Latest Ohio Headlines
All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Senate Votes to Keep Workers’ Compensation Rating System
Dec 19 2008 // The Ohio Senate has signed off on preserving a workers’ compensation rate system that many businesses say is unfair and detrimental to the economy. The Senate voted 31-1 on Dec. 15 to preserve the current group...
Ohio Lawmakers Expected to Push Through Asbestos Legislation
Dec 16 2008 // Republican lawmakers in Ohio say they hope a bill requiring more transparency in certain asbestos exposure claims is expected to be approved this week If that happens, the bill would then go to Democratic Gov. Ted...
Ohio Says Homeowners-Turned-Renters Need Coverage
Dec 16 2008 // The economy is turning more homeowners into renters, and the Ohio Department of Insurance wants them to remember to protect their possessions. Insurance director Mary Jo Hudson says not buying renter’s insurance may...
Ohio Federal Judge Says Speeder Cams Constitutional
Dec 11 2008 // A federal judge in Akron has rejected a local attorney’s claim that automatic traffic cameras violate the Constitution. Lawyer Warner Mendenhall filed suit after his wife got a speeding ticket in November 2005 from a...
Ohio Casualty Teams Up with National Alliance for Risk Managers Program
Dec 9 2008 // Fairfield, Ohio-based Ohio Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, is teaming with The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research to offer its Certified School Risk Managers (CSRM)...
Ohio Lawmakers Continue Workers’ Comp Rating System Dispute
Dec 5 2008 // GOP lawmakers say want to preserve a system used by the state to set job-injury insurance rates. A Cuyahoga County judge earlier this month ordered the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to create by July a new and...
Ohio Director Warns Consumers About Auto Insurance Phone Scam
Dec 2 2008 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently issued a warning about a telephone scam targeting auto insurance customers. Department Director Mary Jo Hudson said on Dec. 1 that victims are receiving calls saying their...
Ohio: $1.2 Billion in Insurance Claims for 3rd Quarter of 2008
Dec 1 2008 // The Columbus Dispatch reports that Ohio had $1.2 billion in insurance claims for the third quarter of the year, trailing only hurricane-hit Texas and Louisiana. That’s up from $62 million in claims during the same...
Texas Supreme Court Considers Auto Policy Exclusions Case
Dec 1 2008 // The Texas Supreme Court must decide if an Ohio insurance company should pay in the case of a boy injured by a driver who was speeding away from police. Richard Gibbons was evading San Marcos, Texas, police in 1999 when his...
Ohio City’s Cameras Catch Legal Red-Light Turners
Nov 21 2008 // A southern Ohio mayor has asked his police department to dismiss many of the traffic citations written with the help of new red-light cameras. Chillicothe City Councilman Dustin Proehl says Mayor Joe Sulzer took that that...
Safeco, Ohio Casualty Name New Mid-Atlantic Regional Operation Heads
Nov 21 2008 // Safeco Insurance and Ohio Casualty, both Liberty Mutual Agency Markets companies, recently announced key management appointments to lead their respective personal and commercial lines operations in their Mid-Atlantic...
Ohio Director Says No to Federal Oversight, No to National Cat Plan
Nov 20 2008 // A public servant, attorney and community leader, Mary Jo Hudson officially took office as the 46th director of the Ohio Department of Insurance on Jan. 8, 2007. Just coming up on two years in office, Hudson speaks her mind...
Ohio Judge Sides With Challenge on Workers’ Comp
Nov 20 2008 // An Ohio judge on Nov. 18 blocked the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation from setting job-injury insurance rates while a lawsuit brought by several business owners moves forward. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge...
New Markets
Nov 16 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Employer Stop Loss Market Detail: Markel...
Voters Shuffle Deck of State Legislatures; Both Parties Claim Gains
Nov 5 2008 // Voters on Tuesday left their mark on the state political landscape, shifting the partisan control of state government in a dozen states. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Democrats gained control...
Ohio Courts: 30,000 Asbestos Injury Cases Tossed Out
Nov 2 2008 // Courts have tossed about 30,000 asbestos injury claims to comply with an Ohio Supreme Court ruling that upheld limits on such cases, but people whose lungs begin showing evidence of damage could refile their cases, a judge...
No Ruling by Arkansas Supreme Court on Fairness of Workers’ Comp System
Nov 2 2008 // But Justices Don’t Exclude Possibility of Revisiting the Issue The Arkansas Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission to deny an injured worker’s claim but...
New Markets
Nov 2 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Eliminate Forced Placed Coverage Market...
Ohio High Court Ruling Tosses Out Another Asbestos Claim
Oct 28 2008 // The Ohio Supreme Court delivered a second blow to people seeking damages in asbestos-related cases October 22, throwing out a widow’s claim that a company that insulated the pipes at her husband’s workplace...
Ohio Health Insurer Investigates Missing Data on Retirees
Oct 24 2008 // Eleven computer disks containing personal information on thousands of Ohio retirees are missing and are believed to be somewhere in the US Postal Service, Medical Mutual of Ohio recently announced. The disks contain member...
