Latest Ohio Headlines

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Ohio’s Gov. Taft Pushes Hard to Get Comprehensive Tort Reform

Dec 20 2004 // Insurers and business interests appear to have won another victory in Ohio, as Gov. Robert Taft will soon sign a broad tort reform bill that caps jury awards and limits products and obesity liability. This follows on the...

Ohio Employers to Receive One-Time 20% Discount on Workers’ Comp Premiums

Dec 17 2004 // The Ohio Workers’ Compensation Oversight Commission on Thursday voted to grant Ohio’s private and public employers a one-time 20 percent dividend on their upcoming bills. The decision was based on a...

Doc-Owned Med-Mal Carrier Gets Ohio License

Dec 15 2004 // The Healthcare Underwriters Group Mutual of Ohio, a medical liability insurance company owned and governed by Ohio doctors, has received authorization from the Ohio Department of Insurance to begin issuing insurance...

Ohio Chiropractor Gets 1 Year of Probation for Comp Fraud, Pays Back $216,000

Dec 13 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced a Greenville, Ohio, man has pled guilty to a felony charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Dr. Robert Fantasia was sentenced to one year of probation, basic...

Ohio’s SFM Agency Launches Image Campaign

Dec 10 2004 // Southern Ohio’s Smith-Feike-Minton agency has engaged with Justice & Young Public Relations to proactively educate consumers in light of the bid-rigging scandals. The regional education and community relations...

Ohio Strikes Again on Tort Reform

Dec 10 2004 // Insurers and business interests appear to have won another victory in Ohio, as Gov. Robert Taft will soon sign a broad tort reform bill that caps jury awards and limits products and obesity liability. This follows on the...

Ohio Comp Medical Costs Down 6.7%, Says Bureau

Nov 22 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced recently paid medical costs for workers’ compensation claims were 6.7 percent, about $15 million, lower than expected for the first quarter of fiscal...

Ohio Agents Nab Senate Insurance Chairman as Executive Vice President

Nov 19 2004 // Ohio Senate Insurance Committee Chair Scott R. Nein, a Republican, has joined the Ohio Association of Insurance Agents as executive vice president, the group announced recently. The group, affiliated with the national...

Ohio Commissioner Says to Look Out for Deer

Nov 17 2004 // With deer-vehicle collisions on the rise, Ohio Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin has asked motorists to investigate their insurance options and to take extra precaution while traveling. Typically, vehicle accidents...

Ohio Medical Malpractice Commission Meets Tomorrow for 18th Time

Nov 16 2004 // The Ohio Medical Malpractice Commission will hold its 18th meeting tomorrow at 1 p.m. EST. The commission will hear testimony regarding the feasibility of a patient compensation fund, the effectiveness of medical...

Tight Ohio Supreme Court Stays in Republican Hands

Nov 10 2004 // Republicans solidified their year-old voting majority on the Ohio Supreme Court last wek, but the races were closer than the vast campaign fund-raising advantage over Democratic rivals would indicate. Insurers and other...

ASCnet Conferees Hear How to Manage a Profitable Business

Nov 8 2004 // The latest technologies to allow independent agents and brokers to efficiently manage and ensure a profitable business were presented to more than 1,800 conferees attending the Applied Systems Client Network’s...

ASCnet Conferees Hear How to Manage a Profitable Business

Nov 8 2004 // The latest technologies that allow independent agents and brokers to efficiently manage and ensure a profitable business were presented to more than 1,800 conferees attending the Annual Technology, Education and Networking...

People & Places

Nov 8 2004 // In Asheville, N.C., Don Evans, president, and Bob Bird, CEO, honored outstanding Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina members with Lifetime Achievement, Company Professional of the Year, Agent of the Year, and...

Ohio Casualty Corp. Sees 14.0 Percent Jump in Net Income for Q3 2004

Nov 3 2004 // Ohio Casualty Corp. (Nasdaq:OCAS) announced the following results for its third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2004, compared with the same period of the prior year: — Net income of $19.6 million, or $0.31 per diluted...

People and Places

Oct 25 2004 // William Hickey Chicago-based insurance industry investment banker Cochran, Caronia & Co. has named William Hickey its chief operating officer. Hickey is responsible for spearheading the firm’s strategic planning...

Ohio Department Investigates Alleged Wrongdoing

Oct 22 2004 // The Ohio Department of Insurance is investigating allegations of bid rigging and other sales-related insurance activities both locally and, in conjunction with other states, at the national level Department of Insurance...

Ohio Casualty CEO Receives ASCnet’s Pinnacle Award

Oct 20 2004 // Ohio Casualty Group CEO Dan R. Carmichael received the third-annual Pinnacle Award from the Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group of Applied Systems management technology. One of the association’s...

Report: Despite Malpractice Worries, Number of Ohio Doctors Growing

Oct 13 2004 // Despite claims that growing malpractice insurance premiums are forcing doctors to leave Ohio or retire early, the number of doctors in the state actually has gone up slightly the past three years, The Cincinnati Enquirer...

More Than $13 Million Approved for Disaster Assistance in Buckeye State

Oct 10 2004 // Since President Bush issued a disaster declaration on Sept. 19, more than $13 million in grants and low-interest disaster loans have been approved to assist flood-stricken residents in southeastern Ohio, according to...