Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
5 Die in Ohio as Tornadoes Ravage U.S. Heartland
Nov 12 2002 // Five persons were reportedly killed by the tornadoes that struck Ohio on Sunday night and Monday morning. The storms were part of a system that caused waves of death and destruction throughout the U.S. heartland from...
Fitch Affirms Ohio Casualty ‘BBB’ Sr. Debt Ratings
Nov 6 2002 // Fitch Ratings announced that it has affirmed the ‘BBB-‘ senior debt rating and ‘BBB-‘ long-term issuer rating of Ohio Casualty Corporation with a “stable” outlook. “The rating...
Earthquakes in Ohio’ Nationwide Says It’s Possible
Nov 5 2002 // Ohio’s Nationwide Insurance has issued a bulletin with the headline “Quake Rumblings Could Surprise Midwesterners,” which, as the company points out, is indeed surprising. Midwesterners may fear...
Ohio Ins. Dept. Upgrades Website for Disabled Accessibility
Oct 31 2002 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington announced that the Department’s website has been upgraded to meet international standards for accessibility by the disabled. “Every Ohioan needs to be able to...
Ohio Casualty Reports $69.9 Million Q3 Loss
Oct 31 2002 // Ohio Casualty Corporation announced a net loss of $69.9 million, or $1.14 per share, for the third quarter ended September 30, 2002, compared to net income of $44.2 million, or $.73 per share, in the same period last...
Ohio Ins. Director Files 10th Brief in Auto Parts Dispute
Oct 30 2002 // Ohio Insurance Director Lee Covington has become the point man for insurance commissioners nationwide, who are worried about court decisions, usually involving class actions, that they feel trespass on their regulatory...
Ohio Insurance Director Names Robert Smith Chief of Fraud and Enforcement
Oct 21 2002 // Ohio Insurance Director Lee Covington announced the appointment of Robert F. Smith to coordinate the Department’s investigation of insurance-related, white-collar crime as the Department’s Chief of Fraud and...
Ohio Man Sentenced to Jail for WTC Fraud
Oct 1 2002 // A Court in Butler County, Ohio sentenced Ajay Chawla to serve one year in jail and pay a $1,500 fine following his conviction last August on charges of filing an insurance claim with CNA, stating that his father was...
Isidore Dumps Heavy Rain on Region
Sep 27 2002 // It may have been downgraded to a “Tropical Depression” by the National Hurricane Center, but Isidore has nonetheless brought heavy rains and created flood conditions to much of the Eastern U.S. After its first...
Aflac’s Duck Loses Ohio Court Case
Sep 25 2002 // Aflac is very protective of its popular spokesduck; so when Ohio gubernatorial candidate Tim Hagan started using a similar image of the feathered friend on his Web site to attack incumbent governor Bob Taft, the insurance...
Ohio Insurance Commissioner Opposes Class Action Lawsuit Against Progressive
Sep 18 2002 // Ohio Insurance Director Lee Covington has filed a “friend of the court” brief supporting the decision of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas that refused to certify a class action lawsuit against Mayfield...
NAII Challenges Ohio Proposals to Restrict Insurers’ Use of Credit Information
Sep 16 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers has issued a statement questioning the effects of pending legislation in Ohio, which would restrict the rights of insurance companies to consider consumers’ credit...
Ohio’s Progressive Earns Two E-Commerce Pioneer Awards
Sep 10 2002 // Ohio-based Progressive, one of the country’s largest auto insurance groups, became the only two-award winner in the first-ever E-Commerce Pioneer Awards, given by Ecom-Ohio on September 5. Ecom-Ohio, an initiative to...
Assurant Celebrates New Service Center with a Visit by Ohio Governor Taft
Aug 19 2002 // The Assurant Group celebrated the opening of its new $20 million service center in Springfield with style on Saturday, holding an open house for employees and their families, featuring a visit from Ohio Governor Bob...
Ohio Firm Establishes SIAA Master Agency
Aug 5 2002 // SIAA announced that Haughn and Associates Insurance Agency Inc., of Dublin, Ohio, has established SIAA of Central Ohio as a Strategic Master Agency. Michael W. Haughn is the president. The agency was founded in 1986 and...
Ohio Casualty Reports Drop in Net Income for 2ndQ
Aug 2 2002 // Ohio Casualty Corporation, based in Fairfield, Ohio, announced net income of $13.1 million, or $0.21 per share, for the second quarter ended June 30. In the same quarter of 2001, the Corporation reported net income of...
Ohio Auto, Homeowners Rates among the Lowest in Nation
Jul 30 2002 // Ohio automobile insurance consumers continue to fair well when compared to consumers in other states according to Ohio Insurance Director Lee Covington. According to an annual survey and analysis of national automobile...
Ohio Issues C&D Order Against Former Agent
Jul 23 2002 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington has issued a cease and desist order against former Sandusky County agent Deborah L. Frazier after an investigation revealed she had allegedly acted as an insurance agent...
Ohio Brewery Receives Workers’ Comp Award
Jul 15 2002 // Miller Brewing Co.’s Trenton, Ohio brewery was the only Governor’s Excellence in Workers’ Compensation Award winner for self-insuring employers who insure nearly 40 percent of Ohio’s workforce. The...
Ohio Department to Join National Task Force
Jul 12 2002 // The Ohio Department of Insurance has accepted an invitation to join NeighborWorks® National Insurance Task Force (NITF) as part of its mission to expand its role to increase accessibility and affordability of insurance...
