resources, advanced training and a new certification for specifically qualified and proven...

Ohio Supreme Court OKs Geographic Limitations on UM Coverage

Nov 6 2005 // The Ohio Supreme Court handed down an opinion on Oct. 12 holding that the former uninsured motorist (UM) law did not prohibit insurers from limiting the geographic scope of UM coverage and that the State Farm policy in...

Uninsured /Underinsured Motorist

Nov 6 2005 // This recurring feature examines insurance coverage decisions in the Midwest’s appellate courts, as compiled by the New York-based law firm of Goldberg Segalla LLA and edited by insurance lawyer Kevin T. Merriman...