Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Man Sentenced on Comp Fraud Charge
Oct 10 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Springfield man has been sentenced for a misdemeanor charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Jeff Hamm was sentenced to three months incarceration, a...
Ohio Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 7 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Columbus man has been sentenced for a misdemeanor charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Souhil Sabbagh was sentenced to one year probation and ordered...
Ohio Ruling Gives Priority to Sick Asbestos Claimants
Oct 4 2004 // Ohio’s Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, where the majority of asbestos cases have been filed in the state, issued an administrative order recently that gives priority to cases filed by individuals exhibiting...
Haniewich Leaves Ohio Casualty’s Commercial Lines Division as Executive VP, COO
Oct 1 2004 // Insurer Ohio Casualty Corp. announced that Jeffery L. Haniewich, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the commercial lines division of the Ohio Casualty Insurance Co., has left to pursue other career...
OHIO CAR THEFTS DROPPED 2%:
Sep 20 2004 // Ohio’s auto thefts decreased about 2 percent from 2002, according to estimates released by the Ohio Insurance Institute (OII), a property/casualty trade group. Based on auto theft survey results of 17 major Ohio city...
Ohio Gets Help Following Storms
Sep 20 2004 // The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that President Bush has ordered federal disaster aid to help families and businesses in eastern Ohio recover...
Infinity Offers CE at Ohio Agents Conference
Sep 16 2004 // The Ohio Agents Alliance will hold its conference Oct. 22-23 this year in Worthington, Ohio. The group is a state affiliate of the National Auto Agents Alliance, an association formed specifically to address the needs of...
Ohio Man Sentenced in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Sep 7 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a Swanton man has been sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud. David Tressler was sentenced to five years of community control, ordered to pay...
TWCC OKAYS NINE SELF-INSURE COAs:
Sep 6 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission recently approved the reapplication for Certificates of Authority to Self-Insure for a one-year period by nine private employers. Texas law allows certain large, private...
Ohio’s Asbestos Reform Survives 1st Court Test
Sep 6 2004 // A ruling last week by Ohio’s Eighth District Court of Appeals temporarily allows the nation’s first statewide law creating objective medical criteria for asbestos litigation (HB 292) to take effect. The court,...
Ohio Car Thefts Dropped 2%, Says Trade Group
Aug 31 2004 // Ohio’s auto theft picture improved last year as thefts decreased about 2 percent from 2002, according to estimates released by the Ohio Insurance Institute (OII), a property/casualty trade group. Based on auto theft...
Ohio Casualty Corp. Announces Loss Estimates from Hurricane Charley
Aug 24 2004 // Ohio Casualty Corporation announced that it expects net catastrophe losses in the range of $6 to $8 million before-tax from Hurricane Charley. The catastrophe loss impact for Hurricane Charley is expected to add...
Ohio Casualty Names Wright to Board
Aug 20 2004 // Fairfield-based insurer Ohio Casualty Corp. has appointed Michael L. Wright, of Fortville, Ind., as a member of its board of directors, effective Aug. 19, 2004. Wright has served in a number of executive positions,...
Ohio BWC Reports Paid Medical Costs for WC Claims Lower Than Expected
Aug 10 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced this week paid medical costs for workers’ compensation claims were 8.5 percent, or nearly $80 million lower, than expected medical costs for fiscal year...
Ohio Casualty’s Q2 Profit Up 67%
Aug 6 2004 // Fairfield, Ohio-based insurer Ohio Casualty Corp. reported second-quarter net income of $32.7 million, or 52 cents per diluted share, up 67 percent from $11 million, or 18 cents per diluted share, a year ago. The company...
BWC Offering Safety Classes for Ohio Employers
Jul 28 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) will offer several classes designed to teach the basics of health and safety in the workplace. “Safety education is an essential element in the overall success of...
The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net
Jul 22 2004 // Suzanne Sahakian Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and...
Construction Defects Burning a Hole through the Residential Contractors Market
Jul 19 2004 // Whether real or imagined, the threat of construction defects litigation has burned through the residential contractors liability insurance market like a California wildfire. Over the past couple of years, contractors and...
COMMISSION: MED-MAL CRISIS HURTING DOCTOR RECRUITMENT IN OHIO:
Jul 19 2004 // Patients in southeastern and northeastern Ohio are feeling the impact of the medical malpractice crisis according to several doctors who testified before the Ohio Medical Malpractice Commission at the Ohio Department of...
The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net
Jul 19 2004 // Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty insurance...
