Latest Ohio Headlines
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Ohio Personal Lines Premiums Remain Lower than U.S. Average
Aug 5 2009 // The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) recently reported that premiums for homeowners and auto insurance in that state remain lower than the U.S. average. On its Web site, www.ohioinsurance.org, the OII released the following...
Ohio Insurance Department Announces Policy Staff Addition
Aug 4 2009 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced the addition of Melissa Kuhn Wheeler to the agency’s policy department. Wheeler has five years of experience working with the Ohio General Assembly. Most...
Ohio to Strengthen Oversight of Workers’ Comp Group Sponsors
Aug 3 2009 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of Directors has voted to further strengthen the requirements for group sponsors, those associations that provide services to employers who qualify for group...
Ohio Insurance Department Gets New Web Site Address
Aug 3 2009 // The Ohio Department of Insurance has a new Web site address: http://www.insurance.ohio.gov. The old address, www.ohioinsurance.gov, will remain active for a several months but will eventually be shut down in place of the...
States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers
Aug 3 2009 // Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly...
Michigan’s American Community Launches PPO Network in Ohio
Jul 31 2009 // Michigan-based American Community Mutual Insurance Company, a provider of group and individual health insurance, has introduced its own proprietary medical provider network in Ohio. The company said the American Community...
Companies Told to Stop Selling Insurance in Ohio
Jul 28 2009 // The Ohio Department of Insurance has issued cease and desist orders to two companies that were found to have been selling insurance in the state without licenses to do so. Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo...
Ohio Auto and Homeowners Insurance Rates Increased in 2008
Jul 28 2009 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that the average rates for the state’s top 10 private passenger auto insurers increased 0.8 percent in 2008. The average rates for the state’s top...
Ohio Department of Insurance Changes Web Address
Jul 23 2009 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson has announced that the Department Web site address will now be http://www.insurance.ohio.gov. The old address, (www.ohioinsurance.gov) will remain active for a several...
Ohio Casualty Introduces Commercial Fleet Management System
Jul 17 2009 // Fairfield, Ohio-based Ohio Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, has introduced Onboard Advisor, a fleet management system that helps companies increase commercial fleet safety and productivity, save...
People
Jul 6 2009 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company and State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company has named new managers in various divisions. Robert (Bob) A. Bachtell is claims manager for State...
Merchants Flexible Choice Auto Product Introduced in Ohio
Jul 1 2009 // Buffalo, N.Y.-based Merchants Insurance Group launched its newest insurance product in Ohio, Merchants Flexible Choice Auto, effective July 1, 2009, for new business and Sept. 1 renewals, the company announced. Merchants...
Former State Auto Chairman Dies at 81
Jun 25 2009 // Theodore R. (Ted) Magley, a nearly 45-year employee of Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Companies and former chairman of the board, died at home on June 22, after a brief battle with cancer. He was 81. In 1949, shortly...
MSO Now Offering Personal Lines Programs in Ohio
Jun 23 2009 // New Jersey-based MSO Inc. (The Mutual Service Office Inc.) is now offering its personal lines programs in Ohio. Personal lines programs include homeowners, mobile homeowners, combination dwelling, inland marine and...
Ohio High Court: Employer not Eligible for Work Comp Benefits Refund
Jun 17 2009 // The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that a double dismissal of a workers’ compensation appeal does not entitle an employer to a refund of compensation benefits from the state. Specifically, according to the Ohio high...
Ohio High Court Affirms Use of ‘Open and Obvious’ Hazard Defense
Jun 15 2009 // The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that when a plaintiff’s injuries arise from a hazardous condition on a defendant’s property that is in violation of the Ohio Basic Building Code, the property owner may...
Breitmayer Named Ohio PIA’s Vice President of Member Services
Jun 11 2009 // David M. Breitmayer, of Dublin, Ohio, has been hired by the Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio Inc. (PIA) as the group’s vice president of Member Services. Prior to coming to PIA, Breitmayer served as...
Ohio’s State Auto Announces New Management Positions
Jun 11 2009 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company and State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company have announced new managers in various divisions. Robert (Bob) A. Bachtell is claim manager for State...
Families Fight Ohio Uranium Plant Workers’ Compensation Ruling
Jun 8 2009 // Relatives of workers who died of exposure to radiation or toxic materials at a Cold War-era uranium enrichment plant in Ohio are fighting a ruling by state officials that keeps them from receiving workers’...
Ohio High Court Affirms Use of ‘Open and Obvious’ Hazard Defense
Jun 4 2009 // The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that when a plaintiff’s injuries arise from a hazardous condition on a defendant’s property that constitutes a violation of the Ohio Basic Building Code, the property owner...
