Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
ACE Makes Appointments in Midwest
Oct 24 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, today announced that Kelley Kinsella has been named senior vice president and regional business development manager for ACE USA’s...
Ohio Comp Bureau Offers Discount to Safety Council Members
Oct 20 2005 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is offering a premium discount incentive to active Ohio safety council members in the wake of its success in a previous initiative. In March 2004, BWC offered a 2 percent...
Ohio Businesses Save $6.8M in Joining Safety Councils
Oct 19 2005 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that a recent initiative to increase employer participation in Ohio safety councils will save businesses nearly $7 million. In March 2004, BWC announced a one time,...
Deer Vehicle Collisions Down in Ohio
Oct 18 2005 // Deer-vehicle accidents decreased nearly 6 percent across the state in 2004, according to figures released by the Ohio Insurance Institute (OII), Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife and Ohio...
People & Places
Oct 17 2005 // Michael Prandi Westfield Insurance of Westfield Center, Ohio, named Scott Jurek senior executive, claims field operations, Western division. In this capacity, Jurek helps set and execute the claims strategy for Westfield...
News Briefs
Oct 17 2005 // OHIO Hospital Group Sues WC Bureau: The Ohio Hospital Association and a member hospital sued the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation in September on claims the state did not follow legal processes for a $50 million...
People
Oct 17 2005 // Westfield Insurance of Westfield Center, Ohio, named Scott Jurek senior executive, claims field operations, Western division. In this capacity, Jurek helps set and execute the claims strategy for Westfield while working...
Ohio Casualty Unveils Q3 CAT Losses
Oct 13 2005 // Ohio Casualty Corporation announced that it estimates total net catastrophe losses for third quarter 2005 to be approximately $11.6 million after-tax. Approximately $9.8 million of the estimated catastrophe losses are...
RiskMeter Online’s ‘Distance to Fire Station Report’ Adds N.C., S.C., Ohio
Oct 12 2005 // North Carolina, South Carolina and Ohio have been added to RiskMeter Online’s Distance to Fire Station Report. CDS Business Mapping, an online property risk mapping provider now lists 25 states in its...
Aon Ohio Acquires Pipino Agency
Oct 10 2005 // Aon announced that Aon Risk Services of Ohio has acquired Sam D. Pipino Agency, a risk specialist for the real estate development and construction industries. Sam D. Pipino Agency has 12 employees who work in the...
Ohio, Ky. Insurers Reach Agreement in Lawsuits Filed in 2002
Oct 4 2005 // Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky physicians have reached an agreement with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio and Kentucky stemming from lawsuits filed in 2002 against several insurers. Courts in Boone and...
People & Places
Oct 3 2005 // Robert Testa Westfield Insurance has named Robert Testa executive, personal lines sales. In this capacity, he oversees employees in five states responsible for new personal lines business. Bryan Whipple Testa began his...
People
Oct 3 2005 // Westfield Insurance has named Robert Testa executive, personal lines sales. In this capacity, he oversees employees in five states responsible for new personal lines business. Testa began his career at Westfield in 1991...
Wells Fargo Acquires JS Crop Insurance
Sep 28 2005 // Wells Fargo Insurance, Inc., a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, has acquired the crop insurance business from Portland, Indiana-based JS Crop Insurance, Inc. (JS Crop), expanding Wells Fargo’s reach to...
Ohio Weighs High-Risk Health Insurance Pool
Sep 26 2005 // The Ohio Legislature is looking at plans to help patients with expensive conditions – lung disease, cancer, multiple sclerosis and other ailments – buy the drugs they need for treatment. However, the plans...
Midwest FEATURE: Market Spotlight on Illinois and Ohio
Sep 19 2005 // Although the insurance industry — and the rest of us — are waiting for the other shoe to drop in the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s estimated $20 billion to $35 billion in insured losses, business in the...
OHIO DOI COLLECTING MED LIABILITY DATA:
Sep 19 2005 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently launched a Web-based medical liability data collection application that enables insurers and those who pay medical liability claims on behalf of health care providers to securely...
News Briefs
Sep 19 2005 // Illinois Katrina Could Affect Ill. Insurance Rates: Experts say the path of destruction left by Hurricane Katrina likely will lead to higher insurance rates in the metro-east and across the country, although it is unclear...
Midwest FEATURE: Market Spotlight on Illinois and Ohio
Sep 19 2005 // Although the insurance industry – and the rest of us – are waiting for the other shoe to drop in the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s estimated $20 billion to $35 billion in insured losses, business in the...
Midwest FEATURE: Market Spotlight on Illinois and Ohio
Sep 19 2005 // Although the insurance industry – and the rest of us – are waiting for the other shoe to drop in the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s estimated $20 billion to $35 billion in insured losses, business in the...
