All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 12 2007 // Troy, Ohio-based Hylant Group, Inc. and Dayton, Ohio-based Norman-Spencer McKernan, Inc. have received the 2006 Chairman’s Award, which is presented to the highest performing insurance agencies appointed with Indiana...
Jul 6 2007 // Columbus, Ohio-based Bancinsurance Corp. a specialty property and casualty insurance holding company, announced that Si Sokol, founder, former chairman and chief executive officer, passed away on Tuesday, July 3, 2007....
Jul 5 2007 // A former member of the oversight commission for the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation was charged with ethics violations accusing him of accepting inappropriate meals, flights and other gifts. The charges, which allege...
Jul 5 2007 // Ohio-based Westfield Insurance recently announced the official opening in May of the Center for Innovation and Technology. The newly renovated facility offers over 33,000 square feet of modern office space using innovative...
Jul 2 2007 // A 22-year-old intern was given the responsibility of safeguarding the personal information of thousands of state employees in Ohio, a security procedure that ended up backfiring.The names and Social Security numbers of all...
Jul 2 2007 // Ohio Gov. changes security procedure after workers’ data stolenA 22-year-old intern was given the responsibility of safeguarding the personal information of thousands of state employees in Ohio, a security procedure...
Jul 2 2007 // Ohio Gov. changes security procedure after workers’ data stolenA 22-year-old intern was given the responsibility of safeguarding the personal information of thousands of state employees in Ohio, a security procedure...
Jun 26 2007 // Ohio is the third state this month where courts have rejected the lawsuits by parents whose children were made sick by lead paint against the companies that might have made the paint.The state is the third this month where...
Jun 8 2007 // Bell-Anderson Agency Inc., a locally based independent insurance agency, has been named as a “Key Producer” by the member companies of Ohio Casualty Group.“The status of Key Producer is awarded to a...
Jun 4 2007 // The statutory surplus for property and casualty insurers is at a record $488 billion, according to the CEO of one Dallas-based regional carrier, and they are going to be looking for somewhere to put that cash to work....
Jun 4 2007 // About the Personal Lines Leaders: The Personal Lines Leaders in this special feature are taken from Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Property Casualty Independent Agencies as reported in April. This list utilizes only the...
Jun 4 2007 // The statutory surplus for property and casualty insurers is at a record $488 billion, according to the CEO of one Dallas-based regional insurer, and they are going to be looking for somewhere to put that cash to work....
Jun 4 2007 // Dawson Insurance Inc.Rocky River, Ohio Owner(s)/principal(s): D. Michael Sherman2006 personal lines premium: $26.2 millionNo. of personal lines insurers: 50Dawson Insurance Inc., founded in 1931, operates offices in both...
May 29 2007 // GMAC Insurance today announced the company will reduce its auto insurance rates in Ohio, effective immediately. Drivers can expect to save an average of 10.22 percent when purchasing GMAC Insurance coverage. There are 246...
May 25 2007 // Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, who took office in January, will not accept the state’s health insurance benefit for employees while so many Ohioans are uninsured, a spokesman said.Strickland took the same position when he...
May 21 2007 // United Heritage, Alliance Mutual InsuranceAlliance Mutual Insurance Co., headquartered in Greensboro, N.C., and United Heritage Financial Group Inc., based in Meridian, Idaho, have reached a preliminary agreement under...
May 21 2007 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs, Global Special RisksHilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. (HRH) acquired the operating assets of Global Special Risks LLC, effective May 1, 2007. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Global...
May 8 2007 // The companies of American Modern Insurance Group, a national specialty insurance leader, are sponsoring a sweepstakes designed to demonstrate the ease of use of their on-line modernLINK suite of applications, most notably...
May 8 2007 // Ratings agency A.M. Best Co. reported that its ratings of Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies in Boston and and its subsidiaries along with those of The Ohio Casualty Corp. of Fairfield, Ohio. remain unchanged following the...
May 7 2007 // It’s a parent’s worst nightmare: worrying about the safety of a child. But many parents were thrown into that situation on April 16. As the nation well knows by now, on that day, student Seung-Hui Cho unleashed...