All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 17 2005 // The Ohio Workers’ Compensation Oversight Commission has voted not to concur with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s (BWC) recommendation to grant a one-time percent dividend on upcoming employer...
Jun 10 2005 // Too many state agencies continue to enter into state contracts without the state attorney general’s office reviewing them beforehand, a problem that can only be corrected by changing state law, Ohio Attorney General...
Jun 9 2005 // The American Insurance Association called the elimination of Ohio’s certificate of compliance publishing requirement a welcome move that reaffirms the state’s commitment to a modern, vibrant insurance market....
Jun 8 2005 // Ohio taxpayers may own 3,500 bottles of expensive wine and 265 illegal Cuban cigars found in the cellar of the suburban Denver home of a former employee of coin dealer Tom Noe.Authorities on Friday seized the wine, cigars,...
Jun 7 2005 // Ohio Gov. Bob Taft announced the appointment of Tina Kielmeyer as the interim administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and appointed a panel of top bureaucrats to review the bureau’s investment...
Jun 6 2005 // You’ve probably heard by now about what happened in Ohio. The administrator of the state’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Robert Conrad, has resigned amid a scandal over hundreds of missing coins. But...
Jun 6 2005 // You’ve probably heard by now about what happened in Ohio. The administrator of the state’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Robert Conrad, has resigned amid a scandal over hundreds of missing coins. But...
Jun 6 2005 // Ohio’s workers’ compensation director, once hailed as government’s “Mr. Fixit,” has resigned because of a growing scandal about the disappearance of about $10 million worth of rare coins the...
May 31 2005 // Dennis Silvia, most recently of CNA Insurance Co.’s group captive practice, leads the operations at newly founded Cedar Consulting. The Chagrin Falls, Ohio-based firm will offer captive consulting and feasibility...
May 31 2005 // Ohio’s workers’ compensation director, once hailed as government’s “Mr. Fixit,” has resigned because of a growing scandal about the disappearance of about $10 million worth of rare coins the...
May 27 2005 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro has filed suit against former American International Group Inc. CEO Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg and his wife, Corinne P. Greenberg, in order to put a hold on the transfer of more...
May 25 2005 // The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company reported the resignation of President of Insurance Operations Elizabeth (Beth) Riczko, 38, effective June 3, 2005. Riczko is leaving to pursue other interests. Ohio Casualty Corporation...
May 24 2005 // Jennifer Fahrenkrug has been promoted to territory manager at Sheboygan, Wis.-based regional property/casualty insurer ACUITY and will handle the company’s Michigan and Northern Ohio territories. Fahrenkrug began her...
May 23 2005 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced a Clark County woman has been sentenced for a felony charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Roxanne Anania was sentenced to five years probation, $2,447.36 in...
May 10 2005 // As of April 6, 2005, injured employees will find it harder to have “their day in court.” Through the recent passage of Ohio House Bill 498, changes will occur to the current state of employee liabilities in the...
May 9 2005 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro is expanding the scope of the securities fraud class action lawsuit currently pending against American International Group and others by filing an amended complaint in federal court in New...
May 9 2005 // A pilot malpractice docket for medical liability suits and a “patient safety center” to help prevent medical errors are among the final recommendations offered by a commission chaired by Ohio Insurance Director...
May 9 2005 // When I stepped from the hot sunshine and left the traffic speeding along Sarasota, Fla.’s busy Bee Ridge Road into Al Purmort Insurance Agency Inc.’s cool air-conditioned lobby, it was like taking a step back...
May 2 2005 // Property/casualty insurer Ohio Casualty Corp. reported first-quarter net income of $37.7 million, or 55 cents per diluted share, versus $19.2 million, or 31 cents per diluted share in the first quarter of 2004. The...
Apr 21 2005 // Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro is expanding the scope of the securities fraud class action lawsuit currently pending against American International Group (“AIG”) and others by filing an amended complaint in...