All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 1 2007 // Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced today that it will host four free, day-long Safer Schools Seminars beginning February 19th at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Ken. Seminars will...
Jan 31 2007 // Washington’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner has ordered UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co. of Minneapolis to pay a $59,000 fine following an agency investigation into the company’s use of unapproved contracts...
Jan 31 2007 // Pete Schwanke has been named senior executive, corporate risk management, at Westfield Insurance. His responsibilities include designing Westfield’s risk management programs and maintaining its reinsurance...
Jan 25 2007 // Computer records containing medical claim information, health data and Social Security numbers of 28,279 Nationwide insurance customers were stolen from the office of a vendor in Massachusetts, the company said.A lockbox...
Jan 25 2007 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Cos. have eliminated an automation roadblock for independent State Auto agencies using Applied Systems agency management systems. State Auto has implemented IVANS Transformation...
Jan 23 2007 // Westfield Insurance has introduced a new online Risk Control Assessment to help businesses identify their risk issues. The 24-question survey, on www.WestfieldInsurance.com, is available to all visitors and provides a...
Jan 19 2007 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced today that a Cleveland woman pleaded guilty to a felony count of workers’ compensation fraud.Carolyn Burten, also known as Carolyn Cook, pleaded guilty...
Jan 17 2007 // Clem Booth, a member of the management board of Allianz, SE, has been designated the 2007 chair of ACORD’s board of directors.John Kellington, chief technology officer and senior vice president of Ohio Casualty...
Jan 16 2007 // Mark Kidd has been named executive, small business accounts, at Westfield Insurance. His responsibilities include managing the growth and profitability of Westfield’s small business accounts in Ohio, Kentucky,...
Jan 11 2007 // The State Auto Insurance Companies are among the first group of carriers to join the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents’ branding program, “Local Agents Serving Main Street America SM.”...
Jan 10 2007 // Ohio workers injured while on jobs they obtained through welfare work-relief programs could see benefits increased following a decision by the Ohio state’s new attorney general not to appeal a court decision that...
Jan 8 2007 // Identity Theft “A security freeze puts control of a consumer’s credit report where it belongs — in the hands of the consumer … Until now, only victims of identity theft could place a freeze on their...
Jan 7 2007 // Identity Theft“A security freeze puts control of a consumer’s credit report where it belongs — in the hands of the consumer … Until now, only victims of identity theft could place a freeze on their...
Jan 7 2007 // Ohio State Automobile Mutual, Beacon Insurance GroupOhio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company is acquiring the Beacon Insurance Group of Wichita Falls, Texas. The transaction, which is expected to close in the...
Jan 5 2007 // A 1990 law automatically terminating life insurance policies between married couples when they divorce doesn’t apply to policies signed before the law passed, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled this week. In a unanimous...
Jan 4 2007 // Bancinsurance Corp. today announced that the financial strength rating for Ohio Indemnity Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary, has been reaffirmed at A- (excellent) by A.M. Best Co. Ohio Indemnity’s issuer credit rating...
Jan 3 2007 // Ohio’s new attorney general made criticism of the scandal-ridden state insurance fund for injured workers a hallmark of his campaign.Taking office next month, Democrat Marc Dann must now decide whether to appeal a...
Dec 28 2006 // SONY BMG Music Entertainment has agreed to pay Ohio and 39 additional states $4.25 million to resolve the states’ investigation into problems that arose when SONY placed anti-copying software on music CDs without...
Dec 27 2006 // Ohio State Insurance Director and former lawmaker Ann Womer Benjamin will join the State Board of Education on Jan. 1, Gov. Bob Taft announced late last week. Womer Benjamin, of Aurora, will take the at-large seat held by...
Dec 25 2006 // In 2006, the Midwest experienced the impact of contingent commission settlements based on the actions of several attorneys general and a myriad of court rulings on insurers’ use of credit, liquor liability and...