Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Progressive Named a Best Company to Work For in Ohio
Sep 14 2010 // After her son was born, Denise Elliott looked forward to going back to work, but she also wanted to spend more time with her baby than just nights and weekends. So Elliott, a real estate manager at Progressive car...
Ohio Insurance Director Accepts Surrender of Agent’s License
Sep 13 2010 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson has accepted the surrender of the resident insurance agent license of John Elder of Lancaster, Ohio, for alleged violations of Ohio insurance law. The department said an...
Texas Approves 16 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp Claims
Sep 8 2010 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved one initial application and 15 renewals of the Certificates of Authority for companies to self-insure their workers’...
Nationwide Insurance Will End PGA Tour Sponsorship in 2012
Sep 7 2010 // Ohio-based Nationwide Insurance has announced it will end its title sponsorship of the PGA Tour’s developmental circuit when the contract expires in two years. Instead, Nationwide will stay involved in golf starting...
Ohio Bear Owner Carried No Comp Insurance for Mauled Caretaker
Sep 3 2010 // Records show the Ohio man who owned a bear that recently mauled its caretaker to death had no workplace injury insurance to cover the man, an apparent violation of state law. Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Group Discount to Remain the Same for 2011
Aug 31 2010 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation board of directors has voted to maintain the current maximum discount and break even factors (BEF) for group-rated employers for the policy year beginning July 1, 2011. In...
Keystone Welcomes Palmer Miller Nelson as Ohio Partner
Aug 30 2010 // Palmer Miller Nelson Insurance Agency Inc. (PMN) of Columbus, Ohio, has become Keystone Insurers Group’s 24th franchise partner in Ohio. The new arrangement was announced jointly by PMN President Steven Miller and...
Former Ohio Agent Convicted on Theft Charges
Aug 27 2010 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson has announced that former insurance agent Jamie Smith of Bowling Green, Ohio, has been convicted on one count of felony theft in the Lucas County Court of Common...
Employee-Owned Insurance Brokerage Opens Akron Office
Aug 19 2010 // Ohio’s oldest independent and largest employee-owned risk management and insurance brokerage firm has opened an office in Akron. Oswald Companies serves more than 50 clients collectively in Akron and...
Ohio Highway Patrol: ID Theft Increase ‘Alarming’
Aug 16 2010 // Ohio Highway Patrol troopers say they’re seeing an “alarming” increase in cases of identity theft. The patrol says it has investigated 248 cases so far this year, compared to 114 by this time in 2009. The...
Keystone Insurers Group Adds Miller & Miller as 23rd Ohio Partner
Aug 9 2010 // Keystone Insurers Group’s newest Ohio partner, Miller & Miller Inc., of Dover, has become the group’s 23rd agency in Ohio and one of 212 independent agencies in six states that comprise and own...
Former Ohio Insurance Agent Indicted on Theft Charges
Aug 6 2010 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that Michael Cox of Powell, Ohio, has been indicted by a Franklin County grand jury on ten counts of felony theft. A department investigation revealed Cox had...
Ohio Insurance Department Recovered $11.4M for Consumers in 2009
Aug 2 2010 // Claim denials were the number one complaint of Ohio insurance consumers in 2009, according to statistics released by the Ohio Department of Insurance. Nearly one-third of the 5,453 consumer complaints received by the...
Neace Lukens Opens Dayton, Ohio, Office; Grows Construction Group
Jul 29 2010 // Louisville, Ky.-based insurance broker Neace Lukens has opened a new office in Dayton, Ohio. The new office consists of two full-time employees. Michael Ward joins as vice president of its construction insurance services...
Ohio Auto, Homeowners Insurance Rates Increase Slightly in 2009
Jul 20 2010 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that the average rates for the state’s top 10 private passenger auto insurers increased 2.8 percent in 2009. The average rates for the state’s top...
AIG to Pay $725M to Settle Securities Fraud Lawsuit
Jul 19 2010 // American International Group Inc. agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running securities fraud lawsuit led by three Ohio public pension funds, in one of the largest class action settlements in U.S. history. AIG,...
Ohio Tornadoes Cost Home, Business Owners $22M
Jul 16 2010 // The insurance industry says a storm and tornadoes that ripped through northwest Ohio in early June caused at least $22.1 million in damage for homeowners and business owners. The totals by the Ohio Insurance Institute...
Conviction of Adviser Upheld in Fraud of Ohio Work Comp Agency
Jul 16 2010 // A federal appeals court has refused to allow a new trial for an investment adviser serving 12 years in the loss of $216 million at the state agency for injured workers. The three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court...
Willis Appoints McKain Head of Columbus, Ohio, Office
Jul 14 2010 // Willis, the global insurance broker, has named Frank E. McKain managing partner of its Columbus, Ohio office, effective July 14. He succeeds Kim Sparks, who as interim managing partner successfully navigated the operation...
Ohio Storm Victims Get 60-Day Leeway on Insurance Payments
Jul 5 2010 // Ohioans affected by the tornados that ripped through Wood, Fulton, and Ottawa Counties in early June will be getting some relief when it comes to deadlines for paying their insurance premiums, Ohio Department of Insurance...
