All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 21 2005 // The Board of Directors of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. elected Kay W. McCurdy to serve on its board of directors.McCurdy began her career in 1975 as an attorney at Lord, Bissell & Brook in Chicago and has more than...
Nov 21 2005 // Ohio Gov. Bob Taft announced the appointment of William Mabe as the administrator/chief executive officer of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Mabe previously worked at Nationwide, most recently serving...
Nov 21 2005 // GOP gap Congress finally appears to be moving on terrorism insurance. After the year is up, whether or not the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act is extended, there ought to be an independent high-level inquiry into why it took...
Nov 20 2005 // Lawmakers Pass Kids’ Health Plan:The Illinois House passed H.B. 806, Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s “All Kids” health insurance program on a 79-28 vote, following Senate approval on a 32-23 vote. The...
Nov 20 2005 // The Board of Directors of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. elected Kay W. McCurdy to serve on its board of directors.McCurdy began her career in 1975 as an attorney at Lord, Bissell & Brook in Chicago and has more than...
Nov 20 2005 // Congress finally appears to be moving on terrorism insurance. After the year is up, whether or not the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act is extended, there ought to be an independent high-level inquiry into why it took so long...
Nov 20 2005 // Indemnity Excess & Surplus Agency Expands Online ServicesIndemnity Excess & Surplus Agency has expanded its online quoting offerings to include six popular lines of business. Now IES-appointed producers have...
Nov 18 2005 // The Directors of Ohio Casualty Corporation declared a regular quarterly dividend of $.06 per share, payable Dec. 12, 2005, to shareholders of record on Dec. 1, 2005. Ohio Casualty Corporation, based in Fairfield, Ohio, is...
Nov 8 2005 // Safe Auto Insurance Co. has announced it is adding a call center in Sterling, Colo., northeast of Denver. The Whitehall, Ohio.-based insurer, which specializes in minimum auto insurance coverage, said it plans to employ...
Nov 8 2005 // Toledo, Ohio-based commercial insurance brokerage Hylant Group has launched a dedicated Large Account Practice with additional resources, advanced training and a new certification for specifically qualified and proven...
Nov 6 2005 // The Ohio Supreme Court handed down an opinion on Oct. 12 holding that the former uninsured motorist (UM) law did not prohibit insurers from limiting the geographic scope of UM coverage and that the State Farm policy in...
Nov 6 2005 // This recurring feature examines insurance coverage decisions in the Midwest’s appellate courts, as compiled by the New York-based law firm of Goldberg Segalla LLA and edited by insurance lawyer Kevin T. Merriman...
Nov 4 2005 // Republican Rep. Mike Oxley announced this week that he will retire, depriving Congress of one of its most powerful champions for corporate oversight and insurance protection.His departure at the end of his term in January...
Nov 2 2005 // American Community Mutual Insurance Co. has expanded availability of its small group health care plan for companies with two to 50 employees to Ohio and Iowa. The health care plan offers insured members access to their own...
Oct 31 2005 // Ohio Gov. Bob Taft announced the appointment of William Mabe as the administrator/chief executive officer of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Mabe previously worked at Nationwide, most recently serving...
Oct 26 2005 // Ohio Casualty Corp. y reported a higher profit in the quarter ended Sept. 30.The company announced $55.5 million in net income, or 85 cents per diluted share, in the third quarter, compared with $19.6 million, or 30 cents...
Oct 24 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, today announced that Kelley Kinsella has been named senior vice president and regional business development manager for ACE USA’s...
Oct 20 2005 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is offering a premium discount incentive to active Ohio safety council members in the wake of its success in a previous initiative. In March 2004, BWC offered a 2 percent...
Oct 19 2005 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that a recent initiative to increase employer participation in Ohio safety councils will save businesses nearly $7 million.In March 2004, BWC announced a one time,...
Oct 18 2005 // Deer-vehicle accidents decreased nearly 6 percent across the state in 2004, according to figures released by the Ohio Insurance Institute (OII), Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife and Ohio...