October 7, 2019
Home and auto insurance rates continue to run well below the national average, according to Ohio Department of Insurance Director Jillian Froment. Data from the top 10 insurance groups in the state show that in Ohio the average homeowners insurance …
September 19, 2019
Ohio Department of Insurance reported that Director Jillian Froment has been appointed to serve on the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance (FACI). The committee provides advice and recommendations to the Federal Insurance Office (FIO). FACI was established in 2011 to …
August 14, 2019
Director Jillian Froment has added Jennifer Demory, Mark Hamlin and Jessica Schuster to the senior team at the Ohio Department of Insurance. All three bring significant experience to key positions at the department. Mark Hamlin, policy advisor for emerging products, …
June 26, 2019
Former Dayton, Ohio-area insurance agent and investment adviser has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of insurance fraud and conducting a “Ponzi” scheme targeting elderly consumers. The Ohio Department of Insurance reported that John Gregory Schmidt …
February 9, 2018
A state of Ohio program established to collect past due taxes from insurance agents has surpassed the $20 million threshold, Ohio Department of Insurance Director Jillian Froment announced. The vast majority of the nearly 220,000 agents licensed by the ODI …
February 6, 2018
The Ohio Department of Insurance helped more than 436,000 Ohio insurance consumers save or recover $30.4 million in 2017 through its toll-free hotlines, community outreach and counseling, according to Director Jillian Froment. The department received 5,874 complaints from consumers related …
December 12, 2017
The Ohio Department of Insurance reported that five people were recently sentenced for insurance-related crimes following investigations by the department. Clermont County/Shandell Thomas and Aaron Thomas In October, Shandell Thomas, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in court to five years of …
April 19, 2017
Carrie Haughawout, who joined the Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI) in 2011, has been appointed deputy director of the department, ODI Director Jillian Froment announced. Froment, who had held the deputy director position prior to her appointment to director by …
April 3, 2017
Ohio’s lieutenant governor stepped down on March 31 as the state’s insurance director. Republican Gov. John Kasich said in a statement that Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor was leaving her job as director of the Ohio Department of Insurance. He named …
December 19, 2016
The recent passage of consumer protection legislation provides the Ohio Department of Insurance with better, more common sense tools when it comes to evaluating the financial health of Ohio’s insurance industry, according to Lt. Governor Mary Taylor. Taylor also serves …