All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 6 2005 // Ohio Gov. Bob Taft on Thursday signed into law Senate Bill 80, the comprehensive lawsuit reform bill, and House Bill 498, the workers’ compensation intentional tort bill. Senate Bill 80 creates a system of civil...
Jan 5 2005 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin has named Brent Walls Assistant Director for Policy and Legislation. Wall joins the department from the Office of Criminal Justice Services where he served in the...
Dec 30 2004 // The Kentucky Insurance Commission estimates damages of from $400,000 to $500,000 in losses due to last week’s winter storms and warmer temperatures this week. An unusual amount of snow and ice, high winds and...
Dec 22 2004 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed the “A-” insurer financial strength ratings of Ohio Casualty Group’s intercompany pool members as the parent company’s “BBB-” long-term issuer rating and...
Dec 21 2004 // The American Insurance Association praised the Ohio General Assembly’s passage of a comprehensive tort reform package aimed at improving the state’s legal system. The measure, Senate Bill 80, is expected to be...
Dec 20 2004 // Insurers and business interests appear to have won another victory in Ohio, as Gov. Robert Taft will soon sign a broad tort reform bill that caps jury awards and limits products and obesity liability. This follows on the...
Dec 17 2004 // The Ohio Workers’ Compensation Oversight Commission on Thursday voted to grant Ohio’s private and public employers a one-time 20 percent dividend on their upcoming bills. The decision was based on a...
Dec 15 2004 // The Healthcare Underwriters Group Mutual of Ohio, a medical liability insurance company owned and governed by Ohio doctors, has received authorization from the Ohio Department of Insurance to begin issuing insurance...
Dec 13 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced a Greenville, Ohio, man has pled guilty to a felony charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Dr. Robert Fantasia was sentenced to one year of probation, basic...
Dec 10 2004 // Southern Ohio’s Smith-Feike-Minton agency has engaged with Justice & Young Public Relations to proactively educate consumers in light of the bid-rigging scandals. The regional education and community relations...
Dec 10 2004 // Insurers and business interests appear to have won another victory in Ohio, as Gov. Robert Taft will soon sign a broad tort reform bill that caps jury awards and limits products and obesity liability. This follows on the...
Nov 22 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced recently paid medical costs for workers’ compensation claims were 6.7 percent, about $15 million, lower than expected for the first quarter of fiscal...
Nov 19 2004 // Ohio Senate Insurance Committee Chair Scott R. Nein, a Republican, has joined the Ohio Association of Insurance Agents as executive vice president, the group announced recently. The group, affiliated with the national...
Nov 17 2004 // With deer-vehicle collisions on the rise, Ohio Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin has asked motorists to investigate their insurance options and to take extra precaution while traveling. Typically, vehicle accidents...
Nov 16 2004 // The Ohio Medical Malpractice Commission will hold its 18th meeting tomorrow at 1 p.m. EST. The commission will hear testimony regarding the feasibility of a patient compensation fund, the effectiveness of medical...
Nov 10 2004 // Republicans solidified their year-old voting majority on the Ohio Supreme Court last wek, but the races were closer than the vast campaign fund-raising advantage over Democratic rivals would indicate.Insurers and other...
Nov 8 2004 // The latest technologies to allow independent agents and brokers to efficiently manage and ensure a profitable business were presented to more than 1,800 conferees attending the Applied Systems Client Network’s...
Nov 8 2004 // The latest technologies that allow independent agents and brokers to efficiently manage and ensure a profitable business were presented to more than 1,800 conferees attending the Annual Technology, Education and Networking...
Nov 8 2004 // In Asheville, N.C., Don Evans, president, and Bob Bird, CEO, honored outstanding Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina members with Lifetime Achievement, Company Professional of the Year, Agent of the Year, and...
Nov 3 2004 // Ohio Casualty Corp. (Nasdaq:OCAS) announced the following results for its third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2004, compared with the same period of the prior year:— Net income of $19.6 million, or $0.31 per diluted share,...