Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawsuit filed in Ohio Bus Crash that Killed 5 Targets Insurers
Nov 29 2007 // Attorneys want a federal court to determine whether members of a university baseball team involved in a deadly bus crash earlier this year are entitled to insurance money. A lawsuit filed on behalf of Bluffton...
Hylant Group Names Chaney President of Cleveland Office
Nov 29 2007 // Toledo, Ohio-based the Hylant Group, the nation’s sixth largest privately held commercial insurance brokerage, has named John W. Chaney as president of the Cleveland office and regional vice president. Chaney will be...
Ohio Bill Would Require Insurance Plans to Cover Autism Treatment
Nov 12 2007 // Fully insured health plans would be required to cover diagnosis as well as treatment for autism under an Ohio House bill advocates say would expose autistic children to early treatment that will benefit them the rest of...
Ohio Casualty Honored by Technology Company, ASCnet
Nov 5 2007 // Ohio Casualty, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced that it was recently honored with three awards from Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group for Applied Systems agency management technology, in...
Ohio Announces Changes to Agent Continuing Education Process
Nov 5 2007 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently announced that it will no longer require Continuing Education (CE) providers to collect an agent’s Social Security Number (SSN) starting Jan. 1, 2008. The Department said...
Whistleblowers Seek Job Protection in N.D. Workers’ Comp Case
Nov 1 2007 // A workers’ compensation fraud investigator whose testimony helped lead to a felony charge against the agency’s chief executive has asked for job protection, saying he fears he will be fired. Todd Flanagan is...
Ohio Officials Alert Public about Data Breach by Hartford Insurance
Oct 31 2007 // Hartford Life Insurance has misplaced three backup tapes containing sensitive personal information on an unknown number of Ohio consumers, state insurance regulators said. The company says the data security breach was...
Job Protection Sought in N.D. Workers’ Comp Case
Oct 29 2007 // A workers’ compensation fraud investigator whose testimony helped lead to a felony charge against the agency’s chief executive has asked for job protection, saying he fears he will be fired. Todd Flanagan is...
Ohio Supreme Court Tosses Out $30 M Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case
Oct 29 2007 // The Ohio Supreme Court threw out a record $30 million verdict won by a brain-damaged man, citing his Detroit-area attorney for inappropriate theatrics in court. The verdict, the state’s largest medical malpractice...
The Doctors Co. to Grow by Acquiring Calif. Medical Liability Insurer, SCPIE
Oct 17 2007 // Physician-owned liability insurer The Doctors Company is expanding its market by acquiring SCPIE Holdings Inc., a provider of healthcare liability insurance in California and Delaware. Following the merger, The Doctors...
SFA Brings Ohio and New England Retail Agents Better Access To Specialty Workers’ Compensation Markets
Oct 15 2007 // October 15 2007, Newtown, PA – Alternative risk broker and consultant Self-Funded Alternatives has announced an expanded marketing effort to assist retail agents in the State of Ohio and the New England region with...
Ohio Agents Recognize Outstanding Leaders at Annual Business Meeting
Oct 12 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio, Inc. (PIA), held a special awards ceremony during its annual Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony on October 4th. Individuals were recognized for outstanding...
Ohio Seminar’s Focus to be School Weapons, Sexual Misconduct
Oct 5 2007 // Indiana Insurance and Ohio Casualty, both members of Liberty Mutual Group, have announced that they will co-sponsor the continuing series of Safer Schools Seminars at The Ohio State University Fawcett Center on Thursday,...
Ohio State Highway Patrol Say Auto-deer Crashes on the Rise
Oct 5 2007 // Ohio motorists are being warned that auto-deer crashes have been on the increase. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says more than 28,000 deer-vehicle collisions were reported on the state’s roads last year, up 3.3...
Ohio Supreme Court Reverses Ruling: Injured Worker Gets Benefits Afterall
Oct 3 2007 // The Ohio Supreme Court, taking a second look at its own ruling, decided that a young fast-food worker who badly burned himself after violating safety rules should get temporary disability benefits. Some attorneys had...
State Updates Map of Ohio Earthquakes for First Time since 2002
Sep 28 2007 // For the first time in five years, the state has revised its map showing where earthquakes have shaken Ohio. The Department of Natural Resources says more than 30 quakes have been recorded in and around the state since the...
People
Sep 24 2007 // The Progressive Corp. in Mayfield, Ohio, is consolidating management of its two distribution channels for personal lines. Since 2000, Progressive’s personal lines segment has been organized into two businesses...
Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family
Sep 24 2007 // With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets becomes the largest regional independent agency force Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and...
Identity Theft Concerns Continue with Computer Tape Stolen in Ohio
Sep 24 2007 // A computer backup tape stolen from a state worker’s car in June contained the personal information of more than 500 county workers from Minnesota. Insurance Journal reported on the theft earlier this year. It was...
What’s ahead for Liberty Mutual, Ohio Casualty independent agents?
Sep 24 2007 // For agents, the Liberty Mutual Agency Markets acquisition of Ohio Casualty promises to be a matter of addition, not subtraction. For the most part, Ohio Casualty’s 3,400 agents will join with and not replace or be...
