Latest Ohio Headlines
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Ohio Westfield Insurance Adds Senior Executive, Corporate Risk
Jan 31 2007 // Pete Schwanke has been named senior executive, corporate risk management, at Westfield Insurance. His responsibilities include designing Westfield’s risk management programs and maintaining its reinsurance...
Ohio Nationwide Insurance Members’ Data Taken in Theft from Vendor
Jan 25 2007 // Computer records containing medical claim information, health data and Social Security numbers of 28,279 Nationwide insurance customers were stolen from the office of a vendor in Massachusetts, the company said. A lockbox...
Ohio State Auto Adds New System to Benefit Agent Force
Jan 25 2007 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Cos. have eliminated an automation roadblock for independent State Auto agencies using Applied Systems agency management systems. State Auto has implemented IVANS Transformation...
Ohio Westfield Adds New Online Risk Control Tool for Businesses
Jan 23 2007 // Westfield Insurance has introduced a new online Risk Control Assessment to help businesses identify their risk issues. The 24-question survey, on www.WestfieldInsurance.com, is available to all visitors and provides a...
Ohio Health-care Provider Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 19 2007 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced today that a Cleveland woman pleaded guilty to a felony count of workers’ compensation fraud. Carolyn Burten, also known as Carolyn Cook, pleaded guilty...
Booth of Allianz Chairs ACORD
Jan 17 2007 // Clem Booth, a member of the management board of Allianz, SE, has been designated the 2007 chair of ACORD’s board of directors. John Kellington, chief technology officer and senior vice president of Ohio Casualty...
Ohio Westfield Insurance Appoints New Executive
Jan 16 2007 // Mark Kidd has been named executive, small business accounts, at Westfield Insurance. His responsibilities include managing the growth and profitability of Westfield’s small business accounts in Ohio, Kentucky,...
Ohio State Auto Joins Agents’ Branding Program
Jan 11 2007 // The State Auto Insurance Companies are among the first group of carriers to join the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents’ branding program, “Local Agents Serving Main Street America SM.”...
Ohio Attorney General Will Not Appeal Court Decision on Injured Workers
Jan 10 2007 // Ohio workers injured while on jobs they obtained through welfare work-relief programs could see benefits increased following a decision by the Ohio state’s new attorney general not to appeal a court decision that...
Declarations
Jan 8 2007 // Identity Theft “A security freeze puts control of a consumer’s credit report where it belongs — in the hands of the consumer … Until now, only victims of identity theft could place a freeze on their...
Declarations
Jan 7 2007 // Identity Theft “A security freeze puts control of a consumer’s credit report where it belongs — in the hands of the consumer … Until now, only victims of identity theft could place a freeze on their...
Business Moves
Jan 7 2007 // Ohio State Automobile Mutual, Beacon Insurance Group Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company is acquiring the Beacon Insurance Group of Wichita Falls, Texas. The transaction, which is expected to close in the...
Ohio High Court Backs Ex-wife’s Claim to Life Insurance Benefit
Jan 5 2007 // A 1990 law automatically terminating life insurance policies between married couples when they divorce doesn’t apply to policies signed before the law passed, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled this week. In a unanimous...
Ohio Indemnity Rating at A- Reaffirmed by A.M. Best Co.
Jan 4 2007 // Bancinsurance Corp. today announced that the financial strength rating for Ohio Indemnity Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary, has been reaffirmed at A- (excellent) by A.M. Best Co. Ohio Indemnity’s issuer credit rating...
Ohio’s New Attorney General Faces Workers’ Comp Court Decision
Jan 3 2007 // Ohio’s new attorney general made criticism of the scandal-ridden state insurance fund for injured workers a hallmark of his campaign. Taking office next month, Democrat Marc Dann must now decide whether to appeal a...
Ohio, 39 States Settle with Sony BMG over Anti-copying Software
Dec 28 2006 // SONY BMG Music Entertainment has agreed to pay Ohio and 39 additional states $4.25 million to resolve the states’ investigation into problems that arose when SONY placed anti-copying software on music CDs without...
Ohio Insurance Director Gains Seat on State Board of Education
Dec 27 2006 // Ohio State Insurance Director and former lawmaker Ann Womer Benjamin will join the State Board of Education on Jan. 1, Gov. Bob Taft announced late last week. Womer Benjamin, of Aurora, will take the at-large seat held by...
Contingent commissions, court rulings highlight 2006
Dec 25 2006 // In 2006, the Midwest experienced the impact of contingent commission settlements based on the actions of several attorneys general and a myriad of court rulings on insurers’ use of credit, liquor liability and...
2006:a big year for P&C buyers and sellers of all shapes and sizes
Dec 24 2006 // JANUARY Hallmark Acquires Fort Worth, Texas-based Hallmark Financial Services Inc. has completed its acquisition of Aerospace Holdings LLC, which markets general aviation insurance products. Hallmark underwrites...
Ohio Kohl Agency Merges with SeibertKeck
Dec 20 2006 // SeibertKeck, based in Northeast Ohio, recently announced its recent merger with Jack Kohl Agency Inc., effective Jan. 1, 2007. The Jack Kohl Agency will remain at its Ravenna headquarters and will be known as Jack Kohl...
