Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Ohio Man Sentenced on Comp Fraud Charge
Oct 10 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Springfield man has been sentenced for a misdemeanor charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Jeff Hamm was sentenced to three months incarceration, a...
Ohio Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 7 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Columbus man has been sentenced for a misdemeanor charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Souhil Sabbagh was sentenced to one year probation and ordered...
Ohio Ruling Gives Priority to Sick Asbestos Claimants
Oct 4 2004 // Ohio’s Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, where the majority of asbestos cases have been filed in the state, issued an administrative order recently that gives priority to cases filed by individuals exhibiting...
Haniewich Leaves Ohio Casualty’s Commercial Lines Division as Executive VP, COO
Oct 1 2004 // Insurer Ohio Casualty Corp. announced that Jeffery L. Haniewich, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the commercial lines division of the Ohio Casualty Insurance Co., has left to pursue other career...
OHIO CAR THEFTS DROPPED 2%:
Sep 20 2004 // Ohio’s auto thefts decreased about 2 percent from 2002, according to estimates released by the Ohio Insurance Institute (OII), a property/casualty trade group. Based on auto theft survey results of 17 major Ohio city...
Ohio Gets Help Following Storms
Sep 20 2004 // The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that President Bush has ordered federal disaster aid to help families and businesses in eastern Ohio recover...
Infinity Offers CE at Ohio Agents Conference
Sep 16 2004 // The Ohio Agents Alliance will hold its conference Oct. 22-23 this year in Worthington, Ohio. The group is a state affiliate of the National Auto Agents Alliance, an association formed specifically to address the needs of...
Ohio Man Sentenced in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Sep 7 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Swanton man has been sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud. David Tressler was sentenced to five years of community control, ordered to pay...
TWCC OKAYS NINE SELF-INSURE COAs:
Sep 6 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission recently approved the reapplication for Certificates of Authority to Self-Insure for a one-year period by nine private employers. Texas law allows certain large, private...
Ohio’s Asbestos Reform Survives 1st Court Test
Sep 6 2004 // A ruling last week by Ohio’s Eighth District Court of Appeals temporarily allows the nation’s first statewide law creating objective medical criteria for asbestos litigation (HB 292) to take effect. The court,...
Ohio Car Thefts Dropped 2%, Says Trade Group
Aug 31 2004 // Ohio’s auto theft picture improved last year as thefts decreased about 2 percent from 2002, according to estimates released by the Ohio Insurance Institute (OII), a property/casualty trade group. Based on auto theft...
Ohio Casualty Corp. Announces Loss Estimates from Hurricane Charley
Aug 24 2004 // Ohio Casualty Corporation announced that it expects net catastrophe losses in the range of $6 to $8 million before-tax from Hurricane Charley. The catastrophe loss impact for Hurricane Charley is expected to add...
Ohio Casualty Names Wright to Board
Aug 20 2004 // Fairfield-based insurer Ohio Casualty Corp. has appointed Michael L. Wright, of Fortville, Ind., as a member of its board of directors, effective Aug. 19, 2004. Wright has served in a number of executive positions,...
