Latest Ohio Headlines

All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Ohio Attorney General Asks Judge to Order Marsh to Submit Documents

Mar 1 2007 // Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann has asked a judge to order New-York based Marsh and McLennan to turn over documents Dann says the state is owed as part of an antitrust investigation. Dann says the company has impeded the...

Ohio Best Hoovier McTeague Merges with SeibertKeck

Mar 1 2007 // SeibertKeck, a northeast Ohio independent insurance agency has announced its recent merger with Best Hoovler McTeague Insurance Services (BHM), an independent property and casualty insurance agency headquartered in...

Safer Schools Seminar Coming to Tenn. on March 7

Feb 28 2007 // Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, will host its second of four free, day-long Safer Schools Seminars on March 7 at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. School violence and sexual...

Ohio Ward Group Conducts Study of Insurance Company Benefits

Feb 27 2007 // Cincinnati-based Ward Group, a provider of benchmarking and best practices consulting services, is conducting an in-depth study of employee benefits at insurance companies. The study will provide extensive information...

Hylant Group Adds Executive, Administrative Services

Feb 27 2007 // Toledo, Ohio-based Hylant Group, a full-service business insurance agency, has hired James Rowan to serve as the regional representative for the Ohio School Plan (OSP) Southwest Ohio territory for Hylant Administrative...

Ohio auto and homeowners rates decrease in 2006

Feb 26 2007 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently announced that the average rates for the state’s top 10 auto and homeowners insurers — which represent 72 percent of both markets — decreased 1.2 percent and 0.8...

Ohio auto and homeowners rates decrease in 2006

Feb 25 2007 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently an-nounced that the average rates for the state’s top 10 auto and homeowners insurers — which represent 72 percent of both markets — decreased 1.2 percent and 0.8...

Ohio KeyCorp Settles Leased Cars Case for $279 Million

Feb 23 2007 // Cleveland, Ohio-based KeyCorp Bank will receive $279 million from a Swiss insurance company to settle a six-year-old lawsuit over losses it claimed in its car leasing business. The settlement, disclosed this week in a...

Ohio Schedules 2007 Insurance Fraud Seminar

Feb 20 2007 // The 2007 Ohio Insurance Fraud Seminar will be conducted Thursday, March 15 at Quest Conference Centers, located at 8405 Pulsar Place in Columbus. The hosts are the Ohio Department of Insurance, the Ohio Chapter of the...

Ohio Auto and Homeowners’ Rates Decrease in 2006

Feb 15 2007 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently announced that the average rates for the state’s top 10 auto and homeowners insurers – which represent 72 percent of both markets – decreased 1.2 percent and 0.8...

People and Places

Feb 12 2007 // Chicago-based The Park Group, a wholesale insurance brokerage has announced the promotion of Peter Upjohn to the position of manager of the newly established Professional Liability Brokerage Department. Upjohn is...

New Markets

Feb 12 2007 // Trucking Nuts & Bolts: AIX Group, Inc., a specialty insurance holding company, has formed a program to provide automobile physical damage coverage to commercial trucking operations. This program will be targeting...

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17 – AZ,CO,ID,IL,IN,IA,KS,MN,MO,NE,NV,ND,OH,OR,SD,UT,WI

Feb 11 2007 // 28 – AL,AK,CA,CO,CT,DE,DC,FL,GA,KS,LA,ME,MD,MI,MO,NV,NJ,NY,OH,OR,PA,TN,TX,VT,VA,WA,WV,WI 22 – AL,AZ,CO,FL,GA,IL,IN,IA,KY,MI,MN,MO,NE,NC,ND,OH,SC,SD,TN,UT,VA,WI 14 –...

Ohio ProCentury Management to Present at N.Y. Conference

Feb 9 2007 // Columbus, Ohio-based ProCentury Corp.has announced that its management team is scheduled to present at the New York Society of Security Analysts’ 11th Annual Insurance Industry Conference in New York City on Monday,...

Ohio State Auto Offers Reimbursement when Anti-theft Devise Installed

Feb 8 2007 // The State Auto Insurance Cos., a regional property and casualty insurance group, has announced enhanced coverage for customers who have installed technology that can help quickly recover stolen vehicles or equipment. State...

Ohio Grange Mutual Exits the Banking Business

Feb 7 2007 // Maryland-based American Bank Holdings, Inc. and Ohio’s The Grange Bank announced today that the two companies have entered into an agreement under which American’s subsidiary, American Bank, will acquire The...

Ohio Insurance Director Announces Staff and Structural Changes

Feb 2 2007 // Newly appointed Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson has announced staff and structural changes. Hudson was appointed by Governor Ted Strickland and officially began serving as the state’s 46th...

Ind. Insurance Schedules 4 New Safer Schools Seminars in Midwest

Feb 1 2007 // Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced today that it will host four free, day-long Safer Schools Seminars beginning February 19th at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Ken. Seminars will...

Washington Commissioner Issues Multiple Fines, Enforcement Actions

Jan 31 2007 // Washington’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner has ordered UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co. of Minneapolis to pay a $59,000 fine following an agency investigation into the company’s use of unapproved contracts...