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Cleveland Court Tosses 30,000 Asbestos Injury Claims After Ruling

Oct 23 2008 // Courts have tossed about 30,000 asbestos injury claims to comply with an Ohio Supreme Court ruling that upheld limits on such cases, but people whose lungs begin showing evidence of damage could refile their cases, a judge...

Storms’ Toll Takes on Many Forms

Oct 20 2008 // The industry group says at least $553.1 million in insured losses were left by remnants of Hurricane Ike, which swept through the state on Sept. 14. The economic crisis with the failures of Lehman Brothers, then AIG, and...

It Figures

Oct 20 2008 // 90 Percent Michigan says nine in 10 school buses passed safety inspections last school year. Ten percent failed the checks. Some could continue operating as long as defects were repaired within two months. Eight percent of...

Declarations

Oct 20 2008 // Consumer Beware “So often these entities will pop back up with a new name and take advantage of a new group of consumers. This is why we urge consumers to contact us before purchasing coverage to be sure the entity...

Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Landmark Asbestos Reform Law

Oct 16 2008 // An Ohio Supreme Court ruling upholds the nation’s first asbestos litigation reform legislation, thereby helping truly sick victims of asbestos exposure get compensated quickly and fairly for their injuries, according...

Ohio Probes 8 Fires in Eastern County

Oct 15 2008 // The state fire marshal’s office is asking for tips from the public as it investigates a rash of fires in eastern Ohio’s Columbiana County. Since mid-September, the county south of the Youngstown area has seen...

New Ohio Workers’ Comp Law to Help 40,000 Employers

Oct 13 2008 // A new law has gone into effect that erases a competitive disadvantage for roughly 40,000 Ohio employers paying workers compensation premiums. For years, about 40,000 of the roughly 280,000 Ohio employers paying...

Agency Findings: NASA Buildings in Ohio Didn’t Cause Cancer

Oct 10 2008 // A federal health agency determined that two buildings at the NASA Glenn Research Center did not cause cancer among its past and present employees, a survey released October 8 shows. The National Institute for Occupational...

Donegal Insurance Reports 3Q to Reflect Hurricane, Securities Events

Oct 9 2008 // Marietta, Pennsylvania-based Donegal Group Inc. reported that its net income for the third quarter of 2008 will reflect realized investment losses related to its equity securities and claim activity resulting from...

Hurricane Ike’s Windstorm Costs Insurers $550 Million in Ohio Damages

Oct 9 2008 // Winds from Hurricane Ike will cost insurance companies at least $553.1 million to cover property damage and other losses in Ohio, making it the state’s most expensive natural disaster in more than three decades, a...

Ohio’s Recent Windstorm Could Rival State’s Costliest at $600 Million

Oct 8 2008 // Ohio insurers say losses from last month’s windstorm will rival those from the state’s costliest natural disaster of recent decades. The 1974 tornado that devastated the western Ohio city of Xenia caused about...

It Figures

Oct 6 2008 // 25% Each year, deer-vehicle crashes cause more than 200 deaths and tens of thousands of injuries, while racking up $1.1 billion in property damages. Based upon Erie Insurance’s decade of deer-vehicle collision data,...

Chicago’s Mayor Hits AIG Bailout; Other Midwest Officials More Positive

Oct 6 2008 // Midwestern reaction to a proposed bail out of insurance giant American International Group (AIG) has been varied. In Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is not happy about the Federal Reserve Bank’s decision to provide an...

People

Oct 6 2008 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) named Edward M. Liddy as chairman and CEO. He succeeds Robert B. Willumstad. Stephen F. Bollenbach, who was named lead independent director in June 2008, continues in that...

Oct 6 2008 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) named Edward M. Liddy as chairman and CEO. He succeeds Robert B. Willumstad. Stephen F. Bollenbach, who was named lead independent director in June 2008, continues in that...

Crack Found in Kentucky Bridge, Eastbound Truck Traffic Halted

Oct 3 2008 // Inspectors discovered a crack in the eastbound Interstate 275 bridge in northern Kentucky, prompting the state Transportation Cabinet to ban truck traffic from the span, a spokesman said Oct. 1. Eastbound traffic on the...

Ohio Doctor Pleads Guilty to Fraud

Sep 30 2008 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation says a Columbus doctor billed the state for services he didn’t provide to patients in his care. Officials said on September 25 that Dr. James Lipscomb pleaded guilty to...

Grange Insurance Adds Ohio State University President Gee to Board

Sep 30 2008 // Columbus, Ohio-based Grange Insurance recently named Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee to its board of directors effective Oct. 1, 2008. Gee replaces James L. Setterlin who recently announced his retirement from the Board...

New Workers’ Comp Medical Director Wants Patient Choice in Ohio

Sep 30 2008 // Injured workers would have a wider choice of doctors and greater access to new medical technology. Businesses would face less government red tape. To people who have experienced a job injury claim handled by the Ohio...

Ohio Wind Storm Damage Estimates Could Top $500 Million

Sep 29 2008 // Damage caused by the wind storm that ripped across Ohio Sept. 14 could hit $500 million or higher, making it one of the state’s costliest natural disasters. The Ohio Insurance Institute says $500 million is a...