Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Elections Stir Up Political Mix in Midwest
Nov 14 2010 // Republicans made big gains across the United States – and the Midwest was no exception – in the November 2 midterm elections. Across the country, GOP gains gave the party its largest number of seats in state...
Business Moves
Nov 14 2010 // Ohio Mutual, Casco Indemnity Ohio Mutual Insurance Group (OMIG) agreed to acquire N.E. Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Casco Indemnity Co., a property and casualty insurer located in Saco, Maine. The transaction is...
Accomplice in Ohio Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 6-Month Jail Term
Nov 11 2010 // An accomplice in an insurance fraud scheme in Ohio has been sentenced to a six-month jail term and must pay restitution and fines totaling more than $131,000, Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson...
Westfield Insurance Gives $20K in Arson-Fighting Gear to Ohio City
Nov 10 2010 // An Ohio-based insurance company is donating more than $20,000 worth of arson investigation gear to Toledo, which has seen a rash of vacant house fires. Westfield Insurance says the gift presented to the city on Tuesday...
GOP Adds Governorships in Midwest
Nov 4 2010 // Midwestern states were among those that added to Republican gains in governor’s offices across the country on Nov. 2. Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin are among the states that voted to replace Democrats in...
Ohio Mutual Insurance to Acquire New England’s Casco Indemnity
Nov 2 2010 // Ohio Mutual Insurance Group (OMIG) has reached an agreement to acquire N.E. Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Casco Indemnity Co., a property and casualty insurer located in Saco, Maine. The transaction is expected to...
Ohio’s Healthcare Underwriters Group Returns 3rd Consecutive Dividend
Oct 29 2010 // Medical liability insurer Healthcare Underwriters Group Mutual of Ohio announced a $1 million dividend to its policyholders/owners. In the last 30 months the group has distributed $3.5 million in dividends to its doctor...
Midwest Pummeled by Storms
Oct 28 2010 // A massive storm making its way through a big chunk of the United States brought a bit of everything: strong winds, rain, tornadoes and now even some snow for parts of the Midwest. The storm packed wind gusts of up to 81...
Ohio DOI Receives $1.1M Consumer Assistance Grant
Oct 25 2010 // The Ohio Department of Insurance is receiving a $1.1 million consumer assistance grant funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Rate Reform Highlighted in National Study
Oct 22 2010 // A nationally-recognized study on the cost of workers’ compensation shows Ohio rates have improved dramatically over the past three years, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation reported. The Oregon Study is...
Ohio AG Settles with Marsh
Oct 18 2010 // Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray has settled an antitrust lawsuit against Marsh & McLennan Cos. for $4.75 million. Public entities throughout the state – including universities, schools, cities and counties...
Ohio Deer Crashes on the Rise
Oct 13 2010 // The Ohio Insurance Institute is warning residents to beware of colliding with deer, as the state gears up for deer-breeding season and saw a 2.3 precent increasee in deer-vehicle crashes in 2009. According to the Ohio...
Keystone Group Adds Ohio’s Miller Insurance
Oct 12 2010 // Miller Insurance Inc. of Middletown has become Keystone Insurers Group’s 25th franchise partner in Ohio. The new arrangement was announced jointly by Miller Insurance President Mike Miller and Keystone’s Ohio...
Progressive Expanding in Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Texas
Oct 6 2010 // Progressive Insurance recently announced plans to add hundreds of new jobs in Colorado, Florida, Ohio and Texas by the end of January 2011. The additions include sales, service and claims positions. Progressive said it...
Ohio AG Settles with Marsh
Sep 29 2010 // Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray has settled an antitrust lawsuit against Marsh & McLennan Cos. for $4.75 million. Public entities throughout the state — including universities, schools, cities and counties...
Ohio Adopts Emergency Rule for Children with Pre-Existing Conditions
Sep 28 2010 // The Ohio Department of Insurance has issued an emergency rule to better protect children under age 19 with pre-existing medical conditions by establishing uniform open enrollment periods in Ohio’s individual market...
Liberty Mutual Adds Commercial Lines Service Centers for Agents
Sep 27 2010 // Liberty Mutual Agency Markets said that its agents can now use one of two commercial lines service centers to help with a range of services for policyholders. The centers – located in Ohio and Washington — will...
Northwest Ohio Users Group Named ASCnet Chapter of the Year
Sep 23 2010 // The Northwest Ohio ASCnet Users Group has been honored with the Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet) 2010 Chapter of the Year Award. ASCnet Chapters Committee chair Dianna George, manager of Corporate Training and...
Ohio Supreme Court Gets University Bus Crash Insurance Case
Sep 16 2010 // Lawyers clashed this week before Ohio’s Supreme Court on whether a university’s insurers should be liable for a 2007 bus crash that killed seven people, including five student baseball players. An attorney for...
Ohio Insurance Institute: State’s Insured Losses from Ike – $1.255B
Sep 14 2010 // For some Ohioans, the memory of Hurricane Ike is only surpassed by the damage it caused last Sept. 14 as it made its way across the Buckeye State packing winds at speeds equal to a Category 1 hurricane (up to 74...
