Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Construction Defects Burning a Hole through the Residential Contractors Market
Jul 19 2004 // Whether real or imagined, the threat of construction defects litigation has burned through the residential contractors liability insurance market like a California wildfire. Over the past couple of years, contractors and...
COMMISSION: MED-MAL CRISIS HURTING DOCTOR RECRUITMENT IN OHIO:
Jul 19 2004 // Patients in southeastern and northeastern Ohio are feeling the impact of the medical malpractice crisis according to several doctors who testified before the Ohio Medical Malpractice Commission at the Ohio Department of...
The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net
Jul 19 2004 // Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty insurance...
Ohio BWC Releases List of Non-Compliant Employers
Jul 9 2004 // In an effort to bring attention to employers that are not paying their workers’ compensation premiums, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has released the names of the top 150 Ohio businesses with...
Health-care Veteran Ruse Joins OHIC Board
Jul 8 2004 // Columbus, Ohio-based medical liability insurer OHIC Insurance Co. named former health-care administrator Bill Ruse to its board of directors. Ruse retired as president of the Blanchard Valley Health Association in 2001...
Med-Mal Crisis Hurting Doctor Recruitment in Ohio
Jun 30 2004 // Patients in southeastern and northeastern Ohio are feeling the impact of the medical malpractice crisis according to several doctors who testified before the Ohio Medical Malpractice Commission yesterday at the Ohio...
Ohio DOI Names Saelens Deputy Director
Jun 30 2004 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin has named Holly Saelens deputy director of the department. Saelens, 38, has been the assistant director for policy and legislation since January 2000 and recently...
Ohio Casualty Announces Senior Notes Offering
Jun 28 2004 // Fairfield-based insurer Ohio Casualty Corp. announced that it has priced a $200 million offering of its 7.3 percent senior notes due 2014. It is anticipated that the transaction will close on June 29, 2004. Citigroup...
Ohio Woman Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud
Jun 23 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Summit County woman has pled guilty to workers’ compensation fraud. Tammy Bird is scheduled for sentencing on July 6, 2004, in the Summit County Court...
Ohio Moves to Stem Flow of Asbestos, Silica Dust Litigation
Jun 21 2004 // Spurred by a struggling local manufacturing sector which blamed its hard times partly on bankruptcies due to asbestos litigation, Ohio became the first state in the country to place strict limits on plaintiffs’...
OHIO’S TOP COURT SAYS SUBROGATION LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL:
Jun 21 2004 // The Ohio subrogation law that requires employees to reimburse their employers for their workers’ compensation benefits expenses if they win a work-related, third-party lawsuit was ruled unconstitutional by the...
Regional Focus
Jun 21 2004 // Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill once famously said, “All politics is local.” The same could be said for the insurance industry—insurance coverage is definitely local. In addition, there...
Westfield Names Carrino Corporate Counsel
Jun 10 2004 // Ohio-based property/casualty insurer the Westfield Group has named Frank A. Carrino corporate counsel and secretary. He will assume responsibility for all corporate legal matters as head of the corporate legal department....
Ohio Brokerage Launches Branding Campaign
Jun 3 2004 // The Toledo, Ohio, insurance and financial services firm of Savage & Associates is launching a new branding campaing that will encompass print, radio and outdoor ads along with a new Web site. The theme of the ads,...
Ohio Supreme Court Case Could Bar Insurers From Representing Employers in Comp Hearings
Jun 2 2004 // An Ohio Supreme Court case against a company involved in workers’ compensation hearings could alter the way claims are handled, observers say. “This is a lot bigger than the case it revolves around,” said...
Ohio A.G. Reports Jury Verdict Against Minister, Family Members of Religious Charity
Jun 2 2004 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro has announced a $14.7 million jury verdict against Rev. Bruce Hawthorne and members of his family, founders and operators of the Barberton Rescue Mission, for misappropriating funds...
Ohio’s Top Court: Subrogation Law Unconstitutional
Jun 1 2004 // The Ohio subrogation law that requires employees to reimburse their employers for their workers’ compensation benefits expenses if they win a work-related, third-party lawsuit was ruled unconstitutional by the...
AIA Hails Ohio’s ‘Landmark’ Asbestos and Silica Reforms
May 28 2004 // The Washington, D.C.-based insurer lobbyist American Insurance Association (AIA) praised the Ohio General Assembly’s passage of the first asbestos reform legislation in the country that helps “truly sick victim...
Asbestos and Silica Liability Bills Pass Ohio Legislature
May 26 2004 // Legislation limiting asbestos and silica lawsuits passed the full House this week and now moves to Gov. Bob Taft’s desk for his signature. House Bill 292 and HB 342 would make Ohio the first state to adopt medical...
Ohio DOI Recovered $5 Million in Health-Care Services
May 13 2004 // Ohio’s Patient Protection Act, which allows qualified consumers to appeal the denial, reduction or termination of health care services by their health carrier, has saved Ohioans nearly $5 million since May 2000...
