Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former Employee of Ohio Insurer Charged with Embezzling $2.9M
Aug 13 2014 // A former longtime employee of Ohio’s biggest health insurance company has been charged in federal court in Cleveland with embezzlement for diverting nearly $3 million in phony payments that he deposited into his own...
Ohio Roofer Gets Prison Time for Insurance Fraud, Money Laundering
Aug 11 2014 // Columbus, Ohio, roofer Terrance J. King, owner of Home Improvement Terrance King, which also did work in the Dayton area, has been sentenced to 48 months in prison and ordered to pay $241,000 in restitution. In November...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Agency Settles Overcharges Lawsuit
Aug 4 2014 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has reached an agreement in principle to settle the San Allen case, a class action lawsuit filed in 2007 against the BWC over the pricing of workers’ comp policies that...
Anthony to Direct Government Affairs at Insurance Institute
Jul 31 2014 // The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) announced it has hired Jeff Anthony to direct its legislative and regulatory initiatives. Anthony most recently worked at the Ohio Department of Aging as a legislative liaison and...
Ohio-Based Motorists Insurance Group Promotes King, Kessler
Jul 29 2014 // The Motorists Insurance Group has announced that two members of its executive team with responsibilities across the group of companies have been promoted to senior vice president. Anne King has been promoted to senior vice...
Ohio-Based Company to Resolve Asbestos Claims for $797M
Jul 28 2014 // RPM International Inc., whose bankrupt Bondex and Specialty Products units may have faced liabilities of more than $1 billion, said it tentatively settled asbestos claims for $797.5 million. The money, allocated over a...
Judge OKs Ohio Workers’ Comp Settlement
Jul 28 2014 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation will pay out $420 million to state employers that were overcharged for insurance premiums under a settlement approved by a judge. Cuyahoga County Judge Richard McMonagle said the...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Agency Settles Overcharges Lawsuit
Jul 23 2014 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has reached an agreement in principle to settle the San Allen case, a class action lawsuit filed in 2007 against the BWC over the pricing of workers’ comp policies that...
Ohio Woman’s Injuries Reveals Cars’ Vulnerability to Rocks
Jul 22 2014 // A rock-throwing attack that left an Ohio woman with serious injuries is a reminder of how vulnerable motorists are when someone decides to target random victims from a highway bridge or overpass. As 52-year-old middle...
Despite Increases Ohio Auto, Home Insurance Rates Still Among the Lowest
Jul 21 2014 // Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor says Ohio’s average auto and homeowner’s rate remain among the lowest in the country despite increases taken in the past two years. In 2013,...
Rauch Named Vice President of Marketing at Ohio-Based Central Insurance
Jul 17 2014 // The Central Insurance Companies, based in Van Wert, Ohio, has promoted Timothy L. Rauch, to vice president of marketing for both Central Mutual and All America Insurance Companies. Rauch will replace current Senior Vice...
Despite Increases Ohio Auto, Home Insurance Rates Remain Low
Jul 10 2014 // Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor says Ohio’s average auto and homeowners insurance rates remain among the lowest in the country despite recent increases. In 2013, the average rate...
Agent Appointment Fee Reduction in Ohio Expected to Save Insurers $11.3M
Jul 9 2014 // A reduction in the fee insurance companies pay to “appoint” insurance agents is expected to result in $11.3 million in reduced annual costs, Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor...
Toledo, Ohio Food Truck Rules Would Require $1M in Liability Insurance
Jul 8 2014 // Proposed regulations for food trucks in a northwestern Ohio city have gone back to the mayor for more discussion after opposition from supporters of the mobile businesses. The Blade newspaper in Toledo reports that Toledo...
People – Midwest
Jul 7 2014 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Lockton named Joe Agnello president of the insurance broker’s Kansas City property/casualty business unit. Agnello, a 20-year Lockton veteran, succeeds Ron Lockton, who will devote more time to...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Agency Appeals Overcharge Ruling
Jun 30 2014 // The state is appealing a court ruling that says Ohio’s state insurance fund for injured workers set up an illegal rating system that resulted in employers being overcharged nearly $860 million over several years. The...
Tornado, Severe Storms Damage Homes in Ohio
Jun 26 2014 // Parts of Ohio are again cleaning up after severe storms rolled through — including a tornado that touched down in northeast Ohio. The National Weather Service confirmed a high EF1 or EF2 tornado touched down on June 23...
New Ohio Drilling Policy May Be Good for Oil & Gas, Insurance Industries
Jun 20 2014 // Ohio in mid-April 2014 enacted stricter regulations for oil and gas drilling near faults or areas of past seismic activity, a move that some, including insurers, may view as a step in the right direction. The Ohio...
Former Ohio Insurance Agent Gets Jail Time on Fraud-Related Charges
Jun 17 2014 // Former West Mansfield insurance agent Robert Horney, of Marysville, Ohio, was sentenced in Logan County Common Pleas Court to serve 60 days in jail, five years on community control and ordered to pay more than $21,000 in...
Ohio Sees Drop in Fatal Motorcycle Crashes
Jun 17 2014 // Motorcycle fatalities in Ohio have dropped by 21 percent since 2010, according to state statistics. Statistics show 133 motorcycle fatalities last year; 163 in 2012; 166 in 2011; and 168 in 2010. So far this year there...
