Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves
Jul 5 2010 // Arthur J. Gallagher, Joseph James & Associates Illinois-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired Joseph James & Associates of Dublin, Ohio. Terms of...
People
Jul 5 2010 // Donald D. Larson has been named president and chief operating officer of the Great American Property and Casualty Group and Great American Insurance Co. Larson is the 16th president in Great American’s history. He...
Ohio Orders Health Insurer to Refund $6M to Policyholders
Jun 30 2010 // More than 45,000 Ohioans will receive a refund or credit from Community Insurance Co., also known as Anthem, according to Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson. The Ohio Department of Insurance alleges that Anthem has been...
Ohio Selects Medical Mutual to Operate Temporary High Risk Pool
Jun 25 2010 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that a non profit entity, Medical Mutual of Ohio, has been selected to operate the state’s temporary high risk pool program, created through the federal...
Ohio BWC Modifies Public Employer Ratemaking Guidelines
Jun 22 2010 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of Directors has voted to modify two tables that impact experience-based rate adjustments for Public Employer Taxing Districts (PEC), effective Jan. 1, 2011. The...
Ohio: Temporary Disability Compensation Can Include Concurrent Wages
Jun 21 2010 // The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that wages from a second job may be used to calculate an injured worker’s average and full weekly wages in determining temporary total disability compensation for an injury he...
May 7- 8 Northern Ohio Storms Losses Top $31M
Jun 16 2010 // A series of storms on May 7 and 8 centered across the top half of the state caused at least $31.4 million in damages, according to preliminary insured loss estimates released by the Ohio Insurance Institute...
Dillabaugh Joins Hylant Group as Sr. VP, Employee Benefits Sales Leader
Jun 16 2010 // Ohio-based Hylant Group hired industry veteran Scott Dillabaugh as senior vice president and employee benefits sales leader for its Cleveland, Ohio, office. In this role, he will be part of the employee benefits practice,...
Ohio Storm Victims Allowed 60-Day Leeway on Insurance Payments
Jun 14 2010 // Ohioans affected by the tornados that ripped through Wood, Fulton, and Ottawa Counties will be getting some relief when it comes to deadlines for paying their insurance premiums, Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary...
Ohio Court Has Jurisdiction Over Non-Resident Internet Defamation Case
Jun 11 2010 // The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that an Ohio trial court may assert jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant in a defamation case involving Internet postings, according to a slip opinion released by the Supreme Court...
Ohio Judge Nixes Driving Record Fee
Jun 10 2010 // A judge has struck down a higher motor vehicle fee charged to trucking and insurance companies, saying it violates Ohio’s constitution. Lawmakers last year raised the fee on certified copies of driving records from...
Ohio: Temporary Disability Compensation Can Include Concurrent Wages
Jun 9 2010 // The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that the Industrial Commission of Ohio did not abuse its discretion in including wages from a second job to calculate an injured worker’s average and full weekly wages in...
4 Killed in Midwest Storms; Property Damage Extensive
Jun 7 2010 // Tornados and thunderstorms that swept through the Midwest over the weekend killed at least four people in Ohio, sent several to hospitals, destroyed 50 homes and damaged scores more, as well a high school gymnasium where...
Business Moves
Jun 7 2010 // Fremont Michigan, Northern Mutual Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc., a Michigan-exclusive property and casualty insurance company headquartered in Fremont, Mich., and Northern Mutual Insurance Co. (Northern), a Michigan...
Ohio: Attorney Fees Distinct from Punitive Damages
Jun 7 2010 // The Ohio Supreme Court recently issued a slip opinion finding that attorney fees are distinct from punitive damages and that public policy does not prevent an insurance company from covering those fees on behalf of an...
Ohio Revokes Insurers’ Licenses
Jun 7 2010 // The Ohio Department of Insurance has revoked the licenses of two troubled insurance companies: Imperial Casualty and Indemnity Co. of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co. (AMIC) of New York, N.Y. In...
After Child Fatality, Ohio Lawmakers Push for School Bus Seat Belts
Jun 4 2010 // State lawmakers say a school bus crash that killed an eastern Ohio kindergarten student has given new urgency to a proposal requiring seat belts on school buses. Six-year-old Kasey King of Frazeysburg died June 2 when a...
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Finalizes Rate Reduction
Jun 2 2010 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) board of directors has approved a 3.9-percent overall private employer premium rate decrease for the upcoming policy year, beginning July 1, 2010. The upcoming rate cut...
Ohio Revokes Licenses of Oklahoma, New York Domiciled Insurers
May 28 2010 // The Ohio Department of Insurance has revoked the licenses of two troubled insurance companies: Imperial Casualty and Indemnity Co. of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co. (AMIC) of New York, N.Y. In...
Ohio Supreme Court: Attorney Fees Distinct from Punitive Damages
May 21 2010 // The Ohio Supreme Court has issued a slip opinion finding that attorney fees are distinct from punitive damages and that public policy does not prevent an insurance company from covering those fees on behalf of an...
